Autoline After Hours With Peter Hofbauer Of EcoMotors

This week we welcome Peter Hofbauer, a former diesel-engine designer at Volkswagen who’s now the Founder, Chairman and Chief Technical Officer of EcoMotors, the company that’s developing a revolutionary opposed-piston engine.  We’ll be talking all about the future of the ICE and what his company’s new powerplant can offer the auto industry as it shoots to deliver better fuel economy.  As usual, we’ll also get to the news of the week like how GM’s getting ready to start mass producing batteries for the Chevy Volt.  John McElroy‘s in studio with Peter De Lorenzo, the Autoextremist, and David Welch from Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

 

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Autoline After Hours All Rapid Fire With Guest Jason Vines

his week we bring you a special all Q&A show. Our Rapid Fire segment has proven to be so popular that we never have enough time to make it through all our viewers’ questions. Tonight we do. Our good friend Jason Vines is even coming in to help us get through all your mail and phone calls, so get ready for some answers to come your way! John McElroy‘s in studio with Peter De Lorenzo, the Autoextremist, and David Welch from Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

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Autoline After Hours Tonight with Kathleen Ligocki

This week we welcome Kathleen Ligocki, an auto industry consultant who is a former top executive at Ford and CEO of supplier companies. We’ll be asking her if she thinks Detroit has really recovered yet from the economic meltdown. As usual, we’ll also get into the news of the week like Edmund’s prediction that sales will be down this month. Also we’ll discuss Ferrari’s decision to drop manual transmissions and a study that says EVs will depreciate wildly. John McElroy‘s in studio with Peter De Lorenzo, the Autoextremist, and David Welch from Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

 

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Autoline After Hours TTonight with John DeCicco

Tonight we get green as we welcome John DeCicco, Ph. D, an environmentalist who is a senior lecturer at the University of Michigan. We’ll be asking Mr. DeCicco how the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico will affect our consumption of petroleum–if at all. And, what does he think of alternative fuels like biofuel and electricity? You might just be surprised at the answer. Of course, we’ll also get into the news of the week including the wind down of the Mercury brand. Plus, May sales numbers are in and there are some interesting results including the fact that Chrysler seems to be gaining on Honda. John McElroy’s in studio with Peter De Lorenzo, the Autoextremist, and David Welch from Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

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Autoline After Hours Tonight with Sheila Ronis, Defense and Automotive Expert

Tonight we welcome Sheila Ronis, a defense and automotive expert who will discuss the role the car companies play in military matters. In particular we’ll ask why the Pentagon was staunchly against letting GM and Chrysler fold, and why the Pentagon believes that would have placed the United States at a strategic disadvantage. And, we’ll definitely be getting into the news of the week as Ford finally announces it will kill off the Mercury brand. Plus, has the BP oil disaster brought us to a petroleum tipping point in which we say goodbye to fossil fuels? Conversely, many are saying Carlos Ghosn is overly optimistic in his prediction that Nissan will sell 500,000 EVs by the end of 2012. John McElroy’s in studio with Peter De Lorenzo, the Autoextremist, and David Welch from Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

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Autoline After Hours Tonight with Jason Vines

Tonight it’s the man, the legend: Jason Vines, our old AAH friend and colleague. Mr. Vines joins the panel to discuss the news of the week including GM’s big marketing switcheroo back to the formally-ousted Campbell-Ewald. Also, Bob Lutz gets his send-off from GM as he finally retires and digs in to his tell-all book about GM. Plus, is the U.S. in danger of losing its Biofuel industry? The loss of a tax credit could mean the beginning of the end for ethanol in America. John McElroy‘s in studio with Peter De Lorenzo, the Autoextremist, and David Welch from Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

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Autoline After Hours Tonight with Nina Beckhardt, The Naming Group

Tonight we welcome Nina Beckhardt, President of The Naming Group, a company that specializes in branding. She’ll be joining us to offer her expertise in how car names are created–what works and what is a total disaster? Of course we’ll also get into the news of the week including Chevy’s decision to dump Campbell-Ewald, it’s advertising agency since 1919. Plus, we’ll talk money: do recent earnings mean the industry has turned the corner? Is GM’s deception that it has paid off all government loans going to backfire? Why has Ford stock plummeted despite the fact that the company beat analysts’ expectations? John McElroy‘s in studio with Peter De Lorenzo, the Autoextremist, as well as David Welch from BusinessWeek and Bloomberg News.

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Autoline After Hours With Sharon Silke Carty Of USA Today

Tonight we talk about all the latest, tumultuous news to come out of the automotive world as we welcome Sharon Silke Carty, the Detroit Bureau Chief for USA TODAY. This week Big Ed shakes up the entire GM management structure after dismal February sales, and Bob Lutz announces he will retire in May. Toyota’s woes continue as they issue new recalls, but has human error been addressed sufficiently or at all? John McElroy’s in studio as usual as well as David Welch of BusinessWeek and Bloomberg and Peter De Lorenzo, the Autoextremist.

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