Shift: A podcast about mobility

Torc Robotics aims to put driverless trucks on public roads by the end of the year. Nick Elder, the company’s vice president of commercialization, joins “Shift” host Molly Boigon to discuss the plan. Elder said that the goal is important, but it is not the finish line. Next, Torc must prepare the technology for commercial scale. Michael Martinez, an Automotive News reporter who covers Ford and the UAW, also joins Boigon to discuss how automakers approach drivers’ data privacy.

“Shift” host Molly Boigon moderates an Automotive News Congress panel on how policy, regulation and the midterm elections will affect the auto industry. Her guests are John Bozzella, CEO of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation; Pat D’Eramo, CEO of Martinrea International; Kate Kalutkiewicz, senior managing director of McLarty Associates; and Mike Murphy, founder of EVs for All America. Murphy also joins Boigon to talk about the current state of the electric vehicle market, specifically how ...

Plug-in hybrids emit nearly as much carbon dioxide as combustion vehicles, raising questions about emissions targets for the European Union, Lucien Mathieu, cars director at Transport & Environment, tells “Shift” host Molly Boigon. Hans Greimel, Asia Editor for Automotive News, also joins Boigon to talk about Toyota and Honda’s humanoid robots on factory floors in Japan, and Subaru’s new electric vehicle prototype.

“Shift” podcast host Molly Boigon talks to Gary Cygan Jr., director of vehicle software and electronics engineering at GM; Steffen Fuchs, senior partner at McKinsey & Co.; Andrei Iordache, global senior director of automotive presales at HERE Technologies; and Christopher Prediger, regional president for the Americas in Bosch’s Cross-Domain Computing Solutions division as a part of an Automotive News Congress panel on software-defined vehicles. They discussed whether artificial intelligen...

“Shift” podcast host Molly Boigon talks to the Zero Emission Transportation Association’s Albert Gore about how the Trump administration’s actions on fuel economy and emissions standards may impact battery and other technology investment in the U.S. Larry P. Vellequette, who covers Toyota, Subaru and Mazda for Automotive News, also joins Boigon to talk about how gas guzzlers are driving up new-vehicle inventories while consumers shop for more fuel-efficient vehicles. His reporting suggests th...