Kimberly Agnello presented an overview of three significant new products coming from Toyota as well as the company’s electrification philosophy during the February 19th IMPA Zoom meeting. Following her presentation, which focused on the Camry, Crown Signia and Land Cruiser, she and Zach Reed answered questions about these topics and other ones. To view the …
A pair of J.D. Power vice presidents provided an insightful look back at the overall state of the U.S. automotive market in 2023 as well as a peak at where it might go in 2024 during the January 2024 Zoom program. Tyson Jominy, Power’s VP of data & analytics, talked about sales including EV sales, …
Fred Mackerodt, a larger-than-life fixture within the New York automotive scene for more than three decades, passed away on Christmas Day. He was 85. A Graveside Service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, January 5, 2024, at All Faiths Cemetery in Middle Village, NY, followed by interment. A Memorial Gathering for Fred will …
IMPA has announced that the judges are now accepting entries for the prestigious 2024 Ken W. Purdy Awards for excellence in automotive journalism covering three categories. To learn more, please visit the Purdy Awards page on this site.
Mercedes-Benz USA’s Pete Henke, Senior Manager, Product Management, and Heiko Schmidt, Senior Manager, Charging Solutions, provided the IMPA membership during the September 2023 Zoom meeting with updates on the company’s upcoming EV-product plans as well as its establishment of a branded charging network and additional public-charging alignments it was pursuing. To watch a video recording …
Noah Gedrimas, Vice President of Strategy at GPR, explained how his companies ground-radar system could provide true autonomous vehicle operations and Alex Gruzen, CEO of WiTricity, discussed how wireless charging could revolutionize EV ownership and operation. To view the video version August IMPA meeting, click HERE. To listen to an audio version of the August …
Jason Fischer, General Motors’ executive chief engineer for autonomous technology, provided the organization with an extensive presentation on autonomous driving and GM’s evolvement within this area. By clicking on the audio or video links here, the presentation can be listened to and/or viewed in its entirety.
Tom Moloughney, industry consultant on EV charging, manager of the site www.evchargingstations.com and a senior editor at Inside EVs, provided a broad overview of electric-vehicle charging during the March 2023 IMPA meeting. Clicking on either video or audio will open a recording of the session including the lively question-and-answer period which followed the presentation.
Both the video and audio recording of February’s meeting featuring Strategic Vision’s President Alexander Edwards is now available. The analyst provided a provocative presentation including * an irreverent look at why folks buy their cars, trucks and SUVs * the surprising reason Tesla took off – buyers discovered they had bought a performance car * …
Wednesday, March 15, 2023 is the deadline for submitting entries to IMPA’s Ken W. Purdy Award for journalistic excellence. Entries are welcome from across a wide spectrum of media platforms. To see details and enter, click the navigation bar above.