Saturday, May 1st, 2021
Special Edition: The Future is Electric (Cars)
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Today we're talking about how the auto industry is doubling down on its commitment to developing electric vehicles.
Just since the start of this year, America’s largest automaker, General Motors, promised to stop selling gas-powered cars and trucks by 2035. Volvo, Honda and others have made similar pledges. What does it all mean for you?
We’re talking about that and more with futurist and trendcaster Shawn DuBravac. He’s a New York Times best-selling author who advises companies about technological change through his company. He’s president of Avrio Institute and for more than a decade, he was the chief economist for the Consumer Technology Association.
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Guest: Shawn DuBravac
Dr. Shawn DuBravac is author of the New York Times Best Seller Digital Destiny: How the New Age of Data Will Transform the Way We Work, Live, and Communicate, which explores how the world’s mass adoption of digital technologies portends the beginning of a new era for humanity in the realms of business, healthcare, finance, transportation and culture.
Dr. DuBravac is an internationally-recognized thought leader and top-rated keynote speaker, delivering pragmatic and provocative insights on the trends, technologies and paradigms transforming the globe.
DuBravac is president of Avrio Institute. The Institute, which takes from the Greek Αύριο meaning tomorrow, helps leaders prepare for uncertain, divergent futures. It’s clients include Fortune 100 and Global 1000 companies, scrappy start-ups, government agencies and non-profit organizations. Grounded in economics, DuBravac served for over a dozen years as chief economist for the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the U.S. trade association representing more than 2,000 consumer tech companies and owner and producer of CES.
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