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Auto Intelligence is the definitive automotive industry podcast that delivers sharp takes and authoritative insights every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Hosted by Steve and Claire from the Auto Agentic team, this show breaks down the most consequential developments shaping the future of mobility.
Whether you're enjoying your morning coffee or catching up during your commute, Auto Intelligence provides the perfect blend of deep industry expertise and engaging conversation. Each episode features data-driven analysis, expert perspectives, and forward-looking insights on everything from electric vehicles and autonomous driving to dealership operations and consumer trends.
Our hosts bring complementary viewpoints to every topic—Steve with his technical expertise and market analysis, and Claire with her consumer-focused insights and strategic perspective. Together, they make even the most complex automotive topics accessible and engaging.
Auto Intelligence isn't just about reporting industry news—it's about understanding the forces driving transformation, identifying emerging opportunities, and helping listeners stay ahead of the curve in an industry experiencing unprecedented change.
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Send us a text Description: Steve and Claire dive deep into the massive strategic shift reshaping the global automotive industry. With $1.2 trillion in investments by 2030, automakers are abandoning the "pure EV or nothing" narrative for sophisticated multi-pathway approaches. Discover why Toyota's $70 billion electrification investment includes solid-state batteries targeting 750-mile range with 10-minute charging, while Volkswagen Group allocates $60 billion of their $193 billion budget to ...
Send us a text The Great Skills Revolution in Automotive 🚗 This Week's Deep Dive: How AI is Reshaping Every Automotive Career The numbers are staggering: 39% of workers' core skills will change by 2030. 12 million occupational transitions are needed across the US economy. And the automotive industry? We're leading this transformation. In our latest episode, Steve and Claire explore groundbreaking research revealing how automotive professionals—from technicians to service advisors—must navig...
Send us a text "AI Infrastructure Spending Surpasses Consumer GDP Impact for First Time in History" The American economy is experiencing an unprecedented shift as AI infrastructure spending contributes $152 billion to GDP versus $77 billion from consumer spending growth. Steve and Claire explore how Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta's record $364 billion capital investment for 2025 is reshaping automotive supply chains, autonomous vehicle deployment, and the entire transportation ecosystem...
Send us a text The Top 10 AI Applications of 2025: What Makes Them Globally Dominant In this deep dive episode of Auto Intelligence, hosts Steve and Claire explore the remarkable success stories behind 2025's most popular AI applications, uncovering the strategies and innovations that propelled them to billions of users worldwide. The Global Leaders: ChatGPT from OpenAI remains the undisputed king, achieving one million users in just five days—a pace that shattered all adoption records. Users...
Send us a text The AI Job Reality Check: What's Actually Happening in Automotive (2025 Data Inside) The headlines got it wrong. Here's what's really happening to automotive jobs. Remember when everyone predicted mass unemployment from AI? The August 2025 data tells a dramatically different story—one that should give every automotive professional hope and a clear action plan. THE SURPRISING REALITY: Instead of job apocalypse, we're seeing 1.1 to 1.3 jobs created for each eliminated in digitall...
Send us a text Shocking new research destroys AI job apocalypse predictions. Steve and Claire dive deep into comprehensive studies from PwC, MIT, and the World Economic Forum that reveal AI is actually creating jobs, not eliminating them. Key revelations: Productivity in AI-exposed industries has nearly quadrupled (7% to 27% growth), while workers with AI skills now earn 56% more than peers. The World Economic Forum projects a net gain of 78 million jobs by 2030, directly contradicting Goldma...
Send us a text The Five Titans Who Made Modern Automotive AI Possible 🧠 Alan Turing (1912-1954): The Visionary Foundation The father of computer science conceived the theoretical blueprint for every computer running autonomous vehicle systems today. His 1950 Turing Test still guides how we evaluate AI systems—from dealership chatbots to voice assistants in vehicles. Most remarkably, his 1947 prediction that machines should "learn from experience" perfectly describes today's adaptive automot...
Send us a text Human Factors Drive 80% of AI Failures in Automotive Retail Description: Steve and Claire from the Auto Agentic team dive deep into groundbreaking research revealing why eighty percent of AI projects fail—and it's not because of the technology. This eye-opening episode explores the human dimensions of AI adoption in automotive retail, uncovering five psychological barriers that derail even the most sophisticated AI implementations. Discover why trust emerges as the single most ...
Send us a text The automotive industry just witnessed something unprecedented: Tesla's market capitalization now equals the combined value of Toyota, BYD, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, BMW, Volkswagen, and seven other major automakers. The staggering numbers: Tesla: $1 trillion valuation, 1.8M vehicles producedNext 14 automakers: $1.003 trillion combined, 68M vehicles producedTesla represents 2.5% of sales but 48.3% of industry market capWhat's driving this transformation? The shift...
