AAH #655 – The Top 4 Automotive Innovations You’ve Never Seen Before

July 13th, 2023 at 2:57pm

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TOPICS:
- Vultara: A SaaS product that covers the entire automotive cybersecurity engineering lifecycle, from concept design to post monitoring.
- Orbis Brakes: New brake technology that delivers dramatically lighter, cooler, safer, and lower brake dust emissions.
- Volexion: Drop-in conformal graphene encapsulation, protecting Lithium battery cathode materials and driving tech improvements.
- MagWerks Vision: A Mobility-focused advanced vehicle illumination and lighting supplier with unique designs.

PANEL:
Yuanbo Guo, CEO, Vultara Inc
Chance Claxton, Co-CEO Orbis Brakes
Damien Despinoy, CEO, Volexion Inc
Michael F. Pickholz, CEO, MagWerks Vision
Gary Vasilash, on Automotive
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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AAH #654 – EVs Need Less Repair Work, But How Much Less?

June 29th, 2023 at 2:57pm

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TOPICS:
- What it’s been like pioneering EV repair & training
- How do we fix the shortage of trained EV mechanics?
- Will ultra luxury still have a place in the EV future?…
- … Is that place in the sky?

PANEL:
Craig Van Batenburg, ACDC, Hybrid EV Training
Dan Neil, Wall Street Journal
Sam Fiorani, Autoforecast Solutions
Sean McElroy, Autoline.tv

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AAH #653 – The Tesla Revolution: Legacy OEMs Under Enormous Pressure to Change

June 22nd, 2023 at 2:57pm

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TOPICS:
- Vehicle teardowns/Automotive Benchmarking
- How Tesla does things compared to legacy automakers

PANEL:
Mathew Vachaparampil, CEO, Caresoft Global
Terry Woychowski, President, Automotive, Caresoft Global
Gary Vasilash, on Automotive
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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AAH #652 – Free EV Charging Is Making It Miserable For Everyone

June 15th, 2023 at 2:57pm

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TOPICS:
- U.S. EV sales are at that hockey stick inflection point
- Why GM & Ford threw in the towel and switched to Tesla’s charging system
- Toyota’s pivot to EVs is truly significant
- Why free EV charging is ruining the charging experience

PANEL:
Tom Moloughney, InsideEVs
Brent Gruber, J.D. Power
Gary Vasilash, on Automotive
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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AAH #651 – How Much Money Will Legacy Auto Lose on EVs?

June 8th, 2023 at 2:57pm

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TOPICS:
- How much will legacy OEMs lose on EVs in the next 5 years?
- Were Ford & VW smart for dropping AVs or will GM prove them horribly wrong?
- Will automakers get rich off of subscription services or are they smoking the drapes?

PANEL:
Chris Preuss, TRUStrategies Advisors
Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press
Gary Vasilash, on Automotive
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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AAH #650 – The Auto Industry at Midyear: Winners, Losers & Puzzlers

June 1st, 2023 at 2:55pm

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TOPICS:
- Ford’s Master Coup with Tesla
- Are other automakers going to join the club?
- Will public charging stations ever get their act together?

PANEL:
Sam Abuelsamid, Guidehouse
Todd Lassa, Autoweek Contributing Editor
Alisa Priddle, MotorTrend
Gary Vasilash, on Automotive
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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AAH #649 – EV Darwinism: The Suppliers Which Will Go Extinct

May 25th, 2023 at 2:57pm

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TOPICS:
- The threat of vertical integration
- Were eAxles a bad bet?
- Suppliers being left out of software defined vehicles
- Ford Capital Markets Day

PANEL:
Michael Robinet, S&P Global Mobility
Keith Naughton, Bloomberg
Gary Vasilash, on Automotive
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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AAH #648 – EV Battery Recycling: Pitfalls & Possibilities

May 18th, 2023 at 2:57pm

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TOPICS:
- What’s the most valuable material from recycled batteries?
- Where do you get the batteries from?
- Who is buying recycled materials?
- Does battery form factor affect how it’s recycled?
- Does cell-to-pack make it harder to recycle?
- How hard is it to recycle solid state batteries?
- What’s the recycle value of LFP, sodium and sulfur batteries?

PANEL:
David Klanecky, CEO, Cirba Solutions
John Voelcker, Car and Driver
Sean McElroy, Autoline.tv
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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AAH #647 – The EV Transition: How Bad Will the Bloodbath Be?

May 11th, 2023 at 2:57pm

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TOPICS:
- How/will automakers survive the EV transition?
- What will happen with the upcoming UAW negotiations?
- What’s with all the job cuts? Do automakers see a downturn?

PANEL:
David Welch, Bloomberg
Joe White, Reuters
Gary Vasilash, on Automotive
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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AAH #646 – Is Tesla Turning Into a Legacy OEM?

May 4th, 2023 at 2:57pm

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TOPICS:
0:00 The first half of the show is about the Buick Envista.
28:21 The second half gets into the latest industry news. And the panel debates whether or not Tesla is starting to look like a legacy car company.

PANEL:
Sam Russell, Marketing Director, Buick
Stephanie Brinley, S&P Global Mobility
Gary Vasilash, on Automotive
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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