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Driving the Future: How Technology is Transforming Automotive Manufacturing
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Driving the Future: How Technology is Transforming Automotive Manufacturing

April 22, 2024

Over the course of her 34-year career at General Motors, Kelly DiPucchio’s leadership skills and hands-on approach in manufacturing environments differentiated her expertise. In her last role as Vice President, Global Manufacturing Engineering, she led 5000 global team members designing and installing tooling and processes across the global footprint for all new vehicles and propulsion systems including batteries and electric drive units. In addition to executing new product launches, her team implemented automation, device level analytics and AI to improve manufacturing quality, efficiency and cybersecurity. She has extensive background in new product development and global program management and is recognized for cross-functional collaboration and innovation.

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Achieving a Sustainable Electric Future
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Achieving a Sustainable Electric Future

April 5, 2024

Mr. Kevin Butt is the Senior Director of Environmental Sustainability for Toyota’s North American Environmental Sustainability Programs.  He is responsible for the development of Environmental Sustainability Programs and related Regulatory/Legislative development for all of Toyota’s North American operations. He is responsible for Body Engineering for all Toyota’s North American manufacturing operations.  Body Engineering consists of Welding, Stamping, and Painting Operations.

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The Journey Towards an Inclusive All-Electric Future
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The Journey Towards an Inclusive All-Electric Future

February 8, 2023

How do we make impactful change when climate change does not impact every community equally, and sustainable technology alone is not enough for everyone to benefit from an all-electric future? Highlighting solutions to help close equity gaps in the transition to EVs and other sustainable technologies to reduce carbon emissions by investing in GM’s Climate Equity Fund Establishing strategic partnerships to achieve ESG goals faster than ever before Illustrating how to create a framework for an equitable transition by focusing on the future of work, EV access, EV infrastructure equity, and climate equity — Kristen Siemen Chief Sustainability Officer General…

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Volkswagen’s Electric Vision for America – Transforming Our Chattanooga Factory into an Electric Vehicle Hub
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Volkswagen’s Electric Vision for America – Transforming Our Chattanooga Factory into an Electric Vehicle Hub

May 5, 2022

Volkswagen’s push to electric mobility in America and Chattanooga’s future key role Walking through the final stages of Chattanooga’s transformation – the localized assembly of Volkswagen’s ID.4 all-electric SUV Highlighting the importance of our workers as catalysts of EV change Sharing experiences and discussing what comes next — Chris Glover President and CEO Volkswagen Chattanooga Operations LLC Chris Glover is the new President and CEO at Volkswagen Chattanooga LLC, the company’s assembly plant in Tennessee. Glover assumed the role on January 1st and will lead the plant’s transformation and push towards electric mobility, starting with the localized production of the…

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Reflecting on 25 Years of Production in Alabama & Ramping Up EV and Battery Production in Alabama
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Reflecting on 25 Years of Production in Alabama & Ramping Up EV and Battery Production in Alabama

May 5, 2022

Offering an overview of MBUSI’s 25 Years of Production in Alabama and deep dive into how the plant has evolved through the years Discussing opportunities and challenges involved as MBUSI prepares to start production of all-electric Mercedes-EQ vehicles in the United States Showcasing the highly-flexible Mercedes-Benz production system, allowing different models and drivetrains to be assembled within the plant to adapt to customer demands Sneak peek of operations within the new Battery Factory, which will the high-performance lithium-ion batteries for the EQS SUV and EQE SUV is CO2-neutral — Shedrick Kynard VP of Operations Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. Shedrick Kynard…

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