Episodes

  • Bye-bye bots: Nuro concentrates on licensing its self-driving tech (Episode 285)

    Bye-bye bots: Nuro concentrates on licensing its self-driving tech (Episode 285)
    Jan 26 2025
    Nuro COO Andrew Chapin and Vice President of Engineering Tilo Schwarz explain the company’s pivot from developing bespoke delivery bots toward licensing automated driving tech to carmakers and others. Further, they detail testing efforts on private and public roads.
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    42 mins
  • Avery Ash examines U.S. crackdown on Chinese connected-car tech (Episode 284)

    Avery Ash examines U.S. crackdown on Chinese connected-car tech (Episode 284)
    Jan 19 2025
    The executive director of the Coalition for Reimagined Mobility, part of the Securing America’s Future Energy think tank, breaks down new Commerce Department rules that keep Chinese and Russian software and hardware out of the connected-vehicle supply chain. Further, he discusses the state of America’s competitiveness with China in commercializing new transportation technology at meaningful scale.
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    37 mins
  • CES: BCG’s Augustin Wegscheider | Mobileye’s Shai Shalev-Shwartz (Episode 283)

    CES: BCG’s Augustin Wegscheider | Mobileye’s Shai Shalev-Shwartz (Episode 283)
    Jan 12 2025
    From Las Vegas, BCG analyst Augustin Wegscheider provides an overview of auto-tech trends at CES. Then Mobileye chief technology officer Shai Shalev-Shwartz details the company’s plans for evolving its driver-assist features into fully autonomous vehicles.
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    35 mins
  • EnCharge AI’s Naveen Verma pioneers chips that could upend vehicle computing architectures

    EnCharge AI’s Naveen Verma pioneers chips that could upend vehicle computing architectures
    Jan 5 2025
    Ahead of CES, the CEO of DARPA-backed startup details artificial-intelligence advances that prioritize energy efficiency and eliminate memory bottlenecks. Further, he explains the impact of such gains in vehicle computing architecture and the ability to add new AI features.
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    31 mins
  • Gary Shapiro outlines a ‘pivot or die’ strategy ahead of CES 2025 (Episode 281)

    Gary Shapiro outlines a ‘pivot or die’ strategy ahead of CES 2025 (Episode 281)
    Dec 22 2024
    The CEO of the Consumer Technology Association spotlights transportation technology headlines from the upcoming CES show in Las Vegas. Further, he offers candid thoughts on growing trade tensions and what it will take for American companies to survive and thrive amid global uncertainty.
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    48 mins
  • Gartner’s Mike Ramsey sorts through the Cruise rubble (episode 280)

    Gartner’s Mike Ramsey sorts through the Cruise rubble (episode 280)
    Dec 15 2024
    The vice president at consulting firm Gartner, Inc. analyses General Motors’ decision to abandon robotaxi development and pivot its Cruise subsidiary toward personally owned vehicles. Further, he discusses the steep challenges legacy automakers like GM face in sustaining big technology bets.
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    42 mins
  • How a ‘mobility czar’ could bolster transportation innovation

    How a ‘mobility czar’ could bolster transportation innovation
    Dec 8 2024
    Mobility strategist Selika Josiah Talbott and Michigan chief mobility officer Justine Johnson detail the prospect of a ‘mobility czar’ overseeing policy for autonomous and electric vehicles. Further, they discuss the role states can play in fostering innovation amid a changing federal landscape.
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    42 mins
  • Bot Auto’s Xiaodi Hou takes his second stab at self-driving trucks (episode 278)

    Bot Auto’s Xiaodi Hou takes his second stab at self-driving trucks (episode 278)
    Dec 1 2024
    The founder and CEO of Bot Auto showcases his new startup, recounts his fraught experience at TuSimple and explains what it really takes to ensure self-driving trucks are profitable. Bonus: He details his passion for music, from classical to Judas Priest.
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    47 mins