John Batchelor, host of the John Batchelor radio, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com about Tesla doing well, CODA going bankrupt. Tesla announced offerings of 2,703,027 shares of common stock and $450 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2018 in concurrent underwritten registered public offerings. Musk owns over 26% of Tesla’s [...]
Shanghai, China – Scenes from the 2013 Shanghai auto show includes the women, the characters, the police and the cars. Watch the video to see BMW, BYD, Peugeot, Renault, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, Cadillac, Geely, Opel, Mazda, Smart, Brabus, Citroen, Luxgen, JAC, Infiniti, Volvo, Continental, Buick, Kia, Chevy and Jeep on the floor of the Shanghai auto [...]
Host John Batchelor talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, about the 2013 Shanghai auto show. Batchelor had heard that Great Wall Motors, the largest SUV maker in China, would be the first Chinese automaker to enter the United States in volume. The key word is in volume. BYD’s Chairman Wang says they will start [...]
Bob Boniface, Cadillac Exterior designer, and Eric Clough, Cadillac Interior designer, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com about designing the Cadillac ATS. What does it mean to Boniface and to win the North American Car of the Year for the Cadillac ATS? What one thing inside, and outside, according to the designers, made the [...]
If the pre-shows are indicative of what the show itself is going to be like, the New York auto show is going to be about luxury and fuel efficiency. The luxury groups are not going to die, as some had prophesized. What other place, but New York, to main line luxury into the hearts and [...]
Mike Siegrist, Assistant Chief Engineer, General Motors Powertrains, took time to talk to www.drivingthenation.com about General Motors new Chevy Cruze clean diesel engine. What did General Motors have to modify on this European engine for the American market? Is this a General Motors engine, or was it purchased from another company? Volkswagen’s diesel engine is [...]
From the John Batchelor radio show website: Thursday 14 March 2013 / Hour 4, Block A: LouAnn Hammond, DrivingtheNation.com, in re:TESLA Lays off 100 Workers Due to New York Times Article Cancellations … TESLA Lays off 100 Workers Due to NYT Article Cancellations? … no idea of the scope of the cancellations, judging by the [...]
In January, 2013, at the Detroit auto show I interviewed Anthony Pratt, Director of Forecasting, Polk of America. I asked Pratt about Europe, what Polk was forecasting for 2013 and beyond for Western, Eastern and Central Europe. Polk has a downside scenario and an upside scenario. Would Germany going into a recession be in the [...]
Edward T. Welburn, General Motors’ Vice President of Global Design, oversees the design development of all of General Motor’s vehicles in production or concept. Welburn talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, about the newest Eyes on Design award, the Cadillac ELR. What are some of the refinements that Cadillac has made on the ELR [...]
General Motors has brought out three brand new engines on their 2014 GMC Sierra and Chevy Silverado, called Ecotec3. We started the video out with the unveil of the GMC Sierra, because it was so cool, but the heart of the story is the heart of the vehicle, the engine. In this case, there are [...]
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