Category: "2008 Los Angeles auto Show"

Honda and the hydrogen highway

Stephen Ellis, Manager of Fuel Cell Marketing for American Honda Motor Company sat down for a chat with me at the 2008 Los Angeles auto show.
Ellis had missed part of [...]

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Project i starts with the MINI-e

BMW’s CEO, Norbert Reithofer, announced that Dr. Friedrich Eichiner will head a new department, codenamed Project i, which will focus on designing minicars with advanced technology. Dr. Friedrich Eichiner unveiled [...]

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Laurens van den Acker, designer, Mazda

Laurens van den Acker is the chief designer at Mazda. Van den Acker takes me for a walk around the new Mazda 3 and inside the new interior. We’re at [...]

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Stefan Sielaff, design, Audi AG on the Q5

Stefan Sielaff, Head of Design, AUDI AG talked to me at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto show about the Audi Q5 interior.

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Carlos Ghosn, Nissan, on batteries & billions

Carlos Ghosn is the chief executive of Renault-Nissan. Ghosn was the keynote speaker at the 2008 Los Angeles auto show.
Ghosn was asked a question about batteries: what would happen to [...]

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Carlos Ghosn, Nissan, on marriage and mergers

Carlos Ghosn is the chief executive of Renault-Nissan. Ghosn was the keynote speaker at the 2008 Los Angeles auto show.
Ghosn answered a question about the merger/alliance that didn’t happen with [...]

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Steve Cannon, MBUSA

Steve Cannon is the Vice President of marketing for Mercedes-Benz USA.
2008 Los Angeles Auto show -
I asked all the executives I interviewed the same questions:
1. How are you managing in [...]

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Johan de Nysschen, Audi

Johan de Nysschen is the Executive Vice President in charge of Audi of America.
2008 Los Angeles Auto show -
I asked all the executives I interviewed the same questions:
1. How are [...]

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Detlev von Platen, Porsche

Detlev von Platen is the President and CEO of Porsche Cars North America, based in Atlanta, Georgia.
2008 Los Angeles Auto show -
I asked all the executives I interviewed the same [...]

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Jim O’Sullivan, Mazda

Jim O’Sullivan is the President and CEO, Mazda North America Operations; Managing Executive Officer, Mazda Motor Corporation.
2008 Los Angeles Auto show -
I asked all the executives I interviewed the same [...]

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