Alliance for Automotive Innovation

You don’t want to miss this... Register today for ‘the_merge’ in Washington, DC on December 3: https://bit.ly/4haqKd7 #merge24 #CleanerSaferSmarter

Coming soon: Alliance for Automotive Innovation’s #merge24 📅 Tuesday, December 3 📍 InterContinental Washington D.C. – The Wharf Post-election conversations w/ top auto industry leaders, policymakers and investors... on the #electricvehicle transition, automotive policy, #EV investment, trends in autonomy, #connectivity, #technology... and more. Including: Jérémie Papin, President, Nissan Motor Corporation Michael Berube, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Kristin Dziczek, Policy Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Aicha Evans, CEO, Zoox Austin Russell, CEO, Luminar Technologies More speakers to be announced... AGENDA → https://bit.ly/4erLHOq REGISTER → https://bit.ly/4haqKd7 #CleanerSaferSmarter Sponsored by: TD Securities, Guggenheim Partners

Dropped into #Paris for the 2024 Mondial de l’Auto - Paris and #SummitParis2024... Three observations from Europe (more to come): 1. Lots of splashy #electricvehicle announcements/exhibits from Chinese automakers. It’s clear #China has set its sights on Europe (and Africa and South America) as an outlet for its #EV overcapacity... 2. Infotainment systems, #smartphone compatibility and user experience is KING. Everyone was connecting their phones to the EVs on display... tinkering and testing the #tech. Interface and integration is shaping up as a key differentiator... 3. European policymakers are taking a hard look at their EV and emissions rules. They’re still committed to decarbonization and an electric future... but there’s a growing recognition EV mandates are going to be a challenge (not to mention could make Europe’s auto industry less competitive). Around the world... I keep stressing balance and the need for a deeper partnership between automakers, other sectors of the economy and governments to address transition challenges (like charging, grid capacity and #supplychains). I 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 worry about automakers’ ability to produce electrified vehicles... I 𝘥𝘰 worry about whether there’s too big a gap between government requirements and customer expectations. We need a balanced policy approach... And if we get out of balance...? We need to make adjustments. Not just automakers... all of us. Great to visit with old (and new) colleagues, policymakers and delegations from the world’s auto-producing nations: Oliver Zipse, BMW Group Carlos Tavares, Stellantis Luca de Meo, Renault Group Luc Chatel, PFA - Plateforme automobile Francois Roudier, International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers David Barroux, Les Echos Check out my remarks --> https://lnkd.in/e3JAfQhR

I’ll be presenting about the politics of automotive repair at the Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) IDEAS Collide Showcase on November 6. The auto industry is the gold standard for #RighttoRepair, but that doesn’t stop the issue from getting political. Who is speaking for the industry and why you should be concerned with what they are saying? IDEAS Collide is sort of like a TED Talk, featuring multiple fast-paced presentations designed to stimulate thought and rattle the status quo! Check out the other speakers I’ll be sharing the stage with here: https://bit.ly/4f5eTLd If you’re attending #SEMAShow2024, there is still time to register for the IDEAS Collide Showcase here: www.scrs.com/rde. Hope to see you there.

Back in June, I told Congress about the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA's “practically impossible” automatic emergency braking (AEB) plan and the flawed process the agency used to write it. It’s so flawed, Alliance for Automotive Innovation asked the agency to reconsider... Quick refresh on AEB: game-changing #safety tech, uses vehicle sensors to detect potential front-end collisions with other vehicles, provides warnings to drivers and automatically applies the brakes to help avoid/reduce the severity of a collision. We’re all for AEB (automakers invested $1 billion developing it...) but as I told Lisa Fletcher | Spotlight on America: “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴, 62 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱, 𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵... 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯? 𝘔𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵-𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.” Watch the interview here: https://lnkd.in/e7XnX688 (Here’s that June letter to Congress, by the way: https://bit.ly/3XBytJO)

NEW: Q2 2024 #EV DATA DUMP→ EVs = 10% of new light-duty vehicle sales. 117 electric models available for sale in U.S. Hybrid market share ⬆️ 2.9% | gas-powered market share ⬇️ 3.8%. #GetConnected→ https://bit.ly/4erabrl

#GetConnected #EV data in POLITICO Morning #Transportation… Full Q2 2024 report → https://bit.ly/4erabrl

The Washington Post --> https://lnkd.in/efs87VYt

NEW: U.S. #electricvehicle DATA for Q2 2024 👀#EV sales and public charging trends in ALL 50 states → https://bit.ly/4erabrl #GetConnected

John Bozzella at #ANCongress --> There’s a level of proactivity in the U.S. on the #China auto issue. Example? Look at the new U.S. Department of Commerce connected car plan. U.S. gov’t is thinking about economic *AND* national security... this is different than what’s happening in Europe. More in Automotive News: https://lnkd.in/gmgkYqPx