Timothy Kuniskis, recently named President and CEO of the Dodge Brand, is the former head of the FIAT Brand for North America. Before he left Fiat, Kuniskis talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com about the 2013 Fiat 500E. Fiat gives you two options, buy or lease. The Fiat 500E goes on sale this summer, [...]
George Blankenship, Tesla Motors, Vice President, Sales & Ownership Experience, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, about the Tesla S. What countries is Tesla selling in now? How many stores does Tesla have in the United States? Blankenship says they have sold 2,500 Tesla Roadsters and are winding the Roadster down and gearing up [...]
Los Angeles, CA – Mark Reuss, President, General Motors North America, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, at the 2012 Los Angeles auto show. How critical is California to General Motors? I was surprised how frank Reuss was with his answer. Let’s face it, when the word neglected comes out of an automotive executives [...]
Los Angeles, CA -Tim Kuniskis, head of the Fiat brand in North America, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com at the 2012 Los Angeles auto show. In 2011 fiat sold fewer than 20,000 units. According to Automotive News, Fiat sold 3,603 in November, 2012, an increase of 123% over last November. Year-to-date for 2012 [...]
Gregory D. Bernas, Chief Engineer – Product Development Office, Toyota Technical Center, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, North America, Inc. (TEMA) talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com about the 2013 Toyota RAV4 EV. In a recent article entitled 2013 Toyota RAV4 EV – The 845.5 pound elephant in the room, with Bill Fay. Gregory D. [...]
Bill Fay, VP, General Manager, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, about the old and new Toyota RAV4 EVs, and about the strategy of partnering with Tesla to create this generation Toyota RAV4 EV. In the ’70s Toyota created a Chinook. The Chinook was basically a Toyota pickup with a [...]
Four days into the job of President of Audi of America Scott Keogh stopped and talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com. Keogh has been with Audi for 6 years as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Many of Audi’s marketing programs are in place while Keogh was at that helm. Now he takes over as President. [...]
By Stephen Leahy RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 21 (TerraViva) – Over one billion people in the developing world could benefit from the Sustainable Energy for All initiative to bring electricity and clean-burning cookstoves to those without by 2030, U.N. officials said here June 21. However, civil society is critical that the target communities are simply [...]
Ludwig Willisch,President and CEO BMW North America, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, about the BMW manufacturing plant in Leipzig, Germany. Over 1,000,000 BMWs have been produced at the BMW plant in Leipzig, Germany. On March 1, 2012, the production of the new BMW 1 Series (5 door) began at the BMW Leipzig Plant. [...]
Chad D’Arcy, Focus Electric Marketing Manager, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, about the new 2012 Ford Focus Electric Vehicle (EV). The Focus EV will come out in New York, New Jersey and California first. Californians will be able to save $10,000 and cruise in the HOV lanes in the Ford Focus EV. The [...]
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