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The Auto Lab is an automotive broadcast series about the automotive industry, its history, and its culture, presenting the ideas of leading college faculty, authors, and automotive practitioners in a relaxed, conversational format.

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Latest Available Show —
Aug 11, 2018

Use Windows Media Player (on Windows) or VLC media player (available on all platforms) to listen to our archived shows.

  • Robert Erskine, Senior European Correspondent, Suffolk, England - EUROPE LOSING SELF-DRIVING CARS RACE
  • John Russell and Sharon Sudol, Senior Correspondents - CHEVY TRAVERSE SUV
  • Russ Rader, Senior Vice President, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety - EVALUATING AUTONOMY: IIHS EXAMINES DRIVER ASSISTANCE FEATURES IN ROAD, TRACK TESTS
  • Robert Sinclair, AAA Northeast - DRUGGED DRIVER DEATHS PEAK DURING AUGUST IN NEW YORK
  • Donny Sefer, Executive Officer, National Automotive Service Task Force - THE TECHNOLOGY & TELEMATICS FORUM—HIGH TECHNOLOGY AUTO REPAIR

This Week’s Guest Automotive Experts

PHOTOHarold Bendell - Major World

PHOTOFred Bordoff - New York Center for Automotive Technology (NYCAT) and Bronx Community College, CUNY

PHOTORobert Erskine - Senior European Correspondent from Suffolk, England

PHOTODavid Goldsmith - Urban Classics

PHOTOJerry Pastore