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Visit Gentex.com to check out the latest in digital vision, connected car, and dimmable glass technologies. Hi everybody. Welcome to Shift, the podcast about mobility. I'm Pete Bigelow, your

host and reporter at the Automotive News.

Hi everyone, it's Leslie Allen, editor of Shift magazine.

Hey there, it's Alexis St. John, covering tech and suppliers.

Joining us on the podcast today is Christoph Marna, Executive Vice President at ZF, where he is in charge of

Advanced Driver Assist Systems and Electronics.

We'll be talking to him about the the integration of new

level two systems and in the safety of those systems. But first Leslie and Alexa

a lot going on this week as usual in the automated vehicle space

We've got a bunch of new SPACs which is probably kind of par for the course these days

We have news from Waimo crew which is probably kind of par for the course these days.

We have news from Weimo, Cruz, Argo, Pony,

Luminar.

Alexa, where do you even want to start?

Yeah, Pete, there is definitely a lot to cover this week, but I guess that's a good thing.

First and foremost, Weimo and Cruz, they've applied for permits needed to start charging for rides and delivery using autonomous vehicles in San Francisco.

We don't know when they expect to launch these services and they've actually detailed kind of contrasting

deployment plans.

Weimo says they're going to start with driver operations,

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