'Auto Trends' Kicks Off the 9th Season Talking to the 21st Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (Last Official Radio Talk)

Shailen Bhatt, the 21st Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, talks to 'Auto Trends' (Photo Credit: Wikipedia)

Auto Trends with JeffCars.com kicks off its ninth radio season talking with Administrator Shailen Bhatt. Bhatt, who served as the 21st administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, gives his last official radio interview, before stepping down to return to the private sector.

In a wide-ranging conversation, Bhatt who is the first person of Indian descent to lead the agency, talks about the role of managing the historic $350 billion-dollar Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to how the Federal Highway Administration is rectifying the racial divide in Black communities that was created by the federal highway system in the sixties.

The Detroit News Discusses The Historic UAW Strike With 'Auto Trends'

Breana Noble is an automotive and business reporter for The Detroit News. (Photo Credit: Linkedin)

As the United Auto Workers enter its third weekend of striking against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis simultaneously, The Detroit News' Breana Noble joins Auto Trends with JeffCars.com, a syndicated multicultural automotive program for a wide-ranging conversation.

During the in-depth discussion, we'll cover everything from both President Biden and President Trump visits to Michigan this week to how UAW's Shawn Fain leadership style and strike strategy differs from previous leaders, since its founding in 1935, to why Ford is pausing construction of one of its EV plants in Michigan to the strikes potential impact on car transaction prices.

Noble's breadth and depth of knowledge about the Detroit-based automakers will give listeners insight, as to how all three automakers have found themselves using a variety of unconventional communication means in their frustrated attempt to negotiate with the UAW.

Auto Trends With JeffCars.com Celebrates 7-Year Anniversary Podcasting Older Shows

 

On July 25, 2015, Auto Trends with JeffCars.com, a multicultural automotive program launched as a monthly show on an Atlanta-based FM station. After just two months on the air, the station cancelled the program. 

Immediately thereafter, the program was picked-up by a Phoenix-based AM station as a weekly show. Since that time, the 30-minute weekly show has expanded its reach to SiriusXM's subscriber-based network and several FM radio outlets, becoming the only syndicated multicultural automotive program airing throughout the U.S. and Canada. The high-energy program is also the only multicultural automotive show airing on SiriusXM, the largest audio entertainment group in the U.S with over 34-million subscribers. In fact, for a few years, it was the only automotive program airing on the SiriusXM network.

Electric Vehicle (EV) Experts Discuss Affordability, Infrastructure, Minority Communities and More on ‘Auto Trends’ (Two Shows)

With gas prices surging above $4 a gallon nationally, according to AAA, as a result of Russia invading Ukraine, it's no coincidence that there has been an uptick in consumers interest in fully electric vehicles (EV) or as the industry like to refer to as battery electric vehicles (BEV).

In a two-part radio conversation, Auto Trends with JeffCars.com talks with two leading EV experts for its first-ever, high-charged discussion concerning the current state of the EV market. Dr. Jeremy Michalek, who is a professor of mechanical engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University, joins the show with extensive knowledge of the EV market. Michalek, who is one of the foremost EV authorities in academia, is also a co-founder of Carnegie's Vehicle Electrification Group. 

'Auto Trends' Talks To Trevor Pawl About The Electrification Pact Formed By 5 Midwestern States

 
Trevor Pawl, Michigan's first chief mobility officer (Photo Credit: SOM)

In order to get ahead of the trend of the car industry slow shift toward electrification, five Midwestern states formed an automotive pact this past October. With electric vehicle sales still hoovering under 3 percent of total U.S. retail sales, Trevor Pawl, the state of Michigan's first chief mobility officer, joins Auto Trends with JeffCars.com to discuss the vision for this group and how it will move the country forward toward being prepared for the future of electric vehicles. Pawl will also define his role, as the first chief mobility officer in the country and this agreement will benefit consumers. 

'Auto Trends' Talks To California About Banning Gasoline-Powered Cars

 

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