Best Software Defined Vehicles Podcasts (2025)

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Software Defined Vehicles (SDV) in 2026: 7 Expert Insights - EP29 33:35

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The debate is over. 2026 is SDV execution year. At We.Conect's SDV Europe 2025 in Berlin, seven industry experts revealed a fundamental shift: the companies that win won't have the most features—they'll tell the most honest stories about strategic focus, security vigilance, and what software-defined vehicles really mean for drivers. THE THREE SHIFT…

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AI Weekly News Briefing: Nissan’s Software-Defined Cars and the New Cloud Vehicle Race 14:11

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This week on The AI Breakdown, I’m unpacking the biggest signals in AI - from Accenture’s massive OpenAI partnership to Lyft’s 87% support-time drop using Claude, to why 79% of companies are quietly rolling back their AI projects. We dig into: How consulting giants are gearing up to sell AI transformation at scale OpenAI’s surprising move into acco…

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AI Weekly Briefing: Lovable Raises Big and Salesforce Buys Qualified 10:01

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AI is getting embedded everywhere and this week proved it. Salesforce is buying Qualified to power always on AI agents for pipeline. Lovable just raised big money at a massive valuation as vibe coding explodes. Microsoft and Google are leaning on partners to push AI from pilots to production. Notion reveals that AI now drives a huge chunk of revenu…

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Behind the Microphone: How 30 Episodes Get Made - Frantz Lohier Interviews Stephane Lagresle EP30 | Season Finale 35:35

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For the season finale of "Under the Hood: Automotive Storytelling," we're going behind the scenes. Frantz Lohier, the first guest of Season 1, reverses roles to interview Stéphane Lagresle about how 30 episodes with automotive executives actually get made. This isn't about interviewing techniques or podcast equipment. It's about the systematic appr…

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Caddy's Vistiq is Confusing, A Fiat Designed For Unlicensed French Drivers, & Subaru vs Toyota vs Lexus 1:09:36

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In this Almost-Christmas episode of the Auto Buyer’s Guide Podcast, we take a deep dive into the Cadillac Vistiq and the realities of GM’s Ultium EV platform, including charging speeds, battery design, and long-term ownership implications. We also debate whether buyers should skip the Mazda CX-70 entirely and just buy the CX-90, answer a listener q…

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AI Weekly Briefing: Mouse Ears and Model Wars 10:24

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In this week’s 10 minute AI news roundup, I break down a headline grabbing Disney move that could redefine what “legal generative AI” looks like at scale. Disney is reportedly investing $1 billion in OpenAI, negotiating warrants for optionality, licensing a vault of iconic characters for Sora, and rolling out ChatGPT across the company with strict …

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336: The parts of the software development life cycle that can't be automated by AI (with OutSystems' Woodson Martin) 21:22

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In this episode, Jenna interviews Woodson Martin, CEO of OutSystems, about how AI only really assists with a portion of the software development life cycle. They discuss: The areas that will still require a human touch The evolution of the developer role and how success should be measured differently The bottlenecks that still exist even with AI-as…

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Why Do RWD Vehicles Tow More? New RAV4 Towing, Nisan's e-Power Is Almost Here, No Kei Car Dreams 1:18:37

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In this viewer/listener request episode, Alex and Travis explore a bit of confusion with the new RAV4's rowing numbers, whether a Corvette Stingray should get traded for a Lexus, and which new car features are over-engineered and unnecessary. They also deep dive into the controversial changes the president has made to the CAFE (Corporate Average Fu…

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AI Weekly Briefing: Accenture Goes All In on Claude 12:02

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This week I break down the biggest moves shaping the future of AI. OpenAI’s new enterprise report shows explosive adoption and usage growth, IBM drops eleven billion on Confluent to own the data-streaming backbone, Accenture goes deep with Anthropic in a partnership that could reshape corporate AI, and Runway’s Gen 4.5 quietly leapfrogs the giants …

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Episode 4: Looking without seeing 50:20

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How do you combine synthetic data with ”real” visual data in a way that maintains data quality, privacy, and security? In this episode of Deeper learning, our guest, Batu Özcan from Syntonym, shares insights on the importance of clear, effective laws and explains why government action is crucial to protecting citizens. Join Veronika and Batu as the…

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How Catena-X Solved Automotive Data Sharing - Thomas Roesch, CEO, Cofinity-X EP28 43:44