Send us a text 50TH EPISODE MILESTONE Dear Auto Intelligence Community, We've reached a major milestone - our 50th episode! And it's only fitting that we're celebrating with a deep dive into one of the most understated yet foundational stories in artificial intelligence: "From the Lab to the World: How Toronto and Canada Helped Shape the Future of AI." While the world has been focused on the AI race between Silicon Valley and China, Canada has been quietly building the very foundations of mod...
Send us a text The global automotive AI race began in a Toronto lab. This comprehensive episode reveals how Geoffrey Hinton's neural network breakthrough at University of Toronto became the foundation that both China and the West built their competing autonomous vehicle strategies upon. While American companies like Waymo and Tesla commercialized Hinton's Canadian invention into "super-intelligent vehicles," China's strategic response created an entirely different model of "ecosystem intelli...
Send us a text Maria Santos, BMW's head of manufacturing intelligence, receives a 3:47 AM alert about another production line halt - the third that week. But this moment represents "the last gasps of an era," as automotive AI transforms from $10.88 billion to $17.56 billion market in one year (61.5% growth). Steve and Claire explore how BMW's Car2X technology turns vehicles into communicative participants in their own assembly, while GM's Kevin Quinn holds an AI-generated aluminum bracket tha...
Send us a text Special thanks to Heather Renner for suggesting this fascinating topic! Follow her insights at https://www.instagram.com/heatherrenner/ for more incredible stories from her channel. This week's Auto Intelligence explores one of the most revolutionary marketing campaigns in automotive history—how Subaru discovered and authentically engaged lesbian customers in the 1990s, earning the beloved nickname "Lesbaru." In the early 1990s, Subaru was struggling with declining sales and f...
Send us a text The automotive retail landscape is experiencing its most dramatic transformation since Henry Ford established the dealership model in 1914. Our latest Auto Intelligence episode with hosts Steve and Claire reveals why the Tesla versus traditional dealership narrative is already outdated—the future belongs to hybrid integration models. Tesla's H1 2025 performance tells a sobering story: deliveries dropped 13% to 720,803 units from 830,766 in 2024. Meanwhile, traditional automaker...
Send us a text The Dark Side of Innovation: How Ukraine's War Is Rewriting Mobility Forever In our latest Auto Intelligence episode, hosts Steve and Claire from Auto Agentic tackle one of the most challenging topics we've covered - how the war in Ukraine has become a "war lab for the future," fundamentally transforming battlefield mobility in ways that will inevitably impact civilian transportation. The research reveals staggering statistics: by early 2025, Ukraine was producing over 1.5 mill...
Send us a text The numbers tell the story: the global automotive AI market exploded from $10.88 billion in 2024 to a projected $17.56 billion in 2025, representing a staggering 61.5% compound annual growth rate. Meanwhile, 78% of automotive manufacturers have implemented some form of AI as of early 2025, up from just 62% two years ago. Design Revolution: Mercedes-Benz Chief Design Officer Gorden Wagener made headlines with his bold prediction that "in ten years, maybe most of the design will ...
Send us a text The Stark Reality: While the global hydrogen vehicle market is projected to reach $142.15 billion by 2032, current sales tell a different story. Only 5,621 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles were sold globally in the first half of 2024, compared to 4.5 million battery electric vehicles. In the United States, all 18,000 hydrogen cars on the road are concentrated in California, with Toyota Mirai sales dropping 74% to just 172 units in Q1 2024. Infrastructure Bottleneck: The chicken-and-...
Send us a text How North American Dealerships Can Thrive in the Software-Defined Vehicle Era The New Reality: From Oil Changes to OTA Updates As Mark Johnson, General Manager at a large multi-brand dealership in Ohio, explained: "We're not just selling cars anymore. We're selling experiences, updates, and peace of mind. And that's a whole different ballgame." The transformation is accelerating rapidly. By 2027, over 80% of new vehicles sold in North America will support significant over-th...
Send us a text How Code is Rewriting the Automotive Playbook The Paradigm Shift As Dr. Rudi Ostermann, CTO at TE Connectivity, explained: "We are at a turning point. The car is no longer just a machine; it's a digital platform that can evolve and improve throughout its life." This fundamental shift from hardware-centric to software-driven vehicles is happening faster than most realize—McKinsey projects that over 80% of new vehicles in North America and Europe will have significant software-up...
Send us a text AI Transforms Automotive Design: From Clay Models to Digital Creativity in Weeks, Not Months The automotive design revolution is happening faster than anyone predicted. What once took months of clay modeling and iterative sketching now occurs in weeks through AI-powered tools, fundamentally reshaping how vehicles are conceived and created. The Numbers Tell the Story: The global automotive AI market is exploding from $14.15 billion in 2023 to a projected $734.97 billion by 203...
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