Autoline This Week
617 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsIn depth discussions of the most important trends and developments shaping the automotive industry with industry executives and the top auto journalists. Your half-hour update on what they’re talking about in the C-suites.
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Autoline This Week #2037: Sitting Pretty: Lear Corp.
November 17, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBAs one of the largest suppliers of automotive seating, Lear Corporation actually makes seats for every manufacturer in the world. On this edition of Autoline THIS WEEK its CEO and Director, Matt Simoncini, discusses the company’s global reach and how he sees things changing in the auto industry in the next few years.
Autoline This Week #2036: Federal Regs and the Family Car
November 10, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBAs the auto industry changes, so must everything that it touches, including dealerships. On this edition of Autoline THIS WEEK, NADA Chairman Jeff Carlson joins John McElroy and his panel – Mike Colias of the Wall Street Journal and Gary Vasilash of Automotive Design and Production – to discuss where car dealers are today and how they will adapt to a changing auto industry.
Autoline This Week #2035: Focusing on Ford
November 03, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBIs Ford still a car company or has it morphed into something else? Mark Fields, its CEO has been saying that today Ford is a mobility company. On this week’s Autoline, John and his panel talk with Mr. Fields about the future of Ford as well as the entire transportation industry.
Autoline This Week #2034: EPIC Employment (Part 2)
October 27, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBEnthusiasm, Passion, Innovative and Commitment are the four key words that describe the people that Honda wants in its workforce. So many of today’s youth ignore manufacturing jobs that companies like Honda have reached out to local communities to create programs like the one in central Ohio called EPIC. John McElroy takes his show on the road to Honda’s Development Center in Marysville, Ohio to talk with a variety of educators, students and workers on how to develop an interest in today’s hi...
Autoline This Week #2033: EPIC Employment (Part 1)
October 20, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBEnthusiasm, Passion, Innovative and Commitment are the four key words that describe the people that Honda wants in its workforce. So many of today’s youth ignore manufacturing jobs that companies like Honda have reached out to local communities to create programs like the one in central Ohio called EPIC. John McElroy takes his show on the road to Honda’s Development Center in Marysville, Ohio to talk with a variety of educators, students and workers on how to develop an interest in today’s hi...
Autoline This Week #2032: CMA: Connectivity, Mobility, Autonomy
October 13, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBThis week’s show talks about the technology that is dominating transportation today and into the near future, and does it with a macro view in language we can all understand. Joining John McElroy on his panel discussing Connectivity, Mobility and Autonomy are: Richard Wallace from the Center for Automotive Research; Lindsay Brooke, Society of Automotive Engineers; and Sam Abuelsamid, Navigant Research.
Autoline This Week #2031: Rebuilding the UAW
October 06, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBAfter a little more than two years on the job, United Auto Workers’ President Dennis Williams joins Autoline THIS WEEK to discuss the UAW, the automakers and how both are surviving in the 21st Century. Joining John McElroy on his panel are Brent Snavely from the Detroit Free Press and Mike Wayland of the Detroit News.
Autoline This Week #2030: Strategic Spending
September 29, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBAsk any of the automotive media who they prefer to talk to at an automaker and it’s usually the company CEO. But if you happen to be a supplier to that same automaker the line usually starts at this week’s guest Thomas Lake, the Vice President of North American Purchasing at Honda North America. Joining host John McElroy on his panel are Gary Vasilash of Automotive Design and Production and Joann Muller with Forbes.
Autoline This Week #2029: Health of the Auto Industry
September 22, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBIt was 8 years ago that the world economy was on a knife’s edge. And it was also the time when some of the world’s largest automakers declared bankruptcy while others stood by holding their proverbial breath. Now, a decade later it’s a brand new story, or is it? Have the OEMs really cleaned up the poor practices that led to their own knife’s edge or just rearranged the deck chairs? John McElroy welcomes three observers of the auto industry from Ann Arbor, Michigan’s Center for Automotive Rese...
Autoline This Week #2028: International Design
September 15, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBAutoline THIS WEEK doesn’t usually have a live audience but then it’s not usually taped in front of the Industrial Designers Society of America conference held recently in Detroit, Michigan. Joining John McElroy to discuss using “Design as a Change Agent” is Amko Leenarts the Global Director of Interior Design from Ford; Kevin Kerrigan from the Automotive Office of the Michigan Economic Development Authority; and Marc Greuther, the Chief Curator at the Henry Ford.
