AFLA 2018 Spring Forum — April 12!
There is still time to register!
The AFLA 2018 Spring Forum -- April 12, 2018 -- will allow registrants to participate in live audiences in Minnesota and New Jersey, or by live-streaming the event through their web browser.
This one day event will feature three sessions focused on the topics of Diversity & Inclusion, Safety Implications of Autonomous Features, and the Fleet Impact of Geo-Political Changes in the EU and US. Each session will be presented to a live audience and live-streamed to all other event participants. Register now to reserve your spot!
Heidi King Nominated to Lead NHTSA
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the federal agency charged with making vehicles safer and reducing accidents, may finally have a new chief - Heidi King , current deputy NHTSA administrator has been nominated.
The position leading the NHTSA is more important than ever and King's experience with first-hand encounters with traffic accidents may prove valuable in her new position.
"King’s credentials appear well aligned with the position. King was a regulatory policy analyst in the White House’s Office of Management and Budget under former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama. She also worked in the private sector, including at Pfizer and then global director of environmental risk at GE. King also was chief economist on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce."
Read the article at Fortune.
New Fuel Rules Have Automakers Wanting it Both Ways
As soon as 2022, Trump's move to ease fuel economy standards may have Detroit and foreign automakers in an ironic disconnect - revenue and profits from selling trucks and SUVs are needed to finance future electrified, shared and autonomous future.
California’s exemption under the 1970 Clean Air Act allows it to set its own emissions targets - the same places GM is trying to woo with its Bolt electric and New York-based Cadillac brand, and Ford is angling for with its higher profile in Silicon Valley.
“We support increasing clean car standards through 2025 and are not asking for a rollback,” Bill Ford and Hackett wrote, echoing rival GM. “We want one set of standards nationally, along with additional flexibility to help us provide more affordable options for our customers. We believe that working together with EPA, (the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) and California, we can deliver on this standard.”
Read the article at The Detroit News.
Traffic May Get Worse, Not Better With Automous Vehicles
Optimists predict that the driverless future will greatly reduce traffic congestion, lower the need for parking lots and garages, and create new mobility options for poor and low income people, but skeptics predict there will be more traffic congestion, more need for parking, and fewer options for poor and needy.
Technology will soon allow an unprecedented ability to monitor all sorts of data that can be used to design pricing strategy to achieve a goal of less congestion.
"Poor planning in the last century — bulldozing highways through urban neighborhoods, and failing to charge drivers for contributing to air pollution, among others — burdened cities ever since with massive traffic jams, air pollution, deaths and injuries from accidents, among other problems. The question now: Can urban planners and civic leaders avoid making the same mistakes again?"
Read the article at Detroit Free Press.
What is Your Power of 2?
Your Power of 2 will help you shape the right habits and rituals you need to develop and live by
By Walter Bond, Hall of Fame Business Speaker & Former Big Ten & NBA Basketball Player
In each of our personal and professional lives we have an established list of core beliefs in activities we believe will make us more successful. Have you ever found yourself working daily and not truly making any progress? I have found that often times we do lots of activities in the name of progress but when we look back on our lives, we see nothing but stagnation. Have you noticed that too?
In my quest for success throughout my professional and personal life I have always tried to simplify. Simplification allows each of us to get the most done by being the most efficient. You see, in our current culture of busyness, efficiency has to become more dominant. Coming to this realization is when I began tracking and establishing the Power of 2.
