Here are highlights from the latest episodes of 'Daily Drive', Automotive News' weekday podcast, Feb. 27-March 2, hosted by Jamie Butters with Kellen Walker.
"I think it was a bit of an eye-opener, maybe even a shock, for them to see that other companies had maybe even one-upped [Toyota] at its own manufacturing or production engineering efficiency."--Hans Greimel, Automotive News Asia editor, on Toyota's recent teardown study of a Tesla Model Y and its push toward a next-gen EV platform
"If you get the right shape there, you could hold onto sulfur. You could cage sulfur. And then you could make a lithium sulfur cell, which is kind of the holy grail. If you could make a practical lithium sulfur cell, that changes the industry."--Celina Mikolajczak, chief battery technology officer for Lyten, which is working to develop lithium sulfur battery technology, originally heard on "Shift: A Podcast About Mobility"
"Belvidere is basically a melting pot of workers who have been laid off in other plants and have found a home in Belvidere. And now, the cycle continues."--
Vince Bond Jr., reporter covering Stellantis for Automotive News, on efforts to revive the automaker's Jeep plant in Belvidere, Ill.
"It's not that we're anti-BEV. We love BEVs, and we're going to make tons of them. It's just, 'Yes, and … .' And the 'and' is other forms of what we call 'electrification.' "--Gill Pratt, Toyota chief scientist, on the automaker's EV strategy
— Listen to these and other shows at autonews.com/dailydrive.
