Leslie J. Allen

This is the final issue of Shift magazine, but we aren't going away. Automotive News is expanding its coverage of the topics you're used to reading about in these pages.

From big rigs to school buses, trucks have shown themselves to be a smart platform for future mobility technology.

The pandemic has combined with other challenges to accelerate retailers' move to online retailing.

Automakers and mobility companies haven’t ignored the possibilities that a high-capacity, high-speed, low-latency network offers.

If automakers' grand plans to roll out EVs come to fruition, the need for better charging infrastructure is no longer a chicken-and-egg issue. 

This issue of Shift was a passion project for the staff, who saw major automakers showing interest in electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles and flying-car ventures beginning to win government certification.

The years since the rollout of the EV1 brought many changes for those involved in the project.

In the course of preparing a magazine issue focused on innovations in the manufacturing and movement of goods, buzzwords kept popping up in the research.

In 2020, orders for nonautomotive robots surpassed those for automotive robots in North America.

Historically, the emergence of hauling goods rather than moving people as the most practical application of new technology is not new.

The crowds and chaos that usually surround CES are distant memories this year as the event goes virtual.

As of this issue, what had been the monthly "Shift: Mobility Report" page is going weekly, with a new look and new features.

When the history of the COVID-19 pandemic is written, there should be a prominent place for the auto industry heroes who stepped up, pitched in, mobilized, fed, educated and comforted.

It's been eight months since we last brought you Shift. Eight long months in a very long year.

EcoMotion co-founder Boaz Mamo and Chairman Meir Arnon talk about EcoMotion and the growing culture of innovation in Israel.