Michael Brady

1 month ago | customerexperiencedive.com | Michael Brady

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Target is facing a boycott over its controversial decision to abandon its diversity, equity and inclusion program while simultaneously fending off legal challenges to its DEI and environmental, social and governance initiatives. “We've got to tell corporate America that there's a consequence for turning their back on diversity," Bishop Reginald Jackson told USA Today in February.

Jan 31, 2025 | automotivedive.com | Eric Walz |Michael Brady |Larry Avila

President Donald Trump moved quickly to sign executive orders that could have widespread effects on automakers. The orders made Trump’s campaign promises to curtail the transition to battery electric vehicles and funding to grow charging infrastructure areality.Other action by the president also signaled a shift on emissions policy, which could keep gas and diesel-powered vehicles on U.S. roads longer.

Nov 13, 2024 | trellis.net | Michael Brady

Ecolab, which offers water, hygiene and infection-prevention solutions and services, announced in January that it would purchase over 1,000 electric vehicles from Ford Motor Co. and convert all its sales and service vehicles in California to EVs by 2025. It’s part of the company’s plan to transition its entire fleet of more than 11,000 vehicles to EVs by 2030.

May 15, 2024 | automotivedive.com | Michael Brady

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Automakers are changing their approach to design as new technologies permeate the industry. Infotainment screens, backup cameras and a growing number of active safety technologies are leading designers to challenge convention, going so far as to experiment with seemingly radical solutions like translucent body panels.

May 6, 2024 | automotivedive.com | Michael Brady

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Automotive designers continue to be enamored with minimalist exterior designs. In the past few decades, automotive design has transitioned from round to angular. Now, vehicles are increasingly boxy and, in some cases, have soft and curvaceous exterior designs, Raphael Zammit, associate professor and chair of the transportation design graduate program at the College for Creative Studies, told Automotive Dive.