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Listen to “Autoline This Week #2614 – Lordstown Motors Goes Asset Light, Develops Skateboard Trucks” on Spreaker.

Internet Premiere: 05/31 @ 4:00pm ET
Detroit Public TV: 06/12 @ 10:30am ET

PANEL:
Edward T. Hightower, President, Lordstown Motors
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

Lordstown Motors changed its business plan. Instead of building electric trucks, it’s going to have Foxconn build them for it—in the plant that Lordstown used to own. It raised the money it needs to launch its truck by selling the plant to Lordstown. That truck, called the Endurance, will start production in Q3, 2022. But Lordstown is already working on other commercial models that will use a skateboard chassis. Edward T. Hightower, the president of Lordstown Motors, explains the new direction the company is going in.

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Listen to “Autoline This Week #2613 – Suppliers Give Toyota Thumbs Up, Stellantis Thumbs Down” on Spreaker.

Internet Premiere: 05/24 @ 10:30am ET
Detroit Public TV: 06/05 @ 10:30am ET

PANEL:
Dave Andrea, Plante Moran
Mark Barrott, Plante Moran
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

Automotive suppliers have strong opinions about the automakers they sell parts and services to. Some automakers have great relations with their suppliers, others not so much. Plante Moran, the consulting company, does an annual supplier survey that captures what suppliers are saying.

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Listen to “AAH #601 – All About The Nissan Z” on Spreaker.

GUEST:
Melissa Lacko, Nissan Research & Development

TOPICS:
01:36 Nissan Z
33:31 Blood on the Streets: NHTSA Numbers Makes You Wonder About All that Safety Tech
42:23 Tesla Stops Non-North American Cybertruck Orders: Are Waiting Lists for Trucks the New Normal?
45:45 Ford Lightning
47:30 OEM Investment in EVs
49:56 Rivian Faces Price Increase: Is Turnabout Fair Play?

PANEL:
Gary Witzenburg, President, NACTOY; Gary Vasilash, on Automotive; John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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Listen to “Autoline This Week #2612 – Electric Roads Solve EV Range At No Taxpayer Cost” on Spreaker.

Internet Premiere: 05/18 @ 11:00am ET
Detroit Public TV: 05/29 @ 10:30am ET

PANEL:
Michele Mueller, MDOT
Tim Sylvester, Integrated Roadways
Jeremy McCool, HEVO
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

Powered roads, where EVs pick up electric power from the road as they drive, is a dream that goes back decades. But now a convergence of technologies could turn it into reality. Prefabricated road sections with embedded sensors and inductive charging are the game changing technologies. By collecting data that can be monetized and by selling electricity, private industry wants to build these roads—at no cost to taxpayers.

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Listen to “AAH #600 – Lincoln Rips Up Its Design Book For An EV Future” on Spreaker.

Lincoln is literally ripping up its design book and going off in a new direction as it transitions to electric vehicles. Its latest concept car, the Star, is a signal of what that new look will be. So how far will Lincoln go with its new designs?

PANEL:
Kemal Curic, Global Director of Design, Lincoln
Gary Vasilash, on Automotive
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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Listen to “Autoline This Week #2611 – A Conversation with GM President Mark Reuss” on Spreaker.

Internet Premiere: 05/10 @ 2:00pm ET
Detroit Public TV: 05/22 @ 10:30am ET

PANEL:
Mark Reuss, President, General Motors
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

Every year the SAE Foundation chooses a recipient for its Leadership Award. This year it chose GM President Mark Reuss. At the awards banquet, Reuss sat down with Autoline to talk about his career, GM’s transition to electric vehicles, and the challenges that lie ahead for the automotive industry.

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Listen to “AAH #599 – Will Enough People Really Buy EVs?” on Spreaker.

TOPIC:
Sales of EVs are soaring and they’re gaining market share. But about 40% of the US public thinks EVs are stupid and that the government is trying to shove them down their throats. So will enough people buy EVs to soak up all the capacity the auto industry is putting in place to make them? And if they don’t, what happens then?

PANEL:
Mike Jackson, OESA
Stephanie Brinley, S&P Global Mobility
Gary Vasilash, on Automotive
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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