John Batchelor, host of the John Batchelor radio show, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com about tesla talking to Google about autonomous vehicles, and Audi’s car commercial that star Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy. Google was the first autonomous vehicle to get a license to drive their autonomous vehicles in Nevada, Audi was the [...]
When Scott Keogh, President, Audi of America, was at the 2013 Washington Auto Show he talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, about the difference diesel has made in the United States, “Since Audi brought out its first diesel in 2009 till now, it has reduced US fuel consumption by 4.6 million gallons, it has [...]
Scott Keough, President, Audi of America, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, on the eve of the 2013 New York auto show. Audi did not unveil the A3 at the auto show, opting instead to show it to a small group of journalists until the official unveil at the 2013 Shanghai auto show. The [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Currently, you drive up to a hotel, give your Audi R8 keys, and a tip, to the valet and they park your car for you. In the future, you will get out of your car and command your car to park itself with your smartphone. Instead of going to the parking garage to get your [...]
The Detroit Auto Show is unveiling several cutting-edge car technologies, including making the car your co-pilot. www.drivingthenation.com CEO Lou Ann Hammond joins digits from the Detroit Auto Show. Photo: Continental Automotive & drivingthenation.com.
Mark Del Rosso, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, of Audi of America, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com about Audi in California. Is Audi looking at bringing in more mid-size and sub-compact cars? How did Audi produce better results in 2012 than they did in 2011? How are diesel sales for Audi? [...]
John Batchelor, host of the John Batchelor radio show, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com about Audi’s piloted parking program. Audi spends 8 percent of their gross revenue on research and development. Batchelor saw the video of the Audi parking itself and loved the idea. This not only saves time it saves gasoline. When [...]
Instead of going to the parking garage and getting your car you take your smartphone out and tell your car to meet you at the front of the lobby. Imagine getting out of your car and telling your car to go park itself with your smartphone. Ann Lien, Senior engineer at electronics research lab for [...]
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