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For most of his career, Tony Posawatz was a highly successful engineer working in GM's lucrative truck division. That meant big rigs powered by gasoline and diesel engines. Then one day in 2006 GM's top leadership appointed him to lead a breakthrough initiative. "Build us an electric car that will make people forget all about the Toyota Prius," they said. GM had taken a shot at an all-electric vehicle in the 1990s called the EV1. Tony and his team of top notch GM engineers knew that the way to beat the Prius was to go electric. But range anxiety was an issue. So, they got inventive and designed a propulsion system that featured both an electric battery and a gasoline engine. This set-up, in time, would become known as a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle or a PHEV. That product, which debuted 11 years ago, served as a bridge to a barrage of pure electrics like the Tesla Model 3, the Hyundai IONIQ, the Mustang Mach E, the Rivians and the Lucids now hitting the market today. How far along have we advanced on the path to electrics. And how much work still remains to be done before we reach electric nirvana?

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Who Is Xi Jinping And What Does He Want? Joseph Torigian, Author, The Party's Interests Come First 

What do we really know about Xi Jinping, China's most powerful leader since Chairman Mao? Answer: Incredibly little.  Xi is the embodiment of inscrutability, the ultimate poker face.  And second, the ...

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Why It's So Hard to Fix China's Overcapacity and Brutal Price Wars. Lizzi Lee, Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute

Our guest today, Lizzi Lee, is smart, daring and unconventional. After earning a PhD in economics from MIT, Lizzi Lee took a bold right turn and dove into research and writing. A few weeks ago, Lizzi ...

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Chinese Automakers Are Pouring Into Mexico. Luis Lozano, Former CEO, Toyota de Mexico.

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Earlier this year, I enjoyed a delicious lunch in Mexico City with Luis Lozano,  the former CEO of Toyota de Mexico. Luis immediately impressed me with his knowledge of the Mexican car market, the sho...

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President Trump and President Xi,  the two most powerful men in the world, met last week in Korea to try to, basically, calm things down.  China had just flexed its muscles, threatening to limit the e...

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How China Captured Apple. Patrick McGee, Author, Apple in China

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Here's a question I get a lot. How did China get so good so fast. People with front line experience in the People's Republic  talk about something called the China arc. Chinese leaders identify your c...

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What Western Business Leaders Misunderstand About China – Insights from Mitchell Presnick, Visiting Fellow, Harvard Fairbank Center

What Western Business Leaders Misunderstand About China – Insights from Mitchell Presnick, Visiting Fellow, Harvard Fairbank Center

Dazed, bruised and confused. That's how leaders of global automakers and suppliers operating in China feel these days. Since 2020, they have seen their once formidable China sales and profit machines ...

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How Safe and Secure Are Robocars? John Wall, Chief Operating Officer, QNX 

How Safe and Secure Are Robocars? John Wall, Chief Operating Officer, QNX 

In the good old days of driving, we needed to make sure the mechanical things worked: Things like the engine, of course, the steering and the brakes. We were in charge of driving the car.  Now, for be...

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How Does All That Awesome Tech Get Into Your Connected Car? Laurie Fitzgerald, President, Avanci Vehicle 

How Does All That Awesome Tech Get Into Your Connected Car? Laurie Fitzgerald, President, Avanci Vehicle 

By now, you have probably heard that there are more than 200 million connected cars on the road today. But, wait a minute. What is a connected car – and how does a connected car make our lives better?...

5 Juni 202543min

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