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Listen to “Autoline This Week #2617 – Undecided If An EV Is For You? Try A Subscription” on Spreaker.

Internet Premiere: 07/13 @ 1:30pm ET
Detroit Public TV: 07/24 @ 10:30am ET

PANEL:
Scott Painter, Autonomy
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

Autonomy is a startup that provides subscriptions to a Tesla Model 3. Customers can learn firsthand whether an EV meets their driving needs, without a big, long-term financial commitment. And it’s cheaper than renting a car. Scott Painter, the CEO of Autonomy, explains the advantages, and also warns that the shortage of inventory in the used car market is about to get a lot worse.

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Listen to “Autoline This Week #2616 – The Only Book About Every Automotive Law” on Spreaker.

Internet Premiere: 06/27 @ 1:30pm ET
Detroit Public TV: 07/10 @ 10:30am ET

PANEL:
Kevin McDonald, VW Credit
Karl Hochkammer, Honigman LLP
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

You cannot believe how many laws regulate the auto industry. So many that it’s almost impossible to keep track of.  But two legal eagles, Kevin McDonald from VW Credit and Karl Hochkammer from Honigman LLP, have compiled a very complete catalog of laws and they explain what they’re about in plain English that anyone can understand. They’ve managed to take a boring topic and make it very interesting.

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Listen to “Autoline This Week #2615 – Uh-Oh, Now It’s A Shortage Of Headlamp Engineers” on Spreaker.

Internet Premiere: 06/15 @ 4:00pm ET
Detroit Public TV: 06/26 @ 10:30am ET

PANEL:
Klaus Matauschek, Forvia HELLA
Wolfgang Huhn, Driving Vision News
Michael Pickholz, MagWerks Vision
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

You’ve heard of the chip shortage that crippled automotive production. But you probably haven’t heard about the critical shortage of headlamp engineers. And you also probably didn’t know that thanks to consolidation in the industry, there aren’t many headlamp manufacturers left, either. All automakers are struggling with this problem, but that’s especially true for the EV startups. They can’t get the lamps they need. The panel talks about how the industry got into this mess.

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Listen to “Autoline This Week #2614 – Lordstown Motors Goes Asset Light, Develops Skateboard Trucks” on Spreaker.

Internet Premiere: 05/31 @ 4:00pm ET
Detroit Public TV: 06/12 @ 10:30am ET

PANEL:
Edward T. Hightower, President, Lordstown Motors
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

Lordstown Motors changed its business plan. Instead of building electric trucks, it’s going to have Foxconn build them for it—in the plant that Lordstown used to own. It raised the money it needs to launch its truck by selling the plant to Lordstown. That truck, called the Endurance, will start production in Q3, 2022. But Lordstown is already working on other commercial models that will use a skateboard chassis. Edward T. Hightower, the president of Lordstown Motors, explains the new direction the company is going in.

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Listen to “Autoline This Week #2613 – Suppliers Give Toyota Thumbs Up, Stellantis Thumbs Down” on Spreaker.

Internet Premiere: 05/24 @ 10:30am ET
Detroit Public TV: 06/05 @ 10:30am ET

PANEL:
Dave Andrea, Plante Moran
Mark Barrott, Plante Moran
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

Automotive suppliers have strong opinions about the automakers they sell parts and services to. Some automakers have great relations with their suppliers, others not so much. Plante Moran, the consulting company, does an annual supplier survey that captures what suppliers are saying.

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Listen to “Autoline This Week #2612 – Electric Roads Solve EV Range At No Taxpayer Cost” on Spreaker.

Internet Premiere: 05/18 @ 11:00am ET
Detroit Public TV: 05/29 @ 10:30am ET

PANEL:
Michele Mueller, MDOT
Tim Sylvester, Integrated Roadways
Jeremy McCool, HEVO
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

Powered roads, where EVs pick up electric power from the road as they drive, is a dream that goes back decades. But now a convergence of technologies could turn it into reality. Prefabricated road sections with embedded sensors and inductive charging are the game changing technologies. By collecting data that can be monetized and by selling electricity, private industry wants to build these roads—at no cost to taxpayers.

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Listen to “Autoline This Week #2611 – A Conversation with GM President Mark Reuss” on Spreaker.

Internet Premiere: 05/10 @ 2:00pm ET
Detroit Public TV: 05/22 @ 10:30am ET

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Mark Reuss, President, General Motors
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

Every year the SAE Foundation chooses a recipient for its Leadership Award. This year it chose GM President Mark Reuss. At the awards banquet, Reuss sat down with Autoline to talk about his career, GM’s transition to electric vehicles, and the challenges that lie ahead for the automotive industry.

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Listen to “Autoline This Week #2610 – Foreign Automakers In Trouble In China” on Spreaker.

Internet Premiere: 04/20 @ 2:00pm ET
Detroit Public TV: 05/01 @ 10:30am ET

PANEL:
Michael Dunne, ZoZo Go
Tu Le, Sino Auto Insights
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

Five years ago, foreign automakers saw China as an unending source of growth and profits. Not anymore. Today, companies like Volkswagen and General Motors are seeing sharp drops in sales and profits. And Chinese automakers are emerging as world class competitors. So, are foreign automakers in trouble in China? Michael Dunne, CEO of ZoZo Go and Tu Le, the head of Sino Auto Insights, provide their insight and analysis.

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Listen to “Autoline This Week #2609 – Russian Invasion Upends The Auto Industry” on Spreaker.

Internet Premiere: 04/12 @ 10:00am ET
Detroit Public TV:  04/24 @ 10:30am ET

PANEL:
Joe McCabe, AutoForecast Solutions
Justin Cox, LMC Automotive
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

In addition to the terrible loss of lives, the tragic lines of refugees and brutal war crimes, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is upending the auto industry. Automakers and suppliers felt the impact immediately, and the long term implications could take years to resolve. Joe McCabe, the CEO of AutoForecast Solutions, and Justin Cox, the director of Global Production at LMC Automotive, go through the details of what we’re likely to see.

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Listen to “Autoline This Week #2608 – Do You Have What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur? Here’s What You Need To Know” on Spreaker.

Internet Premiere: 04/05 @ 10:00am ET
Detroit Public TV: 04/10 @ 10:30am ET

PANEL:
Khanjan Desai, CEO & Co-Founder, Alchemy
Adrien Cote, Executive Director, Velocity
Helge Seetzen, CEO, TandemLaunch
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

It takes a certain type of person to be an entrepreneur. But even those people need to know their strengths and weaknesses and how to avoid common pitfalls. Three start-up experts discuss what sets entrepreneurs apart from everyone else.

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