Under The Hood: A Toyota Policy Driver’s Podcast

Welcome to Drive Time Talks, an exclusive podcast for Toyota’s Policy Drivers, the team members driving policy decisions for Toyota. In this episode of Drive Time Talks, how are six Toyota team members perfect examples of Toyota’s pledge to American workers?  One Toyota Kentucky team member heads for the White House with CEO Jim Lentz to share her Toyota story with the President.  Governor Gretche...

Welcome to Drive Time Talks, a podcast series designed exclusively for you, the 8,000 team members driving policy decisions for Toyota. Mirror, mirror on the wall…who’s the most presidential candidate of them all?  Who better to ask than Toyota’s Group Vice President of Government Affairs Stephen Ciccone, who in this exclusive interview on the 2020 Presidential Election, gives our listeners the ru...

Welcome to Drive Time Talks, a podcast series designed exclusively for you, the 8,000 team members driving policy decisions for Toyota. In this episode of Drive Time Talks, what do cake and trade have in common?  Just ask Chris Reynolds, Toyota Motor North America's Chief Administrative Officer of Manufacturing and Corporate Resources, who breaks down the tariff situation in three digestible...

In this episode of Drive Time Talks, get up to speed on Akio Toyoda’s special appearance in Washington.  Join us for exclusive interviews with Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Mike Braun (R-IN) on Section 232 auto import tariffs and whether the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement will reach the finish line.  Hear from our Government Affairs experts on why we need to keep our seat belts fastened on trade f...

Welcome to Drive Time Talks, a podcast series designed exclusively for you, the 8,000 team members driving policy decisions for Toyota. Get in gear for our first podcast of 2019:   Toyota’s D.C. lobbyists walk the Halls of Congress on swearing in day to share the Toyota story with nearly 100 Members of Congress. The impact from the U.S. partial government shutdown:  Toyota consultant Bob Russell o...

Welcome to Drive Time Talks, a podcast series designed exclusively for you, the 8,000 team members driving policy decisions for Toyota. Buckle up for this final podcast of the year and get up to speed on what to expect in 2019!   Who are the history-makers of the New 116th Congress?  What’s next for NAFTA 2.0?  Get the inside scoop on Capitol Hill from Toyota consultant Mary Beth Stanton of Invari...

Welcome to Drive Time Talks, a podcast series designed exclusively for you, the 8,000 team members driving policy decisions for Toyota. Fasten your seat belt for this exclusive interview with Toyota’s Group Vice President of Government Affairs Stephen Ciccone who gets us up to speed on what the 2018 midterm election outcome means for Toyota — and what we will do next to protect and promote Toyota’...

Fasten your seat belt for this special episode of Drive Time Talks: The New NAFTA. Take 5 minutes to get up to speed on the recently announced U.S.- Mexico- Canada Agreement (USMCA) with Toyota's Director of International Public Policy Leila Aridi Afas. What does this new trade deal mean to Toyota? What should we expect to see from significant changes like the Rules of Origin increase to 75%...

Buckle up Policy Drivers for this episode of Drive Time Talks. Join us for an exclusive interview with Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY) on the work he is doing with Toyota on the 232 auto import investigation. Look beyond the headlights for insight on which political parties will take control of the House and Senate next year, what’s happening with NAFTA and if we are ahead of the curve on data privac...

This special edition of Drive Time Talks provides our listeners a close-up look at where we are on the 232 investigation being conducted by the Department of Commerce on whether auto imports are a "threat to national security." Policy Drivers sent 17,000 letters to Members of Congress to oppose the Administration's threat of a 25% tariff on all imported autos and auto parts pending...

This special edition of Drive Time Talks takes an inside look at the trade investigation on auto import tariffs. On May 23rd, President Trump instructed the Commerce Department to investigate the national security implications of auto imports. The investigation was initiated under Section 232, the same provision used to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. This could lead to a 25% tariff...

Buckle up Policy Drivers for the 7th episode of Drive Time Talks! Join us for the next 7 minutes for a ride around the nation’s capital to get a quick update on NAFTA, the inside scoop on why Senate leaders want to put the brakes on important autonomous vehicle legislation and what we’re doing about it, where did we go from Trump, Toyota and Twitter, a shout-out from Congressman Andy Barr to our K...

Take the wheel Policy Drivers for our 6th episode of Drive Time Talks! Join us for the next 8 minutes in the nation's capital as we head for the inside track to see the driving force behind Tax Reform, NAFTA, the Driving American Jobs Coalition, US Senator John Cornyn's visit to TMNA HQ, Toyota's Product Regulatory Affairs, and Government Affairs' new Digital Advocacy Strategis...

Take the wheel Policy Drivers for our 5th episode of Drive Time Talks! Join us for a powerful 8-minute ride on Capitol Hill and get an inside look at why we should care about NAFTA, Congress’ view on Toyota’s top 3 policy issues, Governors’ visit to Toyota City, Toyota’s 4th annual Global Government Affairs Institute, what’s in store for Government Affairs on the digital side and what’s parked at...

In this 4th episode of Drive Time Talks, ride along with us for the next 8 minutes in the nation's capital for an exclusive look at how Toyota beat the Battle of the BAT, Toyota’s internship experience, a look at the White House 6 months in, an inspirational interview with NASCAR Toyota champion Kyle Busch, an update from the State of Texas, and what Presidents will do to win an election. Buc...

Buckle up for Drive Time Talks’ third episode, an 8-minute ride along the nation’s capital for an inside look at the Administration as its first 100 days have come to a close, what Congress is up to after returning from its two-week recess, President Trump’s response to our Kentucky plant’s largest investment, a special interview with the Offices of Congressmen Joe Barton of Texas and Mike Doyle o...

In this second episode of Drive Time Talks, join us for a powerful 8-minute ride around Washington during the Presidential Inauguration. Listen to an exclusive interview with Toyota GVP of North American Competitiveness Norm Bafunno who shares the relationship Toyota Indiana team members have helped build with Vice President Pence, an intimate conversation with Congressman Will Hurd who represents...

In this first episode of Drive Time Talks, join us for a quick and powerful ride on what’s driving the political scene in Washington – from an exclusive interview with Congressman Evan Jenkins of West Virginia who embraces the power of constituents – to the inside scoop on the Trump transition, what we expect to see in the new Congress, policy outcomes in Lame Duck and in the states, and what’s ne...