Here are edited highlights from the latest episodes of the “Daily Drive,” Automotive News’ weekday podcast, May 21-27, hosted by Jason Stein and Steve Schmith.
“In many ways, subscription is just a variation of what leasing is in taking a lot of the pain points away from the consumer.”–Georg Bauer, co-founder, NextCar
“To take the icons and make them electric was obviously for many a difficult challenge because there is a conception of what those products were and need to have to be something new and different.”–Ted Cannis, head of North America commercial vehicles, Ford Motor Co.
“There is a bigger demand for specialty vehicles — the minivan, the larger SUVs, pickup trucks — because people are using those to travel.” —Chrissy Taylor, CEO, Enterprise Holdings
“There is a lot of activity on the private side that is either going unreported or not as widely reported on a national scale. The public folks are also very aggressively looking at various transactions.”–Stephen Dietrich, partner, Holland & Knight, on dealership buy-sell trends
“More and more charging networks, infrastructure providers, rules, policies and regulations globally are being considered.”–Anne Smart, vice president of public policy, ChargePoint
Listen to these and other shows at autonews.com/dailydrive.