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🔗 THE COLLABORATION REVOLUTION DECODED Twenty-eight companies. Three years. One unified data standard that BMW, Mercedes, and Volkswagen all agreed to. Thomas Rösch, CEO of Cofinity-X and Board Member of Catena-X, joins "Under the Hood: Automotive Storytelling" to unpack this unprecedented automotive collaboration. 🎯 KEY INSIGHTS Centralized vs. De…

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REPLAY: How cognitive fatigue impacts developer productivity (with Gradle's Hans Dockter) 16:16

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This episode was originally broadcast in April 2024, and includes discussions that are still relevant to developers today, so we are publishing it again. --- In this episode, SD Times Editor-in-Chief David Rubinstein discusses how cognitive fatigue is compounding the software productivity problem. His guest is Hans Dockter, CEO at Gradle Inc. and l…

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EVs in a Phoenix summer, Dodge brings back the V6, Jeep has too many EVs 1:09:11

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In this wildly scatterbrained episode, we break down the biggest reveals from the LA Auto Show, including updates on Honda’s Prelude, the Jeep Recon, the redesigned Telluride, and Stellantis’ ever-confusing EV strategy. We also dive deep into Tesla’s shockingly high German inspection failure rates, and answer a listener's question about how much EV…

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AI Weekly News Briefing: Nvidia’s Surge, Model ML’s $75M & AI Growth Zones in the UK 10:19

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This week we’re looking at AI moving from hype to hands-on. We start with OpenAI and DoorDash running “AI Jam” workshops for over 1,000 small businesses across US cities – helping restaurant owners, accountants and retailers build AI tools they can actually use the next day. Meanwhile, the tech giants are doing the opposite of slowing down: nearly …

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Quick Fix #3: How Many Slides Is Too Many? Stop Counting, Start Telling Stories EP27 11:26

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How Many Slides Is Too Many? The Real Question Every Presenter Should Be Asking Are you asking the wrong question about your presentations? In this Quick Fix episode of Under the Hood: Automotive Storytelling, host Stéphane Lagresle reveals why "How many slides should I have?" is the wrong question, and what you should be asking instead. THE PROBLE…

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Episode 3: Twins, software, and the new way to build cars 1:04:03

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Host Veronika Nihlén talks with RemotiveLabs CEO Per Sigurdson and technical manager Aleksandar Filipov about how virtualization is reshaping automotive software. They break down the differences between physical and digital twins and show how tighter links between hardware and software help teams move faster. The conversation digs into aging system…

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335: The development skills required for building software-defined vehicles (with QNX's Justin Moon) 17:12

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In this episode, Dave interviews Justin Moon, vice president of Core Product Engineering at BlackBerry QNX, providers of a real-time OS for embedded systems. They discuss: How QNX is working to close the development skills gap for SDVs How developers manage complexity in vehicle software designs The commercial challenges for autonomous vehicle hard…

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Does Jeep have too many EVs while Volvo has too few? Also, Honda gets a new hybrid system. 1:19:09

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Does Jeep have too many EVs while Volvo has too few? Also, Honda gets a new hybrid system.By Auto Buyers Guide

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AI Weekly News Briefing: Trillion-Dollar Data Centers, Soaring AI Costs, and the Deepfake Backlash 11:43

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This week on The AI Breakdown, I dig into the trillion-dollar AI infrastructure boom, from Google’s $40B Texas mega-build to Oracle’s debt-fuelled cloud gamble and the jaw-dropping projections behind OpenAI and Anthropic’s next frontier. We also look at why data silos are still holding back corporate AI projects, and what new surveys say about AI’s…

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SDVs: How Mercedes-Benz Cut Development from Years to Weeks - Markus Rettstatt, Mercedes-Benz EP26 49:43

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🚗 FROM 5 YEARS TO 6 WEEKS: THE SDV REVOLUTION When Mercedes-Benz's software team achieved in weeks what traditionally took years, they proved that having an entirely new approach to automotive's software can bring incredible results. In this new episode of "Under the Hood: Automotive Storytelling" brought to you by The Storytelling Tribe, we sit do…

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334: A developer's Hippocratic Oath in the age of AI (with Sonatype's Mitchell Johnson) 17:01

