Listen to “AAH #768 – Horse Powertrain Enters the Motorcity” on Spreaker.
Should GM, Ford and Stellantis outsource their engines and transmissions? That’s what the late Sergio Marchionne proposed. The former CEO of Fiat-Chrysler said they all spend billions developing powertrains that are almost identical, and that 90% of car buyers don’t care what’s under the hood. Sergio said the Detroit Three could free up billions in capital that they could invest elsewhere. Years later, Renault spun off its powertrain ops into a startup called Horse and shortly afterwards Geely joined Horse. Then we were surprised to learn that Horse has opened an office in Detroit and so we invited Horse to join us on Autoline After Hours to talk about why they’re in the Motorcity.
PANEL:
Thomas Lewis, Horse Powertrain
Jack Keebler, Consultant
Gary Vasilash, shinymetalboxes.net
John McElroy, Autoline.tv
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