The author of “City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality and The Future of America’s Highways” examines the financial, environmental and human costs of highway expansions, explains the way interstates are funded, and details prospects of highway

Greg McGuire explores Mcity’s next chapter

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The managing director of the connected-and-autonomous vehicle test track details the facility’s evolution into a makerspace for mobility innovation that encompasses a data engine and mixed-reality tech development.

Shay Natarajan on confident mobility investing through uncertain times

17 days ago 44m 2s

The partner at investment firm Mobility Impact Partners explains how she looks beyond transportation-tech hype when investing and details a viable path for electrification through charging and infrastructure uncertainty.

Jay Joseph sketches out Honda’s hydrogen strategy

24 days ago 43m 15s

The vice president of sustainability and business development at American Honda Motor Inc. details the automaker’s new CR-V fuel-cell variant, an H2-focused joint venture with General Motors, and the state of hydrogen infrastructure.

Justine Johnson touts Michigan as a hub for mobility

Mar 24th, 2024 40m 58s

Michigan’s chief mobility officer shares the state's efforts to ensure that transportation is equitable, clean and innovative across land, air and waterways.

Energy Department’s Chelsea Sexton finances transportation’s future

Mar 17th, 2024 37m 47s

The program officer in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office explains how EV and energy policy gets implemented through billions in federal loans, and how that work underpins a clean-energy economy.

Impact of the DARPA Grand Challenge reverberates 20 years later

Mar 10th, 2024 36m 7s

March 13 marks the 20-year anniversary of the inaugural DARPA Grand Challenge race which catalyzed interest in self-driving technology. DARPA director Tony Tether, Carnegie Mellon University’s Red Whittaker, Waymo’s Melissa Dumas Grimm and Pron

BCG’s Augustin Wegscheider explores the nuances in AV, EV forecasts

Mar 3rd, 2024 45m 42s

The co-leader of Boston Consulting Group’s Center for Mobility Innovation discusses complications in deploying automated-driving technology and points to limited EV offerings a contributing factor behind a sales slowdown.

Larry Burns identifies the biggest threat to the automotive future

Feb 25th, 2024 52m 6s

The retired General Motors vice president of R&D and adviser to Google and Waymo believes the way digital technology is reshaping our lives will impact both vehicle development and whether we need vehicles at all.

Union of Concerned Scientists’ David Reichmuth unpacks the plug-in hybrid revival

Feb 18th, 2024 31m 34s

Reichmuth, a senior engineer in the organization’s Clean Transportation Program, examines if plug-in hybrids will lead to reduced emissions amid renewed interest and calls out automakers with inefficient PHEV offerings.

Morningstar and Pitchbook experts on what VC investment says about the mobility sector

Feb 11th, 2024 27m 29s

Sanjay Arya, the head of innovation for index product at Morningstar, and Jonathan Geurkink, a senior research analyst for mobility and supply chain tech at Pitchbook, explain what venture capital investment says about mobility tech and why the

Panasonic’s Andrew Poliak on automotive’s seismic software push

Feb 4th, 2024 37m 27s

The chief technology officer at Panasonic Automotive details advances on software-defined vehicles and what they mean for consumers.

McKinsey’s Russell Hensley confronts the ‘permacrisis’ roiling the auto industry

Jan 28th, 2024 36m 26s

The partner and co-leader of the consulting firm’s Center for Future Mobility advises automakers on navigating software, autonomy and electrification transitions amid profound changes in technology, workforce and the global world order.

Anthony Levandowski marks 2024 as the ‘year of the robot’

Jan 21st, 2024 47m 59s

The Pronto CEO and co-founder details the merits of pursuing off-road autonomy, provides a status report on self-driving technology and explains why he founded the Way Of The Future church as a framework for harnessing artificial intelligence.

Software-defined vehicle tech takes driver’s seat at CES

Jan 14th, 2024 33m 37s

“Software-defined vehicle” was much more than a buzzwordy catchphrase at CES. From Las Vegas, Elektrobit CEO Maria Anhalt and Qualcomm VP and head of software product management detail rapid advances and growing importance in auto software.

Michael Dunne charts China’s automotive ascendance

Jan 7th, 2024 41m 18s

The expert on Asia’s automakers and CEO of Dunne Insights warns that traditional automakers not named Tesla should be “terrified” of BYD across the globe. Further, he explains how China came to dominate battery materials and technology in the b

Clarios CEO Mark Wallace on the enduring role of low-voltage batteries in an EV era

Dec 31st, 2023 34m 56s

The Clarios CEO examines the growing importance of low-voltage batteries in fully electric vehicles, how recycling may ease geopolitical tensions the promise and realities of new battery chemistries.

Matt Markel wrings new innovation from an old technology

Dec 24th, 2023 34m 38s

The Spartan Radar CEO details how his company’s software serves as “eyeglasses” for conventional radar, vastly improving performance in the real world. Plus, he offers up an ideal holiday gift suggestion for budding engineers.

Gabe Klein explains the government's role as an EV charging catalyst

Dec 17th, 2023 27m 7s

Gabe Klein, executive director of the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, argues that there is no electric vehicle sales slowdown. The segment is growing, and the charging infrastructure to support it will be “private sector-led and gove

Katelyn Foley rethinks the way transportation startups come to life

Dec 10th, 2023 38m 1s

The UP.Labs president details the thinking behind a “venture lab,” which custom-develops startups for companies like Porsche and Alaska Airlines. Further, she warns automakers and suppliers of fragility within their supply chains.

Phil Koopman outlines next steps for Cruise and the self-driving industry

Dec 3rd, 2023 45m 53s

The Carnegie Mellon University professor and embedded systems expert makes recommendations on how GM subsidiary Cruise can improve its transparency and trust. Further, he says it’s time the entire industry develops a new safety message.

Mobileye’s Amnon Shashua eyes profits on road to full autonomy

Nov 26th, 2023 45m 53s

The CEO of the Israeli auto-tech company explains how driver-assist technology provides a financial bridge toward a self-driving future. He further details the rollout of SuperVision in China and assesses the state of the robotaxi industry.

Daimler Truck North America’s Rakesh Aneja

Nov 19th, 2023 31m 57s

The head of eMobility at Daimler discussed why the company is developing battery electric and hydrogen solutions at the same time, and how hydrogen combustion engine technology is a zero-emission solution with a lower barrier to entry for many

Plus CEO David Liu on the long haul toward fully automated trucks

Nov 12th, 2023 37m 9s

The CEO and founder of Plus describes his company’s evolutionary approach toward developing automated-driving technology. Further, he provides updates on work with partners like Amazon, Bosch, Cummings and more, and what’s ahead for Plus in 202

SAFE’s Allanté Whitmore: electric AVs can take a big bite out of pollution

Nov 5th, 2023 30m 44s

The director of the Autonomous Vehicles Initiative at thinktank Securing America’s Future Energy outlines findings of a new case study that shows how electric AVs could dramatically reduce air and noise pollution in San Francisco.