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In this episode, Dave interviews Mitchell Johnson, chief product development officer at Sonatype, about the notion of a Hippocratic Oath for developers, where you do no harm to the codebase, and how AI is impacting that. They discuss: The responsibility a developer has to keeping their codebase healthy whenever they add a new feature How being able…

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AI Weekly News Briefing: Cloud Power Plays, Siri’s Identity Crisis, and Coke’s AI Christmas 6:36

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In this week’s AI Weekly News Briefing, OpenAI smashes past one million paying businesses, lands a colossal $38 billion cloud deal with AWS, and fuels a fresh round of platform upgrades. Apple flirts with letting Google’s Gemini run Siri, Brussels softens the EU AI Act to give builders some breathing space, Shopify’s agentic AI sends sales soaring,…

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333: What vibe coding means for the future of citizen development and entrepreneurship (with Block's Angie Jones) 13:57

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In this episode, Dave interviews Angie Jones, VP of engineering for AI Tools & Enablement at the financial services company Block. They discuss: How AI is empowering a new wave of developers from non-traditional roles The importance of feeding AI models and agents important business context Block's coding agent Goose…

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AI Weekly News Briefing: OpenAI Restructures, AWS Flexes Silicon, and LSEG Goes All In on AI Data 8:50

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This week in AI: OpenAI has officially grown up with a new governance structure and fresh regulatory sign-offs, Microsoft tightens its grip with a mega-stake, and the capital taps are opening wider than ever. We dig into what this new structure means for trust, safety, and OpenAI’s future power plays, plus the SoftBank funding wave and why enterpri…

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Why truck design needs empathy: CMF Innovation at MAN Trucks - Carolin Schütt, MAN Trucks EP25 53:25

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🚛 THE TRUCK CABIN REVOLUTION In this new episode of "Under the Hood: Automotive Storytelling" from The Storytelling Tribe, we connect with Carolin Schütt, Lead CMF Design Manager at MAN Trucks and Buses, who brings along two decades of automotive design experience from BMW to commercial vehicles, to explore how storytelling transforms engineering i…

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Listen First, Pitch Later: Building Gaming Partnerships in Automotive - Anthony Cliquot, AirConsole EP24 49:24

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🎮 WHEN STORYTELLING MEETS GAMING & AUTOMOTIVE In this captivating episode of "Under the Hood: Automotive Storytelling" brought to you by The Storytelling Tribe, we sit down with Anthony Cliquot, CEO of AirConsole, to explore how listening first became the foundation for transforming vehicles into social entertainment hubs and building partnerships …

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332: Knative graduates from CNCF (with Knative maintainer Dave Protasowski) 18:47

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In this episode, Dave interviews Dave Protasowski, a member of the steering committee for Knative, about the project's recent graduation from the CNCF. They discuss: An overview of what Knative does The history of the project at the CNCF What's in store for Knative in the futureBy SD Times

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AI Weekly News Briefing: From Real World AI Progress to From Superintelligence Fears 8:52

2M ago8:52

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Everything that mattered in AI in the last week in one focused briefing. We start with headline moments that shift markets and compute supply: SoftBank’s massive final tranche for OpenAI and Anthropic’s scale up with Google TPUs. Then we move to product and policy: Microsoft Copilot’s memory and group features and a 30,000 person NHS pilot that rep…

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Toyota's New RAV4 Is A Winner, Jeep's EV Is Underbaked, Nissan's Versa Needs A Resurrection 1:09:35

2M ago1:09:35

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In this episode Alex gets on his soapbox about affordable transportation and why a cheap new car is better than a used car, and why it's important for our economy that they exist. Travis talks about Toyota's all-hybrid RAV4 and how the new 324 horsepower GR Sport model compares against the competition. Rounding things out, the guys discuss what exa…

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Did AgentKit Just Kill n8n? Spoiler: No 13:58

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OpenAI’s new AgentKit dropped, and the internet instantly declared n8n dead. Spoiler: it’s not even close. In this episode of The AI Breakdown, I put AgentKit and n8n head-to-head after weeks of hands-on testing. I dive into where each tool shines, what they’re actually built for, and which one you should reach for when building your next automatio…

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331: How Spotify created its own AI tool, AiKA, to improve developer productivity (with Spotify's Pia Nilsson) 13:53

2M ago13:53

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In this episode, Jenna interviews Pia Nilsson, senior director of engineering at Spotify, about the company's decision to make its own AI tool to improve developer productivity. They discuss: Why they built their own tool instead of using something that already exists How developers are using it day-to-day How AI is shaping developer culture at Spo…

