Here are highlights from the latest episodes of ‘Daily Drive’, Automotive News‘ weekday podcast, July 31- Aug. 2, hosted by Jamie Butters with Kellen Walker.
“There’s a lot of factors on labor’s side making them more willing to take the risks to go out on strike, which will force the companies back to the table.” — Arthur Wheaton, director of labor studies at Cornell University, on the UAW’s contract negotiations with the Detroit 3
“[We’re bringing] the cost from what used to be tens of thousands of dollars, to now, we’re below $1,000. And hopefully we’ll be even cheaper down the road. And then when that happens, it’s a guarantee that more people will use [our lidar], and it’s a guarantee that more vehicles and people are going to benefit from [that] added safety.” — David Li, CEO of Hesai, which has quickly become one of the world’s largest lidar companies
“As we start commercializing and moving into these other spaces, getting reuse of the same system for many, many different applications gives us the ability to bring those economics into play where they can be favorable.” — Charlie Freese, executive director of General Motors’ hydrogen fuel cell business
— Listen to these and other shows at autonews.com/dailydrive.