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The Garage Podcast

The Garage brings together the minds shaping AI and software in the vehicle industry. Each episode explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the way vehicles are built, validated, and improved — from the cloud to the edge. Guests include the engineers, executives, and innovators behind some of the most recognizable brands in automotive, AI, and technology.

John Heinlein, Ph.D, Chief Marketing Officer

Host
John Heinlein
Chief Marketing Officer, Sonatus

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What Data Says about Real Pace of the SDV Shift

At the COVESA All-Member Meeting in Berlin, Maitê Bezerra, senior principal analyst for software-defined vehicles at Wards Intelligence (now Omdia), discussed...
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How Can Vehicle Data Speak the Same Language?

In a live recording from COVESA Berlin, Executive Director Steve Crumb and Sonatus CMO John Heinlein discuss how the Vehicle Signal Specification (VSS)...
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Mapping Every Parking Spot: Impossible or Inevitable?

In this episode, recorded live at the Sonatus booth at CES2025, Tom Clarke, EV Product Manager from Parkopedia talks with host John Heinlein, Ph.D., Chief...
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Why Buying Automotive Software Is Broken (and How to Fix It)

In this episode, filmed live at the Sonatus booth at CES 2025, Prashant Gulati, CEO of SDVerse, talks with host John Heinlein, Ph.D., Chief Marketing Officer...
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Are Drivers More Predictable Than You Think?

Martin Krantz, CEO and Co-founder of Smart Eye talks with host John Heinlein, Ph.D., Chief Marketing Officer of Sonatus about their incredible occupant...
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Francis Chow of Red Hat

Francis Chow, VP & GM, In-Vehicle Operating System and Edge, Red Hat speaks with host John Heinlein Ph.D., Chief Marketing Officer, Sonatus about the many...
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James Roberts and Ronaldo Castillo of LHP

James Roberts, President of IOT and Analytics and Ronaldo Castillo, Software Engineering Manager, both of LHP, talk with host John Heinlein, Ph.D., Chief...
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Is Linux Becoming the Default OS for Vehicles?

At CES 2025, Elektrobit’s Dr. Moritz Neukirchner joined Sonatus host Dr. John Heinlein to discuss the technical evolution of software-defined vehicles,...
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Collin Shaw of MEMA Original Equipment Suppliers

Collin Shaw, President, MEMA Original Equipment Suppliers, speaks with host John Heinlein, Ph.D., Chief Marketing Officer from Sonatus, about the important...
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