Tom Libby, Senior forecasting analyst for R. L. Polk talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, about the auto industry. California usually garners 12% of auto sales. How is California doing? How are hybrid sales? Are people switching back to internal combustion engines from hybrids or electric vehicles? When will hybrids and EVs make up [...]
Lou Ann Hammond undefined: Good morning Warren and friends Today we have as a guest, Michael Austin, Vice President of BYD Co. BYD is around 25% owned by Chairman Chuan Fu Wang, and 9.9% owned by Warren Buffett’s Mid American Energy Holding Co. 50% of the stock holdings are US owned. BYD Co., a company [...]
Detlev von Platen, President and CEO of Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, about Jerry Seinfeld’s 911, 50 years of Porsche, the new GT3 and the awards Porsche won at the 2013 New York International Auto show (NYIAS). Porsche already has a Cayenne diesel and a Panamera hybrid. [...]
Host, John Batchelor and Co-host Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board, talk to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com about the 2013 New York International auto show (NYIAS). We talk about the BMW i8, first introduced as the BMW Concept Vision Efficient Dynamics, that will come out with as a 3-cylinder twin turbo plug-in hybrid [...]
Wolfgang Hatz, Porsche, Board of Management, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com about emissions and what Porsche is doing What is Porsche’s halo car for fuel efficiency? What is Porsche Intelligent Peformance? Can Porsche make a luxury car that gets 70 miles per gallon? When will the Porsche 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid come to [...]
It’s too bad that both The New York Times and Elon Musk, Co-founder and Owner of Tesla Motors, have lost sight of the story that was supposed to be written. One has to wonder how much of this Tempest in a Teapot is the new-fashioned click-through digital war this world has become. It was supposed [...]
Wolfgang Hatz is a member of Porsche AG Board of Management in charge of Research and Development, and is additionally Head of Engines and Transmissions Development for the Volkswagen Group. Hatz talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com. How much further can the gasoline engine go for fuel efficiency? Hatz talks about the hybrids that [...]
Host, John Batchelor, Mary Kissell, Wall Street Journal, Lonnie Miller, R.L. Polk, and Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com talk about 2012 automobile sales. The crash is over if you are looking at the 2012 automobile sales numbers? What is Polk forecasting for 2013? Who is buying these cars? How loyal are hybrid owners? How many [...]
Los Angeles, CA – James D. Farley, Jr., executive vice president of Global Marketing, Sales and Service, Lincoln, Ford Motor Company, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com at a party at Universal Studios the night before the 2012 Los Angeles auto show commenced. We talked about the 1-liter, 3 cylinder turbocharged 2013 Ford Fiesta [...]
Dave Lee, University of Toyota talks to www.drivingthenation.com about the 2013 Toyota Avalon. The 4th generation Avalon has great new infotainment. Todays 2013 Avalon prices haven’t changed that much. The XLE gas model is $30,990 with Power Adjustable Heated Front Leather Seats, Alloy Wheels, Touch Screen Display Audio, Smart Key, Heated Outer Mirrors, Outer Mirror [...]
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