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On this week’s show, it’s just us, the beers and a dog named “Ike” — oh yeah, and the latest news out of this ever-hopping auto industry! Our pal Jean Halliday from AutoAdOpolis will be on hand to chat with us as we delve into Consumer Reports’ latest findings. They’re wild about the latest GM product and amazed at the… [[Continue reading]]

This week we’re joined by Kevin McMahon who is a Managing Partner at The Martec Group, a research and consulting firm. Kevin heads up the group’s automotive and transportation analysis where he discovered an interesting fact. He says the California Air Resources Board (CARB) overstated diesel emissions by as much as 340 percent, rendering it uncompetitive in the market! We’ll… [[Continue reading]]

n the After Hours studio this week is Bob Purcell, the CEO of Protean Electric, a company that specializes in electric hub motors. Wait till you hear how Purcell wants to use these motors to instantly add hundreds of horsepower to a conventional car. Of course we’ll be getting into the news and you can bet the great Volt controversy will be on the table. We’ll have to see if we can get Bob (formerly of GM’s EV program) to weigh in. John McElroy’s in studio with Peter De Lorenzo, the Autoextremist, and AAH newbie Charlie Vogelheim from Intellichoice.com. [[Continue reading]]

Preuss graciously accepted my invitation to appear to discuss in-car communications technologies and answer caller questions. Everyone got a chance to ask their questions and he answered them all! He even pitched in a few extra minutes at the end of his appearance to discuss the Chevy Volt, as he worked on first generation Volt development. [[Continue reading]]

This week were talking Tata tech with Warren Harris, the President and COO of Tata Technologies. We’ll be asking him what plans Tata has for the American and European markets. Of course, we’ll be digging into the news of the week including VW’s apparent plans for diesel domination in the U.S. We’ll also discuss if BMW producing a front-wheel drive… [[Continue reading]]

Mitsubishi is trying hard to stay relevant (definition: sell some cars when everyone has forgotten about them) and has jumped into the trend of attempting to catch the eye of the desirable Gen Y. The best way that they figured how to do this is to kind of jump into a microsite