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Dick Lee is a visionary and strategist who has mapped out how the automotive industry has to transition to the future. He calls it the “Six Axes of Transformation.” He also has a way to data mine Twitter to measure what consumers think of your car in real time.

TOPICS:
03:27 – Polestar Elbows Its Way Into The EV Segment
31:13 – Electric Cars
34:47 – Porsche Expands Subscription Offering: Does This Model Have Traction?
43:49 – Deloitte Finds 50% Will Keep a Vehicle Longer Than Expected: Is There a Recovery?
48:02 – Exxon Off the Dow After 92 Years: Remember When It Was #1?

PANEL:
- Joann Muller, Axios
- Gary Vasilash, autobeatonline.com
- John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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Internet Premiere: Wednesday, 08/27 @ 11:00am ET
Detroit Public TV: Sunday, 09/06 @ 10:30am ET

PANEL:
Anders Gustafsson, President and CEO, Volvo Car USA
Sharon Carty, Car and Driver
Roman Mica, TFLcar.com
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

Only three car companies have been able to boost sales during the pandemic, and Volvo is one of them. Anders Gustafsson, the President and CEO of Volvo Car USA, talks about how they had the right product at the right place, as well as the success of their subscription service, and their move into electrification.

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TOPICS:
04:36 – Ram TRX Takes On Ford Raptor
33:45 – Thoughts on TRX
39:23 – Would Ram Guys buy Raptors?
42:05 – Do ORV Buyers Actually Go Off-Roading?
47:15 – Is There a Market for Small Pickups?
51:10 – Ford Maverick?
53:30 – Nikola Badger
55:44 – Two Pickup Markets
58:23 – EV Trucks

PANEL:
- Mark Williams, Freelance
- Gary Vasilash, autobeatonline.com
- John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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Internet Premiere: Wednesday, 08/19 @ 03:00pm ET
Detroit Public TV: Sunday, 08/30 @ 10:30am ET

PANEL:
Jeff Guyton, President, Mazda North America
Brian Armstead, Autosense/Roadgear
Chris Paukert, Roadshow by CNET
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

Mazda is a relatively small car company that can stand toe-to-toe with the biggest automakers. So far this year it’s doing better than any other automaker in the American market, and is picking up market share. Jeff Guyton, President, Mazda North America explains how and what they’re doing.

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TOPICS:
04:05 – ADAS Sensors and calibration
33:07 – State of MI & the Autonomous Connected Corridor
36:55 – Cadillac Lyriq
43:00 – Will Ioniq Become the Genesis of EVs
48:38 – Nikola Selling 2,500 Garbage Trucks—EVs, not H2
59:52 – CFO Leaves GM
1:04:15 – Daimler Settles

PANEL:
- Todd Lassa, Automobile
- Gary Vasilash, autobeatonline.com
- John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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Thanks to our partner, the Consulate General of Canada in Detroit.
To learn more about Canada’s unparalleled environment to
develop the mobility technologies of the future,
click here & contact us at DTROTTD@international.gc.ca

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Internet Premiere: Thursday, 08/13 @ 01:00pm ET
Detroit Public TV: Sunday, 08/23 @ 10:30am ET

PANEL:
Michael Dunne, ZoZo Go
Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press
Jamie Butters, Automotive News
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

Just a few years ago, the Chinese economy and auto industry were booming. Foreign automakers and suppliers rushed in with massive investments. Today things do not look as promising. Michael Dunne, Founder of ZoZo Go, talks about the changes and the pitfalls ahead.

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TOPICS:
03:57 – Genesis
33:09 – What Will Farley Mean for Ford?
56:17 – Levandowski: Don’t Do the Crime If You Can’t Do the Time
59:43 – Karma Being Sued
1:07:05 – bp Loses $6.7-billion in Q2: COVID or Environment?

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- Keith Naughton, Bloomberg News
- Gary Vasilash, AutoBeat
- John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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The Management Briefing Seminars put on by the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), like so many other events, has gone virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic and so has our coverage of the conference. Our recap of the afternoon features Carla Bailo and Edgar Faler from CAR who talk about autonomy and how it might be better suited for use in the trucking industry before we start seeing self-driving cars in the showroom. That’s followed up by CAR’s Kristin Dziczek and Bernard Swiecki who provide an outlook for the industry. Is it good? Is it bad? Find out now…

The Management Briefing Seminars put on by the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), like so many other events, has gone virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic and so has our coverage of the conference. We first highlight a session moderated by Sean Kelley from Mannik Smith Group that focuses on mobility as a service (MAS) and how things like coronavirus and electrification are having an impact on that sector. Then we talk with Brett Smith from CAR who looked at the issues facing automakers and suppliers making the switch from ICE to BEV.