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Hi everybody.

Hi everybody.

Welcome to Shift, a podcast about mobility.

I'm Pete Bigelow, your host, and reporter at the Automotive News. The Her new book is City Limits, Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways.

I'll be bringing you my conversation with Megan in just a bit.

First, my automotive news colleague Molly Boygan joins me for a look at today's headlines.

Molly, how are you today?

I'm good, thanks Pete. How are you?

I'm doing good.

I know you're fresh off a trip to Sweden to visit Volvo before we kind of get rolling here. How was your trip and what were you up to with Volvo?

Yes, I did. I am fresh off the trip. Fresh is one way to say it.

I'm definitely feeling it a little bit.

But it was a great trip.

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