EV & ADAS Developments in Auto Business, Tesla Cybertruck’s Huge Second — Interview with SEMA President & CEO

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I just lately interviewed Mike Spagnola, president and CEO of the Specialty Tools Market Affiliation (SEMA), for our CleanTech Speak podcast collection. It was an atypical and attention-grabbing dialog for me, as a result of it wasn’t with somebody entrenched in and coming from the EV business. This can be a extra typical auto man who’s coming on the EV subject from a “regular auto man” perspective. That being the case, I used to be curious to select his mind on how he noticed the EV business and EV developments. Nevertheless, I’ve to say that we talked about loads of various subjects. It was a enjoyable dialogue. Hearken to the entire dialog right here:

If that wasn’t sufficient of a teaser for you, right here’s extra on what we talked about:

• Hybrids shifting from area of interest cars a number of many years in the past to fully mainstream at this time.
• Speedy EV development over the previous decade.
• ADAS growth throughout the business, together with necessary backup cameras.
• EV conversions changing into a lot cheaper now than 5 or 10 years in the past, and the SEMA Present now together with about 50 suppliers to assist with that.
• The Ford Mustang Mach-E — early responses to it, our enthusiasm for the mannequin right here at CleanTechnica, and public responses to the one I had for per week when there have been solely 4 within the nation.
• The Tesla Cybertruck — what to anticipate so far as widespread mods, makes use of, and so on. Expects Cybertruck to be THE car of the SEMA Present this 12 months.
• Hybrids vs. full electrics within the coming few years.
• Chinese language EVs coming to the US — Mike thinks they’re going to come back.
• The tip of sedans within the US.

That’s the quick abstract of a 45-minute interview. Pay attention in for our nuanced dialogue of these issues and a few extra.

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