Podcast Episodes

Harry Campbell on how robotaxis reshape the ride-hailing business

Harry Campbell, known in the mobility world as The Rideshare Guy, explores how an influx of new driverless deployments and self-driving partnerships …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

EV policy rollbacks could threaten U.S. global competitiveness, says Biden-era charging leader Gabe Klein

Gabe Klein, who led the U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation under President Joe Biden, warns that the Trump administration’s reversal of f…

7 months ago

Plus CEO David Liu on global growth and going public

David Liu, CEO of automated-driving tech company Plus, discusses how $300 million in proceeds from an expected SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Cor…

7 months, 1 week ago

Kurt Kelty breaks down GM’s EV battery strategy

Kurt Kelty, vice president of battery, propulsion and sustainability at General Motors, discusses a flurry of recent battery developments that unders…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Factorial Energy’s Siyu Huang on bringing solid-state batteries from the lab to roads

Siyu Huang, founder and CEO of Factorial Energy, provides updates on the company’s ongoing work with Stellantis, Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai, and detai…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Redwood Materials’ Cal Lankton Gives Old EV Batteries New Life

Lankton, chief commercial officer at Redwood Materials, details why the company just opened its Redwood Energy business unit and how it is repurposin…

8 months ago

Michael Dunne shares China’s playbook for automotive supremacy

Michael Dunne, CEO and founder of advisory firm Dunne Insights, details how Chinese automotive startups like BYD asserted dominance over Detroit’s le…

8 months, 1 week ago

Lyft off: Jeremy Bird details the ride-hailing network’s role in the robotaxi future

Jeremy Bird, executive vice president of driver experience at Lyft, explains how the company is working with Mobileye, May Mobility and others to lau…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

J.D. Power’s Kathleen Rizk and Lisa Boor warn of driver-assist ‘identity crisis’

Kathleen Rizk, senior director in J.D. Power’s global automotive practice, and Lisa Boor, senior manager in the firm’s mobility benchmarking unit, ad…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

As Tesla readies for launch, Alex Roy inspects the economics behind the robotaxi business model

From his time inside a robotaxi startup, Alex Roy knows what it really takes to build a business around self-driving technology.

The venture-capital p…

9 months ago