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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 “AAH #605 – Car Design in the 21st Century: From Clay Milling to Digital Development” on Spreaker.

GUEST:
Doug Greig, TARUS

TOPICS
- Clay Milling
- Why do EVs look like non-EVs?
- Could design have made minivans more desirable? Will autonomy turn minivans into the next Checker cab?
- To what extent does the industrial design ethos of off-road vehicles make them as popular as they are?

PANEL:
John Manoogian II, Forza Blitz
Gary Vasilash, on Automotive
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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Listen to “AAH #604 – Is The Auto Industry Too Expensive For EV Start-Ups?” on Spreaker.

GUEST:
Rich Nesbitt, Product Management, Chassis Systems Control, Bosch

PANEL:
Jack Keebler, Keebler Auto
Gary Vasilash, on Automotive
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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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 “AAH #603 – Does Acura Need The Integra? Geely Launches Satellites. Are EV Prices Realistic?” on Spreaker.

GUEST:
Emile Korkor, Assistant VP, Acura National Sales

TOPICS:
02:30 Does Acura Need The Integra?
30:22 Ford, BMW, Honda, VW & Volvo side with the EPA & California: (1) How come? (2) Where are the other companies?
37:58 Fisker Ocean Base Price: $37,489. Fisker PEAR: “below $29,900.” Do-able?
51:42 Electric Vehicle Ownership

PANEL:
Eric Weiner, Hagerty
Gary Vasilash, on Automotive
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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Listen to “AAH #602 – Transformative Auto Tech from Global Startups” on Spreaker.

GUESTS:
Katarzyna Zielińska, coat-it
Marek Turkiewicz, coat-it
Derrick Redding, Betterfrost Technologies
Michael Burz, Enzinc
Chris Carde, HeyCharge

PANEL:
Gary Vasilash, on Automotive
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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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 “AAH #601 – All About The Nissan Z” on Spreaker.

GUEST:
Melissa Lacko, Nissan Research & Development

TOPICS:
01:36 Nissan Z
33:31 Blood on the Streets: NHTSA Numbers Makes You Wonder About All that Safety Tech
42:23 Tesla Stops Non-North American Cybertruck Orders: Are Waiting Lists for Trucks the New Normal?
45:45 Ford Lightning
47:30 OEM Investment in EVs
49:56 Rivian Faces Price Increase: Is Turnabout Fair Play?

PANEL:
Gary Witzenburg, President, NACTOY; Gary Vasilash, on Automotive; John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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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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