Hi, everybody. Welcome to Shift, a podcast about mobility. I'm Pete Bigelow, your host and reporter

of the automotive news. We're changing things up just a bit on the podcast this week. I am fresh

off a flight home from Nvidia's GTC, the annual technology and AI showcase for developers

that Jensen Huang said has grown from an AI Woodstock to an AI Super Bowl.

And I think that is pretty spot up.

So on today's podcast, I am bringing you the highlights from several interviews I did while on the ground in San Jose last week.

You'll hear from InVedia Automotive Vice President Ali Connie, Wave CEO Alex Kendall, who's been a previous guest on the podcast.

Involvo, head of software engineering and R&D, Alvin Bacanus, and the head of their software subsidiary, Eric Koli.

First, though, we've got to look at headlines from elsewhere in the mobility landscape.

And there was a big one.

Here to discuss that with me is my automotive news colleague, Lonnie Iliff.

Lonnie, how are you today?

Great.

Great to be here.

Good.

Thanks for coming back, Lonnie.

So big development this week in the electric vehicle space, B-YD, the Chinese automaker

that is now the fourth largest in the world, has revealed it has a battery that can be

recharged in as little as five minutes.

What are the details here?

Yeah, it's really fascinating because obviously, you know,

BYD has been leading the charge here.

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