Episodes

Rivian’s Gulnaaz Afzal on What ‘Self-Driving’ Isn’t — While Playing Pong on the World’s Smallest Atari   Episode 270 In this last installment of "Live from AutoTech Detroit," Gulnaaz Afzal, Senior Autonomy Systems Integration Engineer at Rivian, joined me to talk...

Born In The USA: Telo Trucks & The All-Electric Mini Pickup Built For The City   Episode 269 Jason Marks, CEO of Telo Trucks, joins the show to unpack why the MT1 is essentially a Toyota Tacoma in a Mini Cooper-sized package and why that matters for cities,...

Why Today’s Auto Industry Looks Like 1908: Steve Bell from Omdia Automotive Explains   Episode 268 We accidentally got our schedules crossed… and ended up with one of the spiciest short episodes of the season. Recorded live on the expo floor at AutoTech in...

Is It Really a Two-Speed EV World? with Lindsay VanHulle from Automotive News   Episode 267 The EV market isn’t collapsing, it’s recalibrating. In this episode, I’m live at AutoTech Detroit while Lindsay VanHulle, Deputy Editor at Automotive News, calls in...

Is Your Car Secretly Smarter Than You? AI-Defined Vehicles with Edward Wilford from Omdia Automotive   Episode 266 Heated seat subscriptions (aka “toasty buns”), the Little Tikes EV charging station and a Cary Grant–level Bear photoshoot…yes, this episode covers...

The $1,000 Car Payment?! What Experian’s Data Really Reveals with Melinda Zabritski   Episode 265What’s worse: hitting a speed bump with a full cup of coffee… or signing up for a $1,000/month car payment? Both are bad, but that $1K car note stings a whole lot...

Volvo EX60 Deep Dive with Jim Nichols (Live from AutoTech Detroit)   Episode 264 What do a Jenga tower, seamless tolling, and a sub 5-second 0–60 Volvo have in common? Apparently…a lot. In this episode, I sat down with Jim Nichols, VP, Head of Product Technology...

James Bond Now Drives a BYD (And Other Things You Should Know) with Michael Dunne   Episode 263 China is quickly becoming the auto industry’s final boss, and Michael Dunne, CEO of Dunne Insights, is here to explain why everyone else in the world is still trying...

The One Where We Talk About Chinese EVs (And So Much More) with Patrick George, The Wall Street Journal   Episode 262 Is this an EV story, a China story, or an “America forgot how to build affordable cars” story? My guest today, Patrick George, Detroit Bureau...