Get In: The Connected Vehicle Podcast

Who’s driving the next stage of car design? MotorTrend Editor in Chief Ed Loh talks about the people at the forefront of this next wave of automotive innovation.

We talk with WhichEV Editor James Morris about the impact of increased car connectivity and the reality of mass EV adoption.

The software-defined vehicle generates tremendous amounts of data. But how do we harness this data to unlock new value and business opportunities?

If your car could change from one day to the next, downloading and applying new features as easily and often as the contents of your favorite news site – what would you pay? More importantly, perhaps, what should you pay? Today you’re required to shell out for all the features when you drive off the lot, but should you pay for four-wheel drive or turbocharging if you seldom use it? We talk with Zuora to understand what moving to a subscription model will mean for car makers and future owners.

Today’s cars are marvels of complexity, the synthesis of myriad disparate systems that must come together harmoniously -- and perform to perfection -- while hurtling down the highway at high speed. How many people or companies does it take to build a modern automobile? Integration experts at KPIT explain how a global ecosystem of suppliers and engineers are able to accomplish this technological feat, and how the new generation of connected vehicles is challenging them to sharpen their skills.

It’s one thing to build cool new features into next-gen vehicles – but it’s another thing to get people to actually want or use them. Find out how “human-centered design” is reshaping how we think about and equip tomorrow’s connected cars.

As our cars get smarter, and the data they generate grows, what new challenges are car makers facing – and if they overcome the challenges, what new benefits can they deliver to drivers?

What’s the connection? 5G in most cases, connecting cars to the cloud, “smart” infrastructure, infotainment feeds, and each other. Find out how this telecom giant is leveraging its existing and future networks to enable the future of connected transportation.

Can a NASA mission to explore Venus improve your car’s performance here on Earth? Find out as we learn how battery science from outer space – combined with artificial intelligence and other advances – will let your electric vehicle take you faster and further than ever before.

“Location, location, location.” Major innovations in geo-spatial content and applications are literally guiding the future of transportation. Find how your next vehicle will get you safely from Point A to Point B – with or without a driver onboard.

Cashless travel: Coming to a car near you. The future of personal transportation does not require credit cards – “connected cars” will make transactions on your behalf, so you can leave your wallet at home.

Computing and cars: Find out how the world of cloud computing and always-on data connections is changing the car industry--and transportation as we know it.