What Effect Will Shared Autonomous Vehicles Have on the Future of Mobility?

Autonomous Vehicles (AVs), especially Shared Autonomous Vehicles (SAVs), have created a huge buzz over the last few years. An SAV is the transformative AV type that has the potential to revolutionise personal mobility and reduce the need, or desire, for people to own a car. We expect that SAVs will, in the end, achieve this outcome, but the industry appears to be aligning with our view that the race towards widespread AV provision is a marathon, not a sprint.

Meet Kirsten Hewson — the 2018 SAA Scholarship Winner

Kirsten Hewson is the 2018 recipient of SAA’s Thought Leader of Tomorrow Scholarship. Kirsten, who grew up in Royal Oak, Mich., is currently studying marketing at Oakland University. Q) What is your career goal? A) My career goal is to become a marketing manager or a brand manager. I would love to work on a…

Student Chapters

SAA is working with local universities to create SAA Student Chapters to help prepare tomorrow’s automotive leaders. The mission of SAA’s Student Chapters is to provide students with access to industry leaders in order to gain valuable insight into the automotive industry throughout the value chain. The first SAA Student Chapter is in operation at…

Job Openings

Industry Forecast Consultant Toyota Motor North America Plano, TX Toyota’s Corporate Strategy & Planning Business Insights Group is looking for a passionate and highly-motivated Industry Forecast Consultant (this is manager level position.) The primary responsibility of this role is to is to manage Toyota Motors North America’s (TMNA) industry and segment forecasts for mid-to-long term,…

Membership Value

SAA MEMBERSHIP SAA Membership Value Information SAA is THE Source for the most up-to-date industry data and insight SAA disseminates timely and pertinent information at a variety of events such as the Annual Outlook Conference and OEM Purchasing Summit. SAA covers a wide range of topics such as an outlook on suppliers, the latest production forecasts, vehicle technology…

YPN Leadership

Kellie Adams YPN President Kellie is a Volumes and Model Mix Researcher for JATO Dynamics. She began her career in automotive as a VIN researcher, helping to build JATO’s VIN decoder tool. She later took over in her current position moving her focus to researching and analyzing sales volumes to offer unique insight in the…

Networking Breakfast which examined mergers and acquisitions and price fixing (10/26/11)

← Back to Dashboard PRESENTATION ARCHIVE PRESENTATIONS: Networking Breakfast which examined mergers and acquisitions and price fixing (10/26/11) Mergers & Acquisitions The global automotive industry M&A deal market showed a significant increase in deal value during the first half of 2011, with 303 deals closed with a disclosed value of $18.8 billion. What do…

SAA Strategic Planning Summit (9/28/11)

← Back to Dashboard PRESENTATION ARCHIVE PRESENTATIONS: SAA Strategic Planning Summit (9/28/11) PDF Downloads Itay Michaeli, CITI Investment Research [PDF] Allen Kudla, Panasonic [PDF] Jeff Klei, Continental [PDF] Rick Bond, Dupont [PDF] Tony DiSalle, Buick/General Motors [PDF] Kevin Cramton, CEO, Revstone Industries, LLC [PDF] Jacqui Dedo, Chief Strategy and Procurement Officer, Dana Holding Corporation [PDF]…

Networking Breakfast on the Compact/Sub-compact Market (2/24/11)

← Back to Dashboard PRESENTATION ARCHIVE PRESENTATIONS: Networking Breakfast on the Compact/Sub-compact Market (2/24/11) PDF Downloads Michael Robinet [PDF]

SAA Automotive Outlook Conference (1/9/11)

← Back to Dashboard PRESENTATION ARCHIVE PRESENTATIONS: SAA Automotive Outlook Conference (1/9/11) PDF Downloads William Strauss, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago [PDF] Videos