Category: "Automotive executives"

Wolfgang Hatz talks about VW & Audi Electric vehicles

I met up with Wolfgang Hatz, Vice President of Powertrains for Volkswagen AG in San Francisco, CA.
We talked about gasoline and diesel engines and what the plans are for the [...]

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2011 Nissan Leaf details at the 2010 plug-in conference

Mark Perry, Nissan’s North American director of EV and Advanced Technology, was at the 2010 Plug-in conference in San Jose, CA.
We asked Perry why Nissan decided on a 100 mile [...]

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Mark Perry on the 2011 Nissan Leaf plugin electric vehicle

Mark Perry, Nissan’s North American director of EV and Advanced Technology, was at the 2010 Plug-in conference in San Jose, CA. We asked Perry why there were no vents for [...]

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Nancy Gioia, Ford, at the 2010 plug-conference

Nancy Lee Gioia is Ford Motor Company’s director of Global Electrification.
What does Ford have coming out before 2012?
What is their definition of electrification?
The Transit connect, the focus electric, a plug-in [...]

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Carlos Tavares, Nissan, at the 2010 Plug-in conference

At the  2010 Plug‑In Conference in San Jose, Nissan’s executive vice-president of the Americas, Carlos Tavares, discussed plans for the LEAF roll-out.
What are Nissan’s plans for Electric Vehicles for the [...]

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Didier Miraton, Michelin, at the 2010 Challenge Bibendum

Didier Miraton has been a Managing Partner of Michelin since May 11, 2007.
Michelin is led by Messrs Michel Rollier, Managing General Partner. Both Didier Miraton and Jean-Dominique Senard are Non-General [...]

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Ingrid Paulus, Audi AG part 2 of Car2Car

Ingrid Paulus, Head of Transport and Environment, AUDI AG talked to me at the 2010 Challenge Bibendum.
There are cities in the world that have synced their stop lights to [...]

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Ingrid Paulus, Audi AG, on Car2Car

Ingrid Paulus, Head of Transport and Environment, AUDI AG talked to me at the 2010 Challenge Bibendum.
There are cities in the world that have synced their stop lights to the [...]

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Brazil’s President Lula at the 2010 Challenge Bibendum

President Lula opening speech at the 2010 Challenge Bibendum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
When you listen to Brazil’s President Lula talk he is mesmerizing. Lula has pulled Brazil out of the [...]

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Jack Pitney, BMW VP of product & marketing, at the Ben Franklin Institute

Jack Pitney, BMW Vice President of product & marketing, talked to me at the Ben Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA.
Some of the questions I asked were:
The United States is 95% [...]

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