Hi and welcome to the Automotive News Shift podcast, where we bring you the latest on automotive

technology, trends, and transformation. I'm Molly Boygan, tech and innovation reporter at Automotive

News. Today's guest is Osgar Trumshumshu, General Manager for Automotive and Manufacturing at

AWS. He gives us his take on the rapid advancements in vehicle voice assistance that will

change the customer experience. I think software-difying vehicle definitely will create opportunities

to extend the life cycle of the vehicle, but at the same time, keep refreshing the feature set that you see in the vehicle.

So you feel like, and you think like, and you are actually getting the best of the vehicle functions

and not necessarily have to change your vehicle.

But first, let's talk about the week.

For that, I'm joined by my colleague Ervkakaria, Atlanta Bureau Chief for Automotive News.

Irvach, you just got back from Stockholm.

Welcome back.

How's the jet lag?

What were you up to?

Thanks, Molly.

Jet lag's all fine.

I was in Stockholm for the reveal of the Volvo EX60, which is their latest electric vehicle.

Pretty cool.

It's the mid-sized segment.

It's the largest segment for EVs in general in the luxury space.

So I wouldn't say it's a make or break, but it's a pretty important model.

And you also had a busy week publishing a bunch of stories, one of which was about ACA

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