AAH #426 – VW Jetta Mk7: This is an Entry Car?

June 29th, 2018 at 9:42am

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SPECIAL GUEST:
Daniel Shapiro, Product Manager, VW Jetta, Volkswagen

NEWS:
02:45 – 2019 Volkswagen Jetta

43:17 – Doctor Data
50:58 – Tesla assembly tents
54:28 – May Mobility to run autonomous shuttles in Detroit
1:00:36 – Ram offering the Ram 1500 Classic: What’s the rationale?
1:04:38 – Midget tracks and NASCAR

PANEL:
- Mike Austin,
Hagerty
- Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design & Production
- John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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AAH #425 – Creating the Atomic Car Seat

June 22nd, 2018 at 10:01am

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SPECIAL GUEST: Chuck Cauchy, President & CTO, Thermavance

NEWS:
03:50 – Thermavance
and the Atomic Car Seat
30:02 – Doctor Data
34:55 – Volvo Opens a U.S. Factory & Still Struggles With Care by Volvo
43:56 – Audi’s CEO Goes to Prison
45:50 – Collaborations Rising: VW & Ford, Audi & Hyundai
56:50 – Consumers are willing to pay more for Autonomy
1:00:40 – Ford buys Detroit Train Station

PANEL:
- Sam Abuelsamid,
Navigant Research
- Gary Vasilash, AD&P
- John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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AAH #424 – Ford’s Transit Gets Hit By a Bolt of Lightning

June 15th, 2018 at 12:29pm

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SPECIAL GUEST: Tim Reeser, CEO, Lightning Systems

NEWS:
06:45 – Lightning Systems and the Ford Transit EV
43:55 – Doctor Data

49:16 – FCA’s Business Plan: Kind of What we Expected
1:00:20 – Tesla Faces Reality (Layoffs)
1:05:03 – The Consequences of Tariffs

PANEL:
- Todd Lassa,
Automobile
- Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design & Production
- John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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AAH #423 – Look Ma, No Hands! Here Comes Cadillac Super Cruise

June 8th, 2018 at 9:38am

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SPECIAL GUEST: 
Jason Ditman
, Chief Engineer, 
Cadillac Super Cruise

NEWS:

02:53 – Cadillac Super Cruise
47:07 – Doctor Data

49:30 – Waymo Buys 62,000 Chrysler Pacificas, Drives 7 Million Miles
50:32 – Sergio Plans the Future: So Long Sedans
1:00:49 – May Sales: What Happened to Ford’s SUVs?
1:07:10 – Mark Reuss Demonstrates the Value of Traction Control

PANEL:
- Stephanie Brinley, IHS Markit
- Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design & Production
- John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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AAH #422 – The Electric Future of the Internal Combustion Engine

June 1st, 2018 at 10:45am

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SPECIAL GUEST: 
Brian McKay, 
Director, Powertrain
, Continental North America
 
NEWS:

03:50 – Continental & the Electric Future of the ICE

36:05 – Doctor Data
37:50 – Tesla Fixes Brakes Over-the-Air
43:25 – Will FCA Drop Fiat in the U.S.?
54:47 – SoftBank Invests $2.25-Billion in GM Cruise
1:00:25 – Volvo Joins forces with Amazon Prime

PANEL:
- Gary Vasilash,
Automotive Design & Production
- Lindsay Brooke, SAE
- Greg Migliore, Autoblog.com

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