What are the reasons to buy an electrified vehicle and what are the reasons not to buy electric vehicles? John Batchelor and Lou Ann Hammond go through the top ten reasons you would buy a plug-in hybrid or battery electric vehicle. There are so many incentives, including utility companies giving better electric rates at night. [...]
Now is the time to buy a new car! Sales for 2017 are lagging compared to 2016, and car companies are dealing. My friend, Wayne, purchased a brand new 2018 Hyundai Elantra ECO that listed for $21,645 for just $13,808 last week. 2017 is predicted to be the first full-year sales decline since the Great [...]
UAW versus Ford May 26, 1937, in what is known as the Battle of the Overpass, the United Auto Workers (UAW) fought with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge. Tactics have always been fierce, on both sides, when it comes to the UAW gaining access, and membership. The UAW has been around [...]
Robots of the future How close is the future? Autonomous vehicles are getting closer and closer to reality. We are moving away from the recognizable ordinary to a car that lets you superimpose your desires of freedom and adventure. John Batchelor, the host of the John Batchelor radio show, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, [...]
John Batchelor, host of the John Batchelor radio show, and Thaddeus McCotter, former MI representative, WJR, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, Driving the Nation about all the new gadgets, car tech and connected cars at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and, oh, the Detroit Lions. Automobiles have come along way in [...]
Barbara Boxer to Mary Barra Lou Ann Hammond, the CEO, Driving the Nation, talked to John Batchelor, host of the John Batchelor radio show about the GM recall. The question has come up numerous times, behind doors and in front of Congress, how much did the former Chairman and CEO of General Motors, Dan Akerson, [...]
Simon Constable, guest host of the John Batchelor radio show and host of WSJ's news hub talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com about the Terrafugia. Hammond interviewed Eric Sweeney of Auburn airplane works in Auburn, CA. Sweeney refurbished the 1956 Moult Taylor aero car, the only aero car flying. What are the similarities between [...]
John Batchelor radio show CNBC's Larry Kudlow and John Batchelor, host of the John Batchelor radio show, talked to me about the pre Los Angeles auto show parties and the General Motors IPO. Kudlow asked about the Volt, and of course the tax credit. The first event I went to was a Ford Ecoboost with [...]
80th International Motor Show,March 2010 Geneva Lou Ann Hammond talks to John Batchelor on The John Batchelor show about the vehicles on display at the 2010 Geneva auto show. The next day, after the auto show, we drove Chevy Sparks up to Gruyeres, Switzerland to the H.R. Giger museum. Giger is the famous surrealist known [...]
80th International Motor Show,March 2010 Geneva, Switzerland - Lou Ann Hammond talks to John Batchelor, host of the John Batchelor radio show. Hammond is in Geneva, Switzerland at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show.