ATW #2504 – UAW Prepares For Jobs Disruption with EVs

January 29th, 2021 at 10:32am

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PANEL:
Jeff Dokho, Research Director, United Auto Workers
Keith Naughton, Bloomberg News
Paul Eisenstein, TheDetroitBureau.com
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

The auto industry is transforming itself to make electric vehicles. But EVs need 30% fewer labor hours to manufacture and could eliminate tens of thousands of jobs. The UAW is keenly aware of this and is preparing for an all-electric future. Jeff Dokho, the director of the Research Department at the UAW, lays out the union’s plans to prepare for it.

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AAH #541 – A Hack Proof Car? Isn’t That Supposed To Be Impossible?

January 28th, 2021 at 6:01pm

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GUESTS:
Dan Greene & John Dinkel
Tueor Technologies

TOPICS:
02:48 – A Hack Proof Car
32:55 – This Day In History
41:35 – Nikola & Navistar
43:15 – GM: No More Piston Engines after 2035
47:41 – Biden Adminisration: Federal Vehicles Will be EVs
52:47 – Electric Pickup Predictions
54:15 – Post Office Vehicles
57:12 – Tesla vs. Everything Else

PANEL:
Henry Payne,
The Detroit News; Gary Vasilash, Gardner Business Media; John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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ATW #2503 – The Hydrogen Economy Takes Another Step Closer

January 27th, 2021 at 10:30am

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Bryan Pivovar, NREL
Frank Markus, MotorTrend
Bob Gritzinger, Wards Intelligence
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

Hydrogen fuel cell cars are not going mainstream anytime soon. But they make a lot of sense in other parts of the transportation sector, such as with semi-trucks, trains and ships. Wall Street is also waking up to the possibilities and investors are sniffing out investment opportunities. Bryan Pivovar, a Senior Research Fellow at the National Renewable Energy Lab, talks about the progress being made in hydrogen production and fuel cell development.

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Hubject Lets You Plug&Charge Safely – Autoline Exclusives

January 26th, 2021 at 12:43pm

With electric vehicles gaining traction in the market, easy charging and secure & convenient payment systems are important. Hubject is the technology provider behind the Ionity (EU) & Electrify America (US) implementations. We talked with Barton Sidles, US business lead for Hubject, to learn about Plug&Charge and what it is doing to maximize convenience and security.

ATW #2502 – Chevrolet’s Digital Tool Box Is Boosting Sales & Market Share

January 22nd, 2021 at 10:00am

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Internet Premiere: Friday, 01/22 @ 10:00am ET
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Steve Hill, U.S. Vice President, Chevrolet
Michelle Krebs, Cox Automotive
Stephanie Brinley, IHS Markit
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

When the auto industry shut down last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic it lost a lot of production. Even now, car dealers are running on bare-bone levels of inventory. But Chevrolet is using new digital tools to let customers peer into its pipeline and discover the delivery date for the exact vehicle they want. It’s also engaging customers online with experts who can answer their questions, including technical ones about electric cars. Steve Hill, the head of Chevrolet, talks about how they’re using these digital tools to boost market share.

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AAH #540 – Learn More About Gentex

January 21st, 2021 at 5:43pm

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Neil Boehm, Gentex

TOPICS:
03:55 – Gentex
32:26 – What Happened On This Day in 1954?
38:42 – Motor Bella in Detroit
45:16 – Pardoning Levandowski
49:12 – GM joining with Microsoft.
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51:40 – Apple (maybe) working with Hyundai. More Important?
1:00:25 – Semiconductor firms supply consumer electronics first. Extremely important?

PANEL:
Lindsay Brooke,
SAE International; Gary Vasilash, Gardner Business Media; John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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Open Sesame! Magna’s Car Doors Open Automatically – CES 2021

January 15th, 2021 at 10:00am

UX—or user experience—is one of the mega trends in the auto industry right now. It’s all about making drivers and passengers enjoy their rides more comfortably and conveniently. That’s why Magna developed door systems that will open and close automatically. John O’Hara, the president of Mechatronics, Mirrors and Lighting, explains the advantages of operating doors with software and when these doors will be in production. Hint: It’s a lot sooner than you might think.

AAH #539 – Sandy Munro Drops A Big Surprise!

January 14th, 2021 at 5:30pm

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GUEST:
Sandy Munro, Munro & Associates

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Chase Drum,
Freelance; Gary Vasilash, Gardner Business Media; John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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EV Startups Are Knock, Knock, Knocking On Magna’s Door – CES 2021

January 14th, 2021 at 9:56am

Magna is the largest contract assembler for full vehicles in the world. It has assembly plants in Austria and China, and there could be another one on the way. That’s because all kinds of EV startups are calling the company to see if it could build their cars. But Magna Steyr does a lot more than just bolt a bunch of components together for its customers. It can offer them full project management. Frank Klein, the president of Complete Vehicles at Magna Steyr, gets into the details.

Magna Positioned To Be Full-Line EV Supplier – CES 2021

January 13th, 2021 at 10:17am

Magna can design, engineer and manufacture everything needed for an electric vehicle, including entire vehicles. And it’s joining forces with LG to do even more with motors and inverters. Tom Rucker, the president of Magna Powertrains talks about the advantages of that partnership. And he also explains how Magna can help automakers quickly convert existing vehicles to electric drive with its eBeam axle. It’s literally a bolt-in solution. Rucker explains the opportunities that this opens up.