Frank Menchaca, SAE

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) is on a mission to get people more aware of autonomous vehicles. It’s already launched a program in automated vehicle safety testing and recently finished a trial in Florida that allowed the general public to get in an autonomous vehicle (AV). Frank Menchaca, Chief Product Officer of SAE says that public awareness will be key to bringing AVs to scale.

Mike Bafan, Toyota de Mexico

At this year’s CAR MBS, Mike Bafan, the President of Toyota de Mexico wants to see what others are doing in the world of manufacturing. He’s trying to understand the impact of technology on the fundamentals of manufacturing and how to manage this transition.

Toyota has just revealed a 0% emissions semi truck. After 10,000 miles of testing, the hydrogen Fuel cell injection truck successfully released 0 emissions!! #internyazaki #CARMBS pic.twitter.com/14CrEa6CuA

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Autoline is partnering with Yazaki to offer a unique perspective of the 2018 CAR Management Briefing Seminars. During the week of CAR MBS, Yazaki interns will be posting their insights to Instagram and Twitter using #InternYazaki as well as Snapchat. We’ll be sharing some of the most interesting of those posts right here on Autoline.tv, so check back often. The opinions and reports from the intern correspondents are their own and do not reflect the editorial position of Autoline.

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Richard Yen, Altair

Altair is a simulation driven innovation company that hands out its Enlighten awards each year, which celebrates lightweighting in vehicles. We were able to catch up with Richard Yen, the Senior VP of Global Automotive at Altair Engineering and he shares what it takes to win an award and who this year’s winners are.

Neal Ganguli, Deloitte Consulting

The automotive industry changes so fast that once every two years Deloitte Consulting puts out its Global Automotive Supplier study. This year marks the 3rd such study it has done and Neal Ganguli, Managing Director of Doloitte says it focuses on how suppliers will be impacted by the transformation of the auto industry, with respect to things like mobility and connectivity, and the strategies they should implement going forward.

Ryan Forman, Roechling

Supplier Roechling has been involved in active aerodynamics since 2002 when its first active grille shutter launched. But as Ryan Forman, Head of Innovation & Business at Roechling describes it’s now working on integrating its suite of active aerodynamics into a combined product. Beyond that, Roechling has developed a simple solution to keep autonomous vehicles operating a peak performance.

Steve Lietaert, Hella

Lighting supplier Hella shows how the systems it’s developing do far more than just light up the road and actually improve safety. And speaking of safety, while Hella is best known as a lighting company, Steve Lietaert, President of Hella Corporate Center USA also shares how the company is working on the sensors and cameras needed to make autonomous driving possible.

Another interesting presentation I attended was “Will your self driving vehicle need a license?” One of the main issues discussed during the presentation was the regulations that will be the states responsibility to create. If different states allow different levels of autonomy what will happen when an autonomous vehicle crosses state lines where two different levels of autonomy are allowed? There were many different views on this and I’m interested how the government will handle the situation when the time comes! #internyazaki #CARMBS

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Autoline is partnering with Yazaki to offer a unique perspective of the 2018 CAR Management Briefing Seminars. During the week of CAR MBS, Yazaki interns will be posting their insights to Instagram and Twitter using #InternYazaki as well as Snapchat. We’ll be sharing some of the most interesting of those posts right here on Autoline.tv, so check back often. The opinions and reports from the intern correspondents are their own and do not reflect the editorial position of Autoline.

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Dan Grieshaber, Global Director Manufacturing Integration, General Motors

Automakers are not only adding new technology to cars, they’re also adding it to the manufacturing plants that build those cars. Dan Grieshaber, the Global Director of Manufacturing Integration at General Motors, talks about how the company is integrating drones and wearable robots at its plants to make the jobs for its workers a lot easier.

Anupam Malhotra, Audi of America

Most experts would agree that the four biggest mega trends in the automotive industry are connectivity, autonomous driving, shared mobility and electrification. Anupam Malhotra is the Director of Connected Vehicles and Data for Audi of America, and he highlights that as these trends become mainstream, they could impact automakers business models.