EV & ADAS Traits in Auto Trade, Tesla Cybertruck’s Large 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 Discuss 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 standard 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 traits. Nonetheless, I’ve to say that we talked about so much of various matters. 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 couple of many years in the past to utterly mainstream at the moment.
• Fast EV development over the previous decade.
• ADAS growth throughout the business, together with obligatory backup cameras.
• EV conversions turning 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 frequent mods, makes use of, and so on. Expects Cybertruck to be THE car of the SEMA Present this yr.
• Hybrids vs. full electrics within the coming few years.
• Chinese language EVs coming to the US — Mike thinks they’re going to return.
• The tip of sedans within the US.

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

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