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Weekly AI News Briefing: OpenAI vs Hollywood, eBay's £3M AI Gift, and ChatGPT's Evolution 7:48

2M ago7:48

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This week in AI: OpenAI's Sora 2 ignites a firestorm in Hollywood as studios and unions raise alarm over AI-generated videos featuring real people's likenesses. Google unveils Gemini 2.5 Computer Use, a breakthrough model that can actually click, scroll, and navigate websites like a human, no APIs required. eBay launches a £3 million initiative giv…

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Chris McCausland: AI Through a Blind Comedian’s Eyes 11:12

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Imagine using AI to tell you who's smiling at your jokes, and then turning that into the punchline. That's exactly what Chris McCausland does. Chris is a blind British stand-up comedian who's become an unlikely champion of AI technology. Fresh off his historic Strictly Come Dancing win, he's using his platform to show how artificial intelligence is…

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Quick Fix #2: Escaping the PowerPoint Jail: win customer pitches in 18 minutes - EP23 8:31

2M ago8:31

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Escaping PowerPoint Jail: Why Your 45-Slide Customer Deck Is Costing You Deals Are your sales presentations working against you? In this Quick Fix episode of Under the Hood: Automotive Storytelling, host Stéphane Lagresle reveals why automotive suppliers and technology companies are losing millions in opportunities, not despite their preparation, b…

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Episode 2: From roads to replicas 55:23

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On this episode of Deeper learning: simulation steps out of the lab and into day-to-day development. Kevin McNamara (CEO of Parallel Domain), Erik Rosén, and Veronika Nihlén (Zenseact) discuss how sensor-level, data-driven replicas let teams test corner cases safely and move faster – from closed vs open loop to end-to-end driving. The aim: make tha…

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Nissan’s New Leaf, NACS Isn’t Perfect, Toyota Corolla Cross, & The Electric TrailBoss 1:25:21

2M ago1:25:21

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Travis and Alex wander across a bunch of topics today from the dual-charging port weirdness on the new Nissan Leaf, they question whether the Silverado EV TrailBoss might really be a trail intern, and why the Corolla Cross might or might not be the ultimate Corolla.By Auto Buyers Guide

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AI Weekly News Briefing: OpenAI’s Big Enterprise Play, Meta’s Privacy Backlash, and AI’s Impact on Jobs 9:52

2M ago9:52

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In this week’s AI Breakdown, I cover the biggest stories shaping the world of AI. OpenAI doubles down on the enterprise with new partnerships and ambitions to make ChatGPT the front door to work. Meta faces backlash over plans to use AI chats for ad targeting. OpenAI teams up with AMD in a massive GPU deal as US–China tensions reshape the global ch…

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330: Code quality + security shouldn't be separate concerns (with Aikido Security's Khachatur Virabyan) 11:55

2M ago11:55

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In this episode, Jenna interviews Khachatur Virabyan, head of code quality at Aikido Security, about why code quality and security should be addressed together. They discuss: The differences in definitions for code quality and security How clean code could still have vulnerabilities The impact AI coding will have on code quality and security…

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Welcome to In-car Wellness Experiences - Thomas Stocker, Gentherm EP22 44:50

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THE WELLBEING REVOLUTION DECODED In this new episode of "Under the Hood: Automotive Storytelling", brought to you by the Storytelling Tribe, we connect with Thomas Stocker, key member of Gentherm's executive team, leading their European operations and former BMW infotainment integration leader. Thomas shares insights on leadership, team dynamics, a…

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Inside the Auction World: Trust, Tech & EV Transitions with Joel Beck 14:43

3M ago14:43

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In this episode, special guest host Jamye Carpenter, VP of Customer Success at Privacy4Cars, sits down with Joel Beck, Director of Auction Sales at Red Mountain Technologies. They explore the evolution of vehicle history reporting and how Red Mountain’s AutoCheck product helps maintain transparency and trust in the auction world—particularly in gua…

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🎯 THE MOBILITY TRANSFORMATION DECODED In this new episode of "Under the Hood: Automotive Storytelling" – the only podcast examining mobility through storytelling, brought to you by The Storytelling Tribe – we connect with Andrew Hart, CEO at SBD Automotive and architect of the groundbreaking 4S Mobility Initiative, to explore how the automotive ind…