Automotive safety technology can prevent accidents and save lives. But it can also be maddeningly annoying. All those beeps, buzzes and warning chimes. So researchers are carefully collecting data on how humans drive, and using artificial intelligence to make those safety systems less intrusive and more effective.

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Autoline This Week #2524 - Using AI To Make ADAS More Effective

China’s automotive industry used to rely on foreign automakers and suppliers to develop cars and technology. Not anymore. China set a goal to become self-sufficient by 2025. Not only is it on track to achieve that goal, it’s leading the world when it comes to electric and connected cars. Tu Le of Sino Automotive Insights shares his views on where it’s all going.

Autoline This Week #2523 - China Takes The Lead

The auto industry knows the future is with electric vehicles. But it’s also facing a slew of new legal issues that EVs bring with them. Battery fires are pitting automakers against suppliers. Electric utilities face legal challenges from companies that operate charging stations. And consumers are demanding protection from any of these problems. Autoline This Week tackles the legal issues that have not got the attention they deserve.

Autoline This Week #2522 - EVs Unleash A Flood Of Litigation

Power Play is a new book about the history of Tesla. Its author, Wall Street Journal reporter Tim Higgins, interviewed hundreds of people both inside and outside of the company, to get the inside story of what actually happened and what is happening today.

Autoline This Week #2521 - Behind The Scenes Chaos At Tesla

Magna makes all the major components that go into cars. It even assembles cars for various automakers, something that no other Tier 1 supplier can do. The company is one of the largest automotive suppliers in the world, it’s growing rapidly, and CEO Swamy Kotagiri lays out how his vision of how it can grow even more.

Autoline This Week #2520 - Magna Sees EVs Leading To Great Growth

The Automotive Hall of Fame has already Inducted some of the most famous names in the history of the industry. Now it's reaching out to induct minorities who may not be well known but who achieved impressive accomplishments for their day.

Autoline This Week #2519 - Unsung Heroes Get Inducted In The Automotive Hall Of Fame

Alfonso Albaisa is the Senior VP of Design at Nissan. He talks about how he had his team design the new Nissan Z sports car, incorporating new technology yet retaining the classic lines of its predecessors.

Autoline This Week #2518 - Nissan's Z Embraces Modern Technology With A Retro Design

Mark Rosekind is a former NHTSA administrator. Now he’s with autonomous vehicle startup Zoox, which was recently bought by Amazon. Zoox has a clever design for a vehicle that is going to be safer than anything that’s ever been on the road.

Autoline This Week #2517 - Gad Zoox! AV Startup Re-Writes The Book On Safety

The auto industry is working hard to reduce its carbon footprint. And while everyone is aware of the big push to electric cars, there are other efforts underway. One of those includes making automotive components from biomaterials. These are materials made from plants and vegetation, not from petroleum. And they’ve reached a level of sophistication and development where they are lighter, cheaper and offer better performance.

Autoline This Week #2516 - Manufacturing Cars With Biomaterials

China cornered the global market for the critical metals and minerals needed to make EV motors and batteries. Now the Biden Administration wants to develop a US supply chain. Is that even possible? And if so, how long will it take? Three experts in mining and processing talk about the challenges that lie ahead.

Autoline This Week #2515 - The US Trails China In Mining Metals for EVs

Over the next three years there will be a flood of electric vehicles hitting the market. Can the electrical grid handle the load? How about on hot summer nights when people are running their air conditioning? And will transformers at the neighborhood level be able to take it?

Autoline This Week #2514 - Can The Grid Handle All These EVs?

Autonomous vehicles are not years away from going into commercial operation. They’re already on the road today providing rides to the public. May Mobility and Beep are two of the pioneers in this technology. They’re growing their operations and see a bright future ahead.

Autoline This Week #2513 - Two Companies That Already Operate Autonomous Vehicles

The auto industry got clobbered by a shortage of chips. It could also face a shortage of critical materials needed to make batteries and motors for electric cars. The industry needs long term planning to avoid future shortages, and may need the federal government involved to make it happen.

Autoline This Week #2512 - Rebuilding The Supply Chain for Chips and EVs

At some point the pandemic will end and people will be able to go back to the office. But many will opt to keep on working from home. The auto industry is trying to figure out how it can accommodate both. In the meantime, it’s learning new processes and etiquette for how people work together online.

Autoline This Week #2511 - Work From Home, Or Go Back To The Office?

Automotive suppliers who make parts for piston engines know their future is threatened by electric cars. They have three choices. 1. jump on the EV bandwagon. 2. ride the piston engine into the sunset. 3. try to make parts for both. So which is the right strategy?

Autoline This Week #2510 - Tip Toeing Through The Transition: From ICE To BEV

Autoline This Week is the first stop for auto executives, insiders and consumers looking for the latest automotive news. Each week John McElroy, one of the deans of the Detroit automotive press corp, brings his expertise and analysis to the issues and interviews driving the automotive world. He moderates a panel of automotive journalists as they discuss the week’s news and interview top industry newsmakers

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