Episodes

  • March 17, 2022 | Why the auto industry's cybersecurity insecurity is good news

    March 17, 2022 | Why the auto industry's cybersecurity insecurity is good news
    Mar 17 2022
    Automakers and suppliers don't feel properly prepared to defend the forthcoming wave of software-defined cars against hackers, according to a recent study. Capgemini's Jean-Marie Lapeyre explains why that is very encouraging.
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    19 mins
  • March 10, 2022 | How big EV wins with BMW, others are propelling BorgWarner

    March 10, 2022 | How big EV wins with BMW, others are propelling BorgWarner
    Mar 10 2022
    BorgWarner wants 25 percent of its total global revenue by 2025 to come from supplying EVs by 2025, up from 5 percent now. A key contract with BMW has the company on track to reaching the tough target, top exec Arnaldo Iezzi says.
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    13 mins
  • March 3, 2022 | Why Fisker created a 'super high-speed train of development'

    March 3, 2022 | Why Fisker created a 'super high-speed train of development'
    Mar 3 2022
    Henrik Fisker says that to make the startup electric car maker that carries his name different from VW and BMW it needed to develop its vehicles in record time. The aim is to make sure models such as the new Ocean are as high tech as any consumer electronics product on the market.
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    28 mins
  • Feb. 24, 2022 | How TomTom won a place in up to 40 million VW Group vehicles

    Feb. 24, 2022 | How TomTom won a place in up to 40 million VW Group vehicles
    Feb 24 2022
    TomTom Automotive Managing Director Antoine Saucier says the supplier's close partnership with VW Group's software arm, Cariad, means a navigation system update could take place in as little as an hour.
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    18 mins
  • Feb. 17, 2022 | Why Stellantis CEO's frustration with Tier 1s over chips is misplaced

    Feb. 17, 2022 | Why Stellantis CEO's frustration with Tier 1s over chips is misplaced
    Feb 17 2022
    The chip crisis has put automakers in an unfamiliar position. They can't get enough semiconductors to keep their assembly lines running. Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares blames Tier 1s for the problem, but supplier expert David Opsahl says that position is "off base."
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    13 mins
  • Feb. 10, 2022 | How Rimac plans to create Bugattis 'without spending billions'

    Feb. 10, 2022 | How Rimac plans to create Bugattis 'without spending billions'
    Feb 10 2022
    Mate Rimac likes to say that VW, Porsche and Hyundai have invested hundreds of millions of euros in his education. He plans to use what he has learned to create new-generation Bugattis "without spending billions."
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    32 mins
  • Feb. 3, 2022 | How BMW, Mercedes gain from Magna's close ties with startups

    Feb. 3, 2022 | How BMW, Mercedes gain from Magna's close ties with startups
    Feb 3 2022
    Magna Steyr vice president of sales and marketing Kurt Bachmaier explains why working with startups has been so beneficial to the contract manufacturer's relations with BMW, Mercedes and Jaguar.
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    18 mins
  • Jan. 27, 2022 | UK startup aims to bring affordable charging to all

    Jan. 27, 2022 | UK startup aims to bring affordable charging to all
    Jan 27 2022
    ZipCharge says 40 percent of EV owners can't replenish their battery packs at home. Company co-founder Jonathan Carrier says these folks usually have to use the public infrastructure -- which costs much more -- creating an inequality gap that the mobility startup wants to remedy.
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    22 mins