Autoline This Week Podcast
1) Autoline This Week #2617 - Undecided If An EV Is For You? Try A Subscription
Autonomy is a startup that provides subscriptions to a Tesla Model 3. Customers can learn firsthand whether an EV meets their driving needs, without a big, long-term financial commitment. And it’s che...Show More
Autoline This Week #2617 - Undecided If An EV Is For You? Try A Subscription
26:47 | Jul 13th, 2022
2) Autoline This Week #2616 - The Only Book About Every Automotive Law
You cannot believe how many laws regulate the auto industry. So many that it’s almost impossible to keep track of. But two legal eagles, Kevin McDonald from VW Credit and Karl Hochkammer from Honigma...Show More
3) Autoline This Week #2615 - Uh-Oh, Now It’s A Shortage Of Headlamp Engineers
You’ve heard of the chip shortage that crippled automotive production. But you probably haven’t heard about the critical shortage of headlamp engineers. And you also probably didn’t know that thanks t...Show More
Autoline This Week #2615 - Uh-Oh, Now It’s A Shortage Of Headlamp Engineers
26:47 | Jun 15th, 2022
4) Autoline This Week #2614 - Lordstown Motors Goes Asset Light, Develops Skateboard Trucks
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 l...Show More
5) Autoline This Week #2613 - Suppliers Give Toyota Thumbs Up, Stellantis Thumbs Down
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 consult...Show More
Autoline This Week #2613 - Suppliers Give Toyota Thumbs Up, Stellantis Thumbs Down
26:47 | May 24th, 2022
6) Autoline This Week #2612 - Electric Roads Solve EV Range At No Taxpayer Cost
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 sec...Show More
Autoline This Week #2612 - Electric Roads Solve EV Range At No Taxpayer Cost
26:48 | May 18th, 2022
7) Autoline This Week #2611 - A Conversation with GM President Mark Reuss
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...Show More
8) Autoline This Week #2610 - Foreign Automakers In Trouble In China
Five years ago, foreign automakers saw China as an unending source of growth and profits. Not anymore. Today, companies like Volkswagen and General Motors are seeing sharp drops in sales and profits. ...Show More
9) Autoline This Week #2609 - Russian Invasion Upends The Auto Industry
In addition to the terrible loss of lives, the tragic lines of refugees and brutal war crimes, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is upending the auto industry. Automakers and suppliers felt the impact imme...Show More
10) Autoline This Week #2608 - Do You Have What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur? Here’s What You Need To Know
It takes a certain type of person to be an entrepreneur. But even those people need to know their strengths and weaknesses and how to avoid common pitfalls. Three start-up experts discuss what sets en...Show More