Shift: A podcast about mobility

On Shift: A podcast about mobility, Automotive News tech and innovation team leader Pete Bigelow takes an optimistic yet skeptical eye at the new tech and business models planned for the auto industry. Shift is a production of Automotive News, the leading publication covering the auto industry. Check out our reporting online at autonews.com/shift and follow us on Twitter @Automotive_News.

LG Energy’s Bob Lee navigates toward a sustainable future for the battery industry
Jun 1, 2025 – 37:13
Magna’s Steven Jenkins underscores why Tier 1s still matter in the age of software-defined vehicles
May 25, 2025 – 43:39
Grayson Brulte sees promise and potholes ahead on the road to self-driving
May 18, 2025 – 38:18
Oshkosh’s Jay Iyengar forges industrial-strength autonomy
May 11, 2025 – 47:59
Benchmark’s Bryan Bille measures Trump impact on EVs and battery supply chain
May 4, 2025 – 36:26
McKinsey: EV pains subside while driver-assist becomes a ‘differentiator’
Apr 27, 2025 – 30:35
Wayve’s Kaity Fischer hits the gas on automated driving’s next chapter
Apr 20, 2025 – 39:10
John Absmeier stitches together a look at autonomy, software and Toyota’s Woven City
Apr 13, 2025 – 45:30
From Futurama to future tech, Dan Albert muses on the auto industry’s past, present and driverless road ahead (Episode 295)
Apr 6, 2025 – 41:48
A glimpse into Aurora’s plans for launching driverless trucks (Episode 294)
Mar 30, 2025 – 35:31
Auto tech stands front and center at Nvidia’s GTC showcase (Episode 293)
Mar 23, 2025 – 24:25
Edwin Olson explores May Mobility’s budding rivalry with Waymo robotaxis (Episode 292)
Mar 16, 2025 – 47:23
GM’s Adam Rodriguez talks Cruise, Super Cruise and the path forward
Mar 9, 2025 – 42:18
Dipti Vachani: Automakers’ survival relies on software smarts (Episode 290)
Mar 2, 2025 – 42:26
Sino Auto Insights’ Tu Le breaks down BYD’s big ‘God’s Eye’ ambitions (Episode 289)
Feb 23, 2025 – 40:53
Raquel Urtasun explains how generative AI underpins Waabi’s self-driving tech (Episode 288)
Feb 16, 2025 – 39:55
Kodiak Robotics’ Don Burnette reaches a driverless milestone (Episode 287)
Feb 9, 2025 – 41:39
Dave Richardson on developing GM’s software ‘muscle’ (Episode 286)
Feb 2, 2025 – 36:53
Bye-bye bots: Nuro concentrates on licensing its self-driving tech (Episode 285)
Jan 26, 2025 – 42:05
Avery Ash examines U.S. crackdown on Chinese connected-car tech (Episode 284)
Jan 19, 2025 – 36:52
CES: BCG’s Augustin Wegscheider | Mobileye’s Shai Shalev-Shwartz (Episode 283)
Jan 12, 2025 – 34:35
EnCharge AI’s Naveen Verma pioneers chips that could upend vehicle computing architectures
Jan 5, 2025 – 31:14
Gary Shapiro outlines a ‘pivot or die’ strategy ahead of CES 2025 (Episode 281)
Dec 22, 2024 – 48:18
Gartner’s Mike Ramsey sorts through the Cruise rubble (episode 280)
Dec 15, 2024 – 42:25
How a ‘mobility czar’ could bolster transportation innovation
Dec 8, 2024 – 42:25
Bot Auto’s Xiaodi Hou takes his second stab at self-driving trucks (episode 278)
Dec 1, 2024 – 46:36
Croft’s Roderick Blevins foments a ‘hydrogen rebellion’ (episode 277)
Nov 24, 2024 – 48:35
GlobalData’s Jeff Schuster on potential EV incentive, tariff changes under Trump (episode 276)
Nov 17, 2024 – 30:47
LG Technology Ventures’ Sungkwon Kang warns of battery-investment headwinds (episode 275)
Nov 10, 2024 – 35:21
Bryant Walker Smith examines the state of the self-driving industry
Nov 3, 2024 – 49:31
ZEI’s John Motlow on solving hydrogen infrastructure challenges
Oct 27, 2024 – 35:51
Looking at how the election outcome might sway U.S. transportation policy
Oct 20, 2024 – 43:20
Sion Power’s Pam Fletcher | EV Adoption’s Loren McDonald
Oct 13, 2024 – 37:12
Here’s how a leading utility company has prepared for the EV transition
Oct 6, 2024 – 44:57
Navigating the path toward developing software-defined vehicles
Sep 29, 2024 – 33:11
Luminar CEO Austin Russell | Forth director Jeff Allen
Sep 22, 2024 – 45:42
Tifani Sadek on keeping human drivers aboard ‘driverless’ cars
Sep 15, 2024 – 43:03
Ariel Wolf examines California’s tipping point on self-driving trucks
Sep 8, 2024 – 45:38
Kameale Terry on what we don’t know about charging reliability
Sep 1, 2024 – 32:12
Sam Abuelsamid delves into Ford’s EV retreat and GM’s software cuts
Aug 25, 2024 – 41:48
Shailen Bhatt delivers a new national V2X deployment plan
Aug 18, 2024 – 37:37
Electrify Expo’s BJ Birtwell on the ways to win EV curious consumers
Aug 11, 2024 – 49:01
FM Capital’s Mark Norman on EV pain points and a ‘return to normal’
Aug 4, 2024 – 51:15
FirstElement Fuel’s Shane Stephens on hydrogen trucks’ long-term advantage (Part II)
Jul 28, 2024 – 29:00
FirstElement Fuel’s Shane Stephens unlocks hydrogen-powered transportation (Part I)
Jul 21, 2024 – 30:04
Sarasina Tuchen previews air mobility’s third chapter
Jul 14, 2024 – 44:53
Grayson Brulte on the rocky rollout of software-defined vehicles
Jul 7, 2024 – 52:03
John O’Leary on the affordability gap for zero-emissions vehicles
Jun 30, 2024 – 33:24
Steve Kiefer on eradicating the scourge of distracted driving
Jun 23, 2024 – 54:33
Chevron’s Kaustav Sinha explores multiple paths in the energy transition
Jun 16, 2024 – 37:20