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Internet Premiere: Friday, 01/29 @ 10:30am ET
Detroit Public TV: Sunday, 02/14 @ 10:30am ET

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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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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Internet Premiere: Wednesday, 01/27 @ 10:30am ET
Detroit Public TV: Sunday, 02/07 @ 10:30am ET

PANEL:
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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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.

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Internet Premiere: Friday, 01/22 @ 10:00am ET
Detroit Public TV: Sunday, 01/31 @ 10:30am ET

PANEL:
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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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. Important?
51:40 – Apple (maybe) working with Hyundai. More Important?
1:00:25 – Semiconductor firms supply consumer electronics first. Extremely important?

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

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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.

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

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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 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.