Autoline This Week #2027: 2025 and Beyond
September 08, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBThe U.S. EPA just released the TAR, better known as its Technical Assessment Report. This is sort of a scorecard on where the auto industry is with regard to Emission Standards and the 2025 mandate. John McElroy caught up with three experts involved in the emissions process at the Center for Automotive Research’s annual August conference. Joining him on this edition of Autoline THIS WEEK is Mike McCarthy from the California Air Resources Board, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturer’s Mitch ...
Autoline This Week #2026: Deep Freeze for the I.C.E.?
August 18, 2016 15:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBIf there’s an auto company getting more publicity these days than Tesla and its electric powertrain, we’d be surprised. That’s why Autoline has brought together three Tier One Suppliers who have specialized in the good old Internal Combustion Engine (I.C.E.) to talk about what’s going on with that franchise and put the rumors of its demise to rest. Joining host John McElroy will be representatives from AVL, FEV and Ricardo.
Autoline This Week #2025: GM’s Mobility Maneuvers
August 11, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBEverywhere you turn these days, when the topic of automotive comes up mobility is not far behind. There’s so much expansion in that area alone, OEMs are taking it very seriously. In fact, General Motors has put Julia Steyn as the VP in charge of what it calls Urban Mobility. She joins us on Autoline THIS WEEK along with host John McElroy, Rebecca Lindland of Kelley Blue Book and John Voelcker of Green Car Reports to see what direction GM is going in the field.
Autoline This Week #2024: Lightening the Load
July 28, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBYou’ve been drinking from its cans for years. More recently, you’ve probably sent an email or answered a phone from one of the computing/telematics companies it supplies. And soon, if not already, you may be driving an aluminum-bodied car or truck brought to you, in part, by Novelis. On this week’s show, John McElroy welcomes Novelis president of North America Marco Palmieri to the Autoline studios to talk about its expansion into automotive and where the company goes from here. Also on the p...
Autoline This Week #2023: Autos and IPs
July 21, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBIn the past, whenever the initials IP came up in conversations about cars, you were sure to be talking about the instrument panel. But nowadays with the global software explosion in auto technology, the new IP talk focuses on Intellectual Properties. On this week’s Autoline John McElroy is joined by Dr. Christal Sheppard, the Director of the Midwest Region for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as well as Pete Bigelow from Car and Driver and I.P. lawyer Jennifer Dukarski from Butzel Long t...
Autoline This Week #2022: A Life In Design
July 07, 2016 15:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MBJohn McElroy and GM Global Design Chief Ed Welburn discuss his career in cars and corporate America as he prepares to retire after 44 years at General Motors.
Autoline This Week #2021: The History of GM Design
June 30, 2016 15:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBThe General Motors Design Dome is 51 this year, just 12 months after celebrating a long-awaited makeover. On this week’s Autoline, John McElroy and GM Global Design Chief Ed Welburn broadcast from this historic architecture surrounded by some of the classics that had their start in that very building. Joining John and Mr. Welburn to discuss the arc of GM design over the years are John Cafaro, the Executive Director, Global Chevrolet Design and Helen Emsley, Executive Director, Global GMC Desi...
Autoline This Week #2020: Analyzing the Chinese Auto Market
June 23, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBThree Asian automotive experts including Michael Dunne of Dunne Automotive, James Chao of IHS Automotive Asia-Pacific and Bill Russo from GaoFeng Greater China, join John McElroy on the floor of the Beijing Auto Show to discuss the, up to now, booming Chinese automotive market and where it goes from here.
Autoline This Week #2019: Designing for the Chinese Auto Market
June 02, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBThree top automotive designers including Peter Horbury from Geely, Ken Parkinson of GM Shanghai and Chery Automobile’s James Hope, join John McElroy on the floor of the Beijing Auto Show to discuss the challenges of creating cars for the Chinese automotive market.
Autoline This Week #2018: Car Wars
May 26, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBEvery great ride has to end sometime: whether it’s at the amusement park or the retail world. For instance, most auto analysts predict the U.S. car market will soon slow down; everyone, seemingly, other than John Murphy of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In fact, Mr. Murphy is so stoked he’s doubling down per his data which says the good times for the auto industry will continue to roll into the 2020s. Joining host John McElroy to discuss John Murphy’s antithetical view of the auto economy is ...
Autoline This Week #2017: Grading CAFE
May 19, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBFrom now to April 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency is engaged in a Midterm Evaluation of the CAFE standards announced a few years ago. Those Greenhouse Gas Emission rules are set to go into effect by 2025. Joining John McElroy to discuss if those standards will be adopted or changed is Margo Oge, the former EPA director of the office of Transportation and Air Quality along with Joe White from Reuters and Todd Lassa of Automobile.
