Mobility: Decoding the Secret Sauce Katelyn Davis

More than a century ago, the Detroit region put the world on wheels and changed the transportation landscape forever. Today this ecosystem has grown into the densest cluster of automotive assets on the planet. And while Detroit remains the traditional center of the global automotive industry, it is now aggressively leading the industry's evolution towards a connected, shared, electric and autonomous future.

Despite our leadership in automotive and next-generation mobility, we came to realize that our story—Detroit’s story—was not one that was actively being told in a single place.

On this episode of Mobility: Decoding the Secret Sauce, we talk to Glenn Stevens, Executive Director of MICHauto, Michigan’s automotive and mobility industry association.

Glenn joins to talk about how MICHauto is working to advance Michigan’s global leadership in next-generation mobility and how one website is the telling the story in live time.

Mobility: Decoding the Secret Sauce is hosted by Katelyn Davis. Join us as we go on a journey to uncover the “secret sauce” of mobility with industry stakeholders. Listen and subscribe on major podcast platforms including Spotify, Apple, and Stitcher.

Lambert is a nationally ranked, top-5 automotive and transportation public relations firm and as Michigan’s largest statewide strategic communications firm, it makes our Automotive & Mobility practice the best team representing the Motor City and the global industry that centers around Detroit.

We can never build enough roads to keep up with our needs for mobility. So it is inevitable to think that as time goes on, we will continue to revolutionize the way we use the sky above us to solve our transportation and mobility problems.

On this episode of Mobility: Decoding the Secret Sauce, we talk to Robert Hastings, Executive Vice President of Communications and Government Affairs at Bell, an American aerospace manufacturer headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

Robert joins to talk about everything Intelligent Air Mobility, from on-demand services for the public to last-mile delivery of goods. He knows perception and trust will play a big role in consumer adoption and therefore Bell has already been hitting the market to familiarize the technology among consumers at events like CES and South by Southwest.

Mobility: Decoding the Secret Sauce is hosted by Katelyn Davis. Join us as we go on a journey to uncover the “secret sauce” of mobility with industry stakeholders. Listen and subscribe on major podcast platforms including Spotify, Apple, and Stitcher.

Lambert is a nationally ranked, top-5 automotive and transportation public relations firm and as Michigan’s largest statewide strategic communications firm, it makes our Automotive & Mobility practice the best team representing the Motor City and the global industry that centers around Detroit.

Electric vehicle adoption is complex and involves many moving parts including policy and legislation at the federal and state level.

On this episode of Mobility: Decoding the Secret Sauce, we talk to Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak). As a freshman in the Michigan Senate, Senator McMorrow is taking her career in automotive and putting it to work. From convening industry stakeholders and co-chairing the Michigan Automotive Caucus to her four-bill package around electric vehicles introduced last year – she is truly a one-of-a-kind ambassador.

Senator McMorrow also talks to us about how she uses her own experience owning and driving an electric vehicle to bring awareness and education to her fellow legislators and how she is helping to drive EV infrastructure and accessibility forward in Michigan through storytelling.

Mobility: Decoding the Secret Sauce is hosted by Katelyn Davis. Join us as we go on a journey to uncover the “secret sauce” of mobility with industry stakeholders. Listen and subscribe on major podcast platforms including Spotify, Apple, and Stitcher.

Lambert is a nationally ranked, top-5 automotive and transportation public relations firm and as Michigan’s largest statewide strategic communications firm, it makes our Automotive & Mobility practice the best team representing the Motor City and the global industry that centers around Detroit.

Where does building trust for AVs start? With education and involving the public in the along the way. One organization is dedicating to helping the public understand the facts as a way to build trust and acceptance.

On this episode of Mobility: Decoding the Secret Sauce, we talk to Ed Niedermeyer, Communications Director at Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE). PAVE is a coalition of industry, nonprofits, and academics with a common goal: to inform the public about automated vehicles and their potential so everyone can play a role in shaping our future.

Ed joins us to talk about PAVE’s goal of raising public awareness of what is on the roads today and what is possible for the future of autonomous transportation. He talks about the importance of educating the public, socializing the technology to build trust, and holding space for conversations around automated vehicles.

Mobility: Decoding the Secret Sauce is hosted by Katelyn Davis. Join us as we go on a journey to uncover the “secret sauce” of mobility with industry stakeholders. Listen and subscribe on major podcast platforms including Spotify, Apple, and Stitcher.

Lambert is a nationally ranked, top-5 automotive and transportation public relations firm and as Michigan’s largest statewide strategic communications firm, it makes our Automotive & Mobility practice the best team representing the Motor City and the global industry that centers around Detroit.

Changing the car-centric mindset and habits of daily commuters isn’t easy—especially in a city nicknamed the Motor City.

On this episode of Mobility: Decoding the Secret Sauce, we talk to Kevin Bopp, Vice President of Parking and Mobility for Bedrock. Bedrock, a commercial real estate firm based in downtown Detroit, specializes in the development of urban cores. With a portfolio of more than 100 properties totaling over 18 million square feet, Bedrock is the largest real estate partner in downtown Detroit and also has a strong presence in Cleveland.

Kevin joins us to talk about their approach to getting employees and tenants to rethink their daily commutes and what that means for the company’s bottom line. Ultimately, the answer is about reducing the need for parking accommodations in a bustling downtown. And yet, it’s also much more than that. He talks about how changing habits takes time and education and how he focuses on making commute options personal and relevant for each individual to make sure they can find what works best for them.

Mobility: Decoding the Secret Sauce is hosted by Katelyn Davis. Join us as we go on a journey to uncover the “secret sauce” of mobility with industry stakeholders. Listen and subscribe on major podcast platforms including Spotify, Apple, and Stitcher.

Lambert is a nationally ranked, top-5 automotive and transportation public relations firm and as Michigan’s largest statewide strategic communications firm, it makes our Automotive & Mobility practice the best team representing the Motor City and the global industry that centers around Detroit.

 What does the mobility industry need more than anything? Smart, innovative people. How will it attract those people? That is the million-dollar question.

On this episode of Mobility: Decoding the Secret Sauce, we’ll talk to Carla Bailo, President and CEO of the Center for Automotive Research. Carla joins us to talk about the talent pipeline in the automotive and mobility industry and what is needed to attract and retain people. She talks about how automotive isn’t known as a “cool and sexy” career choice and how a collective approach from the industry could be the golden ticket to landing top talent across the industry to fuel the future of mobility.

Mobility: Decoding the Secret Sauce is hosted by Katelyn Davis. Join us as we go on a journey to uncover the “secret sauce” of mobility with industry stakeholders. Listen and subscribe on major podcast platforms including Spotify, Apple, and Stitcher.

Lambert is a nationally ranked, top-5 automotive and transportation public relations firm and as Michigan’s largest statewide strategic communications firm, it makes our Automotive & Mobility practice the best team representing the Motor City and the global industry that centers around Detroit.