Listen to “AAH #586 – Improvise, Adapt, Overcome. Why Robert Bollinger Changed His EV Strategy” on Spreaker.

GUEST:
Robert Bollinger, CEO, Bollinger Motors

TOPICS:
01:25 Day in History
04:02 Bollinger Motors
34:38 Tesla Earnings
46:02 How Bad Is That Chip Crisis?
50:58 Barra’s Billion-Dollar Bet

PANEL: Greg Migliore, Autoblog.com; Gary Vasilash, on Automotive; John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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Listen to “Autoline This Week #2602 – Goodbye Rust Belt. Hello Mobility Revolution.” on Spreaker.

Internet Premiere: 01/25 @ 8:00am ET
Detroit Public TV: 01/30 @ 10:30am ET

PANEL:
Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II, State of Michigan
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

They used to call it the Rust Belt. But Midwest states like Michigan are actually at the leading edge of a revolution in new mobility. Smokestack factories are giving way to modern manufacturing facilities and R&D centers. Garlin Gilchrist, the lieutenant governor of Michigan, gives a detailed account of the initiatives going on in the state.

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Listen to “AAH #585 – How GM Developed The Electric Chevrolet Silverado In Record Time” on Spreaker.

GUEST:
Nichole Kraatz, 2024 Silverado EV Chief Engineer

TOPICS:
01:03 Day in History
04:18 Silverado EV
49:42 Ghosn Says Companies Must be 100% Electric or Nothing
56:43 If Gas Goes to $4.00 per Gallon, Will It Matter?

PANEL: Joann Muller, Axios; Gary Vasilash, on Automotive; John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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Listen to “AAH #584 – Car Dealers And Their Fight Against EV Startups” on Spreaker.

TOPICS:
01:03  Day in History
03:45  Dealers
46:25  Tesla ups FSD price—and still has no actual FSD
50:15  ATPs down–$70!
57:20  Seen at CES
1:02:32  NACTOY winners

PANEL: Tim Jackson, Colorado Automobile Dealers Association; Alexa St. John, Insider; Gary Vasilash, on Automotive; John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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Element Materials Technology is a company that can test and certify practically any system or component. Its main focus is on highly regulated markets where there’s not a lot of room for error. So, for the auto industry it’s testing batteries, AV systems and connected devices for operation and hackability. We were once told, ‘if you can’t test it, you can’t improve it’ and that’s kind of what Element is all about.

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Listen to “Autoline This Week #2601 – Myths, Urban Legends and Misinformation About Public EV Charging” on Spreaker.

Internet Premiere: 01/06 @ 8:30pm ET
Detroit Public TV: 01/09 @ 10:30am ET

PANEL:
Mark LaNeve, Charge Enterprises
Sarah Nielsen, Consumers Energy
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

The public is hyper aware that a wave of electric cars is about to hit the market. But the public doesn’t know a lot about the public EV charging infrastructure. And in many cases what it knows is flat out wrong. Mark LaNeve, the president of Charge Enterprises, and Sarah Nielsen, the executive director of Transportation, Renewables and Storage from Consumers Energy, set the record straight.

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Continental is taking V2X technology to a new level, where cars are not just communicating with other vehicles and infrastructure. It’s stitching that information together to provide vehicles with a much broader understanding of what’s going on in their environment. Tamara Snow, the head of Research and Advanced Engineering at Continental explains how V2X Collective Perception works. She also talks about three other technologies with intriguing names: the Transparent Vehicle, Switchable Privacy Display, and ShyTech Display.

Toyota is well along in developing its solid state batteries for electric cars, says Gill Pratt, Toyota’s Chief Scientist and head of the Toyota Research Institute. But those batteries will debut in hybrids because the duty cycle is much more challenging than in BEVs. He also provides an update on Toyota’s autonomous technology, including what it calls Guardian and Chauffeur.

Who knew you could do so much with mirror technology in cars? Gentex continues to come up with creative solutions, such as allowing drivers to take a selfie, take a picture of where they’re driving, and automatically post it to social media with out distracting the driver. Steve Downing, the CEO of Gentex, takes us on a tour of their CES booth, including advanced driver monitoring technology and an intriguing electrochromic sun visor.

The Chrysler brand is down to two models in the showrooms, but help is on the way. Moreover, it’s setting its sights on the global market. Chris Feuell, the CEO of the Chrysler brand says first they have to get everything in order in North America, but then she wants to expand from there. The all-electric Chrysler Airflow concept is indicative of the kinds of new models that will populate the showrooms. But the production version will be far more expressive than what the concept looks like today.