Autoline This Week #2016: South Carolina Strategies
May 12, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBFactory work in 2016 is a new universe compared to just 20 years ago. Today’s manufacturing has more in common with Google than it does heavy duty grease. But despite its clean environment and use of computers, the under 30 crowd just doesn’t seem interested in these jobs and that’s troubling for manufacturers of all types. So some companies have joined together with states, municipalities and schools to try to attract workers from both Millennials and Generation Z. On this week’s Autoline, J...
Autoline This Week #2015: Buying Right
May 05, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBSteve Kiefer has a big checkbook. As head of Purchasing for General Motors he awards billions of dollars of contracts to suppliers across the globe. But he doesn’t just hand out money. He has to make sure that he’s giving it to the right partners and they deliver high quality products for GM vehicles. Easier said than done. On this week’s show John McElroy’s special guest is Steve Kiefer, the Global VP of GM Purchasing and Supply Chain. Joining John on his panel are David Welch of Bloomberg a...
Autoline This Week #2014: An Interior View
April 28, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBSteve Miller is an automotive turnaround specialist. His bona fides date back to the bankruptcies of Chrysler and Delphi with stops at Federal-Mogul and Ford for good measure. Now he presides over the International Automotive Components Group as it moves from a private Wilbur Ross company to a publically traded firm. Mr. Miller joins John McElroy as his special guest for this week’s Autoline discussing the consolidation of the automotive interior business and where he sees it going. Joining t...
Autoline This Week #2013: Advanced Propulsion Systems
April 21, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBWhen experts are asked what will be powering our cars now and into the future, you hear any number of options ranging from electric to plug-in to hydrogen just to name a few. In reality, there are a number of companies around the world working on just that: three who join us today on Autoline THIS WEEK. Joining John McElroy’s Advanced Propulsion panel to discuss the products they’re working on are Dave Johnson from Achates Power, Matthew Riley from Nautilus Engineering and Isak Lofgren from K...
Autoline This Week #2012: The EV Era
April 14, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBElectrics were all the rage a few years ago. Nissan, Mitsubishi and Chevrolet, among others, gave consumers their first taste of gas free driving. But as manufacturers improved the performance of their internal combustion engines, electrics almost went into hibernation. But now, suddenly, they are de rigueur once again. Join John McElroy from the floor of the New York Auto Show as he discusses this electric resurrection with Salim Morsy from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, John Voelcker of High...
Autoline This Week #2011: Cadillac Changing Course
April 07, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBOnce not too long ago it was king of the luxury hill. But having lost that title to the Germans years back, Cadillac has sputtered on every end. By the time the product was fixed much of the customer base had defected. But now Cadillac has turned to the luxury brands’ Mr. Fix It, Johan de Nysschen. Responsible for transforming Audi into the U.S. sales powerhouse it is today and was on his way to attempting the same for Infiniti before Cadillac came calling. On this week’s show, Mr. de Nyssche...
Autoline This Week #2010: Protecting Industrial Secrets
March 31, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBPersonal phones and computers aren’t the only items that need protection. Hackers are at work everywhere. We saw recently how they controlled a car driving down the road. And despite layers of protection, even the U.S. military is worried about its platforms. Cybersecurity has become the clarion call of the times. From the site of the National Defense Industrial Association Conference join John McElroy for an in-depth look at what members of the NDIA are doing about Cybersecurity. Today’s gue...
Autoline This Week #2009: VW Diesels: In Search of Solutions
March 24, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBEver since the gas cap dropped on VW and its diesel shenanigans last fall, it seems that the company has been stuck in first gear. Not only has there been no resolution so far, but no one seems to know what’s going on. In addition, the company hasn’t engaged the media very effectively and its customers are still trying to figure out what’s up. Joining John to discuss where the company goes from here and what it needs to do now are Todd Turner, auto analyst from Car Concepts; Jason Vines, Inde...
Autoline This Week #2008: The Secrets of Silicon Valley
March 17, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBApple, Intel and Facebook are there. So are electric and autonomy leaders Google and Tesla. But in addition to these tech giants, today’s Silicon Valley in Northern California also contain a lab or office from nearly every major automaker as well. Joining John McElroy from the floor of CES 2016 in Las Vegas to talk about why they’re attracted to Silicon Valley are top executives from three different major car companies including: Ken Washington, VP, Research and Advanced Engineering, Ford; Fr...
Autoline This Week #2007: Karma Comes Back Around
February 18, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBBack in 2011 when the original Fisker Karma was released, seeing it on the road was breathtaking. The vehicle turned heads with its beautiful designs so there was never a problem with looks. The issues for this electric/hybrid car were technical. From breaking down during a Consumer Reports drive to actual customer cars catching fire, it proved too much for the startup automaker and it filed for bankruptcy in November 2013. However, its new Chinese owners believe they have worked out all the ...
Autoline This Week #2006: Driving Matters
February 11, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBDriving has always mattered at Mazda. From its iconic “Zoom-Zoom” tagline to classic cars like the Miata to its involvement with motorsports, this small Japanese company remains a favorite of automotive enthusiasts around the world. Joining John McElroy on this special edition of Autoline is the Senior Vice President of Mazda’s North American Operations, Robert Davis. Rounding out the panel are Todd Lassa from Automobile and Dutch Mandel of Autoweek.
Autoline This Week #2005: The Economy Through Automaker Eyes
February 04, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBBack in the day, General Motors was so big there was a famous quote that went: if GM sneezes, America catches cold. Even though its stranglehold on the economy is not as great as it once was, GM and the rest of today’s auto manufacturers still play a significant economic role. That’s why it’s important to see how the car companies make their internal predictions. Joining John McElroy on this week’s Autoline to talk economy is Mustafa Mohatarem, the chief economist for GM, Emily Koliniski Morr...
Autoline This Week #2004: The New Communicators
January 28, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBAutomakers are mammoth organizations with campuses, plants and offices across the globe. So you can imagine with so many divisions and employees, it’s tough to speak with one voice. And for the most part that voice is Corporate Communications. Whether it’s talking to the automotive press, crafting a vehicle campaign or dealing with a crisis, this is the company voice. Joining John McElroy on this very special edition of Autoline to discuss OEM Communications, where it is today and how it’s ch...
Autoline This Week #2003: Ward’s Best Engines
January 21, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBIf you’re one of those car folks who just can’t get enough of numbers like horsepower, pound feet of torque and zero to 60 times, then this is the show for you. It’s our annual Autoline where some of the Ward’s Auto editors join John McElroy to discuss the winners of its Best Engines competition. Tune in to see who made the cut for 2016.
Autoline This Week #2002: Truck of the Year
January 15, 2016 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBThe competition is as tough as some of the trucks themselves. The vehicles up for North American Truck of the Year include: the Nissan Titan XD, the Volvo XC90 and the Honda Pilot. On this edition of Autoline THIS WEEK, John McElroy is joined by fellow NACTOY jurors Mike Austin of Autoblog.com, Jeff Gilbert from CBS Detroit and Ron Sessions of AutoWeb.com.
Autoline This Week #2001: Car of the Year
January 07, 2016 15:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBWill it be the Honda Civic? Maybe the Chevrolet Malibu? Or possibly the Mazda MX-5 Miata? Yes, it’s that time of year again to highlight the possible winner of the North American Car of the Year. Joining John McElroy to discuss these cars and more are fellow NACTOY jurors Kirk Bell from Motor Authority, Mark Phelan from the Detroit Free Press and Mike Austin from Autoblog.
Autoline This Week #1939: Leading CES
December 31, 2015 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBThe Consumer Electronic Show, now known simply as CES, has become the Disney World for technology. Last year more than 170,000 from around the world came to Las Vegas for what used to be a small trade show. It has now blossomed into an event that even the car companies can’t ignore anymore. The man in charge of not only this enormous trade show, but also the Consumer Electronic Association who puts it on is Gary Shapiro. Today he joins John McElroy and his panel to discuss technology, the aut...
Autoline This Week #1938: Freightliner Makes a Big Move
December 24, 2015 15:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBFreightliner Trucks is the largest heavy-duty truck manufacturer in North America. It was founded in 1942 and bought by Mercedes-Benz in the 1980s. From its headquarters in Portland, Oregon the company has recently been producing some groundbreaking technologies including the DTNA “Super Truck” which improved freight efficiency, and the Inspiration which is the first licensed autonomous commercial truck. On this week’s Autoline, John McElroy is joined by its North America president and CEO Ma...
Autoline This Week #1937: Autoline’s Game Changers
December 17, 2015 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBThe automotive world is changing faster than at any time in its history. More and more game changing innovations are popping up with seemingly each new vehicle. John McElroy and his blue ribbon panel of auto analysts Maryann Keller, David Cole, the Chairman Emeritus of C.A.R. and Edward Lapham the Chief Editorial Officer at the Normington Group, roundup their top choices of automotive innovations for the year in Autoline’s Game Changers for 2015.
Autoline This Week #1936: Auto Sales Around the World
November 19, 2015 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBAnyone who lives in America has undoubtedly noticed that cars have been flying off dealer lots. New, Used, Pre-Owned…whatever the type, the numbers are staggering. But is it just a one country story? How are sales in some of the other great economies of the world? On Autoline THIS WEEK John McElroy and three global auto analysts look at sales from the four corners of the world to see if this has been just a one country recovery.
Autoline This Week #1935: VW’s Diesel Dilemma
November 12, 2015 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBIt broke in mid-September but had been boiling for some time. Volkswagen, the largest automaker in the world had done wrong with its diesel engines. VW was hoping it might go away but this huge story has done nothing but grow. On this week’s Autoline, John McElroy is joined by an all-star panel including, Csaba Csere, Contributing Editor, Car and Driver, Pulitzer Prize reporter Joe White from Reuters and AutoPacific car analyst Dave Sullivan, to look at what VW did and if it can get itself ou...
Autoline This Week #1934: Selling the Big Rigs
November 05, 2015 15:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBThere are 8 classifications for trucks in America. Many of us know the first three, which are all Light duty. The other five, Medium and Heavy duty, are not as well known though we do see them on the road all the time. On this week’s show John McElroy introduces us to the larger class of trucks, who uses them and where they are bought and sold. Joining him on his panel are Shaun Skinner, the VP of Sales for Isuzu Commercial Truck, analyst John Stark from the Stark’s News Service as well as Gr...
Autoline This Week #1933: Inside Dealer Nation
October 29, 2015 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBIn the old days, the phrase was if you owned a dealership it was like a license to print money. These days, with so many options for consumers, the dealers aren’t making nearly as much on the cars like they used to. But they’re still expected to participate in the community like they always did. This week John McElroy welcomes current NADA chair William Fox to talk about the world of today’s car dealer. He is joined on the panel by Steve Finlay from Ward’s Dealer Business and Jeff Bennett of ...
Autoline This Week #1932: Leading the New Lincoln
October 22, 2015 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBHis name is Kumar Galhotra and he’s got what many consider the toughest job at Ford. He is in charge of rebuilding its famous luxury brand, what they now call the Lincoln Motor Company. John McElroy welcomes Mr. Galhotra as his guest for this week’s show along with Alisa Priddle from the Detroit Free Press and Keith Naughton of Bloomberg.
Autoline This Week #1931: Automotive Cybersecurity
October 15, 2015 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBWith computers running more of your car’s activities these days, is it safe from hackers? We recently discovered Jeeps weren’t. Joining John McElroy on this week’s Autoline to discuss the growing problem of Cybersecurity is Jeff Massimilla from General Motors, analyst Egil Juliussen from IHS Automotive and Erika Anden from the Sandab Group.
Autoline This Week #1930: Engineering the Future
October 08, 2015 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBJohnson Controls is one of the world’s leading automotive suppliers. Mary Ann Wright leads its global engineering and product development where she is responsible for driving technology and energy storage solutions. She joins John McElroy as his guest on this week’s Autoline along with Jeff Bennett from the Wall Street Journal and David Welch from Bloomberg.
Autoline This Week #1929: The Last Drive
October 01, 2015 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MB100 years ago 21-year old Edsel Ford was preparing to join his father running Ford Motor Company. Just before he took the reins, Edsel and six buddies drove 1915 Model T’s cross- country on, what Bruce Springsteen would later call, “a last chance power drive.” Mark Gessler of the Historical Vehicle Association re-enacted the drive this year and joins John McElroy and Mark Phelan of the Detroit Free Press to talk about “both” journeys.
Autoline This Week #1928: Automotive Emissions: EPA v States
September 24, 2015 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBWe all hear the word “CAFE” and think consumption – coffee/food – but in the auto industry it’s all about miles per gallon. Two men from different agencies who each have a lot to do with CAFE sat down separately with John McElroy to discuss where the standards are going. Joining John are Christopher Grundler from the Environmental Protection Agency and Dr. Alberto Ayala from the California Air Resources Board or CARB.
Autoline This Week #1927: Who Wins? Buying Through 3rd Party Programs
September 17, 2015 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBHow do you buy your cars? Do you still negotiate or do you use one of those 3rd Party programs that set the price for you? Joining John McElroy to discuss this new option for buying a car is the CEO of the Costco Auto Program Jeff Skeen and dealer Ken Foster from Brown Honda in Toledo, Ohio.