LOU ANN HAMMOND : I am in Leipzig, Germany attending an International Transportation Forum (ITF). It is put on by the OECD, a group of 54 countries, all coming together to try to find answers to our transportation issues. One forum I attended was about global fuel economy. I interviewed Lew Fulton from the International [...]
John Batchelor, host of the John Batchelor radio show, and Larry Kudlow, host of CNBC's Kudlow reports talked with Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com about June auto sales. Bleak is what they are. 11.45 for the year would be a bad year. Let's face it - sales are not going in the right direction. One [...]
2010 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), Detroit, MI - Bill Reinert is the National Manager, Advanced Technology Group, Toyota Motor Sales USA. I wish everyone would stop and listen to this piece and answer these questions. Reinert talks about the readiness of utility companies, states, and government policy. Do we have enough electricity to [...]
Sue Cischke, Ford's vice president for Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering, talked with me at the Ford Product Development Center in Dearborn, MI. Cischke went through the process with the Department of Energy to receive the $5.9 billion that they have received so far. The DOE will give out $25 billion in loans for fuel [...]