At CES 2026, the conversation around artificial intelligence and automotive shifted in a meaningful way from experimentation to execution.

EY has captured those insights in a new report, AI in motion, exploring how automakers and suppliers are putting AI to work across vehicles, factories, and enterprise operations.

You can access the full report now at otonews.com slash EY.

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

technology, trends, and transformation.

I'm executive producer Jake Neer and for Molly Boygan and Hannah Lutz.

I'm here on the show floor of the NADA show, 2026 in Las Vegas.

This is where retailers, vendors, and others all come together for one of the biggest auto events of the year.

On today's show, our own Jerry Hirsch talks with Scott Painter, the founder of TrueCar,

who had been forced out of that company, but is now back as CEO of the car pricing platform.

They talk all about that saga and why he took the company private.

AI, the real AI that's coming is agentic AI that is in service of a consumer. And the question

for the industry is, are we ready for it and how are we going to survive it? Because it's

already starting to happen.

But first, let's talk about the week. For that, I'm joined by my colleague Mark Holmer, who

covers dealers and retail technology for us at Automotive News, Mark. But first, let's talk about the week. For that, I'm joined by my colleague Mark Holmer, who covers

dealers and retail technology for us at Automotive News. Mark, happy NADA week.

Thank you. It's great to be here, and it's crazy and fun and good. Well, let's expand on that

a little bit. Tell me about the vibes here. You know, you've covered a few of these already for us.

How does this year stack up? Well, it's striking compared to last year in New Orleans when the bad

snowstorm chased away a lot of people. But it's not just that people can get to the event here.

It's just, I've heard that it's record attendance. It's just massive amounts of people

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