All Automotive articles
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ArticleHow Truck Manufacturer PACCAR is Innovating for the Long Haul
Tesla isn’t alone in the ring of companies experimenting with electric, autonomous, and smarter commercial vehicles.
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How Piaggio Fast Forward Brings Engineering Cultures Together
How do you ensure that an innovation lab takes advantage of the engineering smarts of the core business? Find out how Piaggio Fast Forward tackled the challenge.
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Lyft, Tesla & the Future of Mobility
What will the future of mobility look like? We talked to Jon McNeill, COO of Lyft, about what consumers can expect moving forward. Jon also discussed his experience at Tesla.
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Inside Cadillac’s Brand Building Initiative, Cadillac House
Opened in 2015, Cadillac House space includes a free art gallery, pop-up stores, a café, as well as the latest Cadillac vehicles. Take a look inside the space in this video.
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Lyft COO Talks Tesla, “Peak Car,” and the Future of Mobility
Lyft's COO Jon McNeill has spent his career scaling companies in the mobility industry. McNeill discusses the innovative culture at Tesla, Lyft’s mission, and the future of mobility.
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How Daimler's Lab1886 Develops and Rolls Out New Businesses
Susanne Hahn, Director of Lab1886 Global shares how the company inspires and supports its employees to innovate, and why they chose Atlanta for Lab1886’s newest addition.
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Those Darned Millennials
Are millennials really killing established brands? We sat down with Nondini Naqui, a millennial engagement consultant and former CEO of Society of Grownups, to find out.
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Former Pirelli Exec on Digital Transformation as a Team Sport
What role should digital transformation play at your company? Former Chief Innovation Officer Marcelo De Santis shares advice in this podcast bonus episode...
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CSAA Insurance Preps for the Future of Transportation
How does the world of car insurance not only survive, but find opportunities for growth? Debbie Brackeen of CSAA Insurance Group, explains the company's approach...
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How Cadillac House Transforms the Vehicle Maker’s Brand
Nathan Tan of Cadillac discusses the creation of Cadillac House, a brand building initiative for the company. See photos from inside the space.
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How Tech Scouting Ties in to the Business at Goodyear
Goodyear’s Chris Varley supports managers tasked with developing “‘something new’ on a five- or ten-year roadmap.” Get his advice on bringing ideas into a $15 billion company…
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Why Italian Vehicle-Maker Piaggio Set Up a New Lab to Design Robots
Michele Colaninno is emphatic about what he didn’t want from a new lab that the vehicle-maker Piaggio Group set up in 2015.
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How BMW’s Corporate Venture Capital Strategy is Changing
Last year, BMW said that it would invest 500 million Euros in the next decade across the tech landscape and moved its US office to Silicon Valley. Find out what’s behind the changes.
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Insights from Honda’s Silicon Valley Lab
While it began as an R&D outpost in 2000 and later added a venture capital team, Honda's Silicon Valley site is now a full-fledged innovation hub for the company...
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Lessons from Airbus’ Foray into 3D-Printed Motorcycles
Heads turned when the the $70.5 billion aerospace giant Airbus Group introduced the world’s first 3D-printed motorcycle. Find out why Airbus brought the bike to market.
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Why Toyota Set up New $1 Billion Research Group as a ‘Skunkworks’
The new institute has four initial mandates, including helping the carmaker explore possible products opportunities in “indoor mobility.” CEO Gill Pratt explains…
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How the Accelerator at Daimler Trains Intrapreneurs
A three-month long accelerator program at Daimler Trucks North America gets employee teams talking to customers, cultivating ideas, and then pitching the board…
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How Elon Musk Builds Organizations That Can Achieve Anything
We talk to Ashlee Vance, author of a book about Musk, about how the founder of SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity hires people, battles bureaucracy, and dispatches problems fast.
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Why Ford is Growing its Silicon Valley Research Center
Ford exec Jim Buczkowski discusses the strategy behind the expansion of the company’s Research & Innovation Center in Palo Alto, and shares several projects they’re working on.
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How GM’s Silicon Valley Office Hunts for Relevant Innovations
Managing director Frankie James talks about how her Silicon Valley-based team identifies high-potential startups and new technologies and interacts with teams at GM headquarters.
