Here are edited highlights from the latest episodes of “Daily Drive,” Automotive News’ weekday podcast, Aug. 22-24, hosted by Jamie Butters with Kellen Walker.
“It’s like when you go to a restaurant, unless there’s an ‘A’ in the window, you don’t eat there. Nobody’s going, ‘Oh, look! It’s a C+, let’s eat here!’ Nobody does that. And it’s the same thing with automobiles. You’ve got to be good. Just to stay in the game, you’ve got to have an ‘A.’ ”–Comedian Jay Leno at the Woodward Dream Cruise near Detroit, on the quality of new vehicles in 2022
“What I think this does do as a policy basis is plant an American flag in the ground to say that we want to have the productive capacity of the energy future here in the United States.”–Ari Matusiak, Rewiring America CEO, on what the Inflation Reduction Act will mean for electrification
“It’s about time. Our workplaces are changing. And I think my election, obviously, is a reflection of that.”–Lana Payne, newly elected president of Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, on becoming the first woman elected to that role
— Listen to these and other shows at autonews.com/dailydrive.