Here are highlights from the latest episodes of ‘Daily Drive’, Automotive News‘ weekday podcast, Aug. 21-25, hosted by Jamie Butters with Kellen Walker.
“People in San Francisco are just so tired of feeling like basically guinea pigs for the tech industry.” — Molly Boigon, Automotive News reporter covering technology and innovation, on news that more robotaxis are soon coming to that city
“To the outside world, it certainly makes a lot of sense that, if you’re doing the same job, you should get paid the same amount. But there’s very good reasons why those tiers exist, and getting rid of them entirely is not quite as easy as they make it sound.” — Nick Bunkley, leader of Automotive News’ automaker team, on the UAW’s demands that would end wage tiers for Detroit 3 auto workers
“We have to go faster at being less dependent on fossil fuel.” — Pierre Boutin, CEO of Volkswagen Group of Canada, on EV adoption and charging
“The reason really comes down to a couple of things — power and data.” — Larry P. Vellequette, Automotive News reporter, on automakers moving to USB-C cords
— Listen to these and other shows at autonews.com/dailydrive.