Auto Collabs

Send us Fan Mail Recorded live at the Alliance for Automotive Innovation's the Merge 2025, this episode of Auto Collabs features Jason Hoff, CEO of Mercedes-Benz North America, sharing a clear look at where the brand is headed—and what that means for d...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded live at Merge 2025, this episode of Auto Collabs features Congresswoman Debbie Dingell of Michigan, a lifelong advocate for the auto industry and someone whose personal and professional history is deeply tied to it. From growi...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded live at the Alliance for Automotive Innovation's the Merge 2025, this episode features Michael Dunne, one of the most respected global analysts on the Chinese auto industry. From his vantage point tracking China for decades, D...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded live at Merge 2025, this episode of Auto Collabs features Jeff Walker, Chief Commercial Officer of SDVerse, unpacking one of the most important—but least understood—shifts happening inside modern vehicles: the move to truly so...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded live at the Alliance for Automotive Innovation's The Merge 2025, this candid conversation with Senator Bernie Moreno offers a clear look at how quickly sentiment in the auto industry has shifted. Just eight months ago at the N...

Send us Fan Mail Clean power is only half the story; affordability and access are the real battleground. Clean Power Alliance is reshaping how Southern California thinks about energy—not just by supplying cleaner power, but by redefining what a communi...

Send us Fan Mail This might be the definitive reboot in modern automotive. In this conversation, Ryan Decker pulls back the curtain on how Scout is shaping one of the most anticipated returns to market in modern history. From a hallway conversation to ...

Send us Fan Mail If your dealership tech stack feels broken, Jason says there’s a reason—and the fix starts way upstream. In this episode, the crew sits down with Jason Tryfon, long-time automotive tech operator and now one of the leaders at Authentico...

Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever wondered why some dealers win online and others don’t, it often comes down to one thing: who has better data. JATO might not be a household name for most people in automotive retail—but quietly, for 40 years, they’ve bee...

Send us Fan Mail Most people think casinos and car dealerships live in different worlds. Until you hear Sal Scheri talk about guest experience. As COO of Agua Caliente Casinos, Sal lays out exactly why customers will drive past multiple competitors jus...

Send us Fan Mail Autonomy isn’t the future of new cars—it might be the future of used cars too. A friend’s death pushed Will Bright to ask one question: Why don’t most cars on the road have the safety tech that could save lives? What he uncovered was s...

Send us Fan Mail The biggest safety challenge Honda is tackling isn’t autonomy—it’s the way people actually drive. Honda has one of the boldest safety targets in the industry: zero traffic fatalities by 2050. It’s ambitious, but when you hear Brian Bau...

Send us Fan Mail This exclusive interview series from Automobility LA at the LA Auto Show is brought to you by Cars Commerce. Most people still think flying cars are science fiction. Pivotal is already delivering them — and you don’t even need a pilot’...

Send us Fan Mail Everyone argues about electric cars — meanwhile, electric boats quietly solve problems the auto industry hasn’t touched. In this episode, we sit down with Mitch Lee, co-founder and CEO of Arc Boats, a company reshaping an industry most...

Send us Fan Mail The car-buying journey has officially changed and it's nothing to do with dealers. It's because consumers are using AI long before they ever walk onto a lot. Live from Automobility LA, we sit down with Amie Lindaas, Director of Researc...

Send us Fan Mail The biggest mistake dealers make with AI? Treating it like a tool, not an ecosystem. Recorded live at Automobility LA, this conversation with Marianne Johnson (EVP & Chief Product Officer, Cox Automotive) and David Foutz (VP of Enterpr...

Send us Fan Mail This exclusive interview series from Automobility LA at the LA Auto Show is brought to you by Cars Commerce. Everyone talks about electrification — but very few understand the data, speed, and intelligence driving it. JATO sits right a...

Send us Fan Mail This exclusive interview series from Automobility LA at the LA Auto Show is brought to you by Cars Commerce. Everyone talks about EV adoption — but almost no one understands the brutal reality of actually powering the fleets that need ...

Send us Fan Mail This exclusive interview series from Automobility LA at the LA Auto Show is brought to you by Cars Commerce. Auto shows aren’t dying — they’re evolving. And according to someone who runs LA’s, they may be more important to the industry...

Send us Fan Mail This exclusive interview series from Automobility LA at the LA Auto Show is brought to you by Cars Commerce. The next battle for customer loyalty won’t be won in the service drive… but in their driveway. Recorded live at the LA Auto Sh...

Send us Fan Mail This exclusive interview series from Automobility LA at the LA Auto Show is brought to you by Cars Commerce. LA28 is coming, and Honda plans to be at the center of it. Here’s how. Recorded live at the LA Auto Show, this conversation di...

Send us Fan Mail This exclusive interview series from Automobility LA at the LA Auto Show is brought to you by Cars Commerce. Car buyers are experiencing more than just stress. They’re panicking. Cars.com Editor-in-Chief Jenni Newman joins us with a fr...

Send us Fan Mail Igor Skinder has seen every side of the car business—and he still believes people matter more than the metal. Today’s guest is Igor “Iggy” Skinder, a self-proclaimed car guy who somehow manages to be both physically imposing and one of...

Send us Fan Mail This former teacher used simple, repeatable hospitality—not buzzwords—to scale and auto group. Today’s guest, Adam Gaedke helped steer a dealership group through hyper-growth, an ESOP transition, and a full-blown culture shift rooted i...

Send us Fan Mail If your appraisals still start with a sharpie on a worksheet, this one’s for you. Derek Hansen has lived in the deep end of dealer data—Manheim to vAuto—helping thousands of rooftops translate live market signals into real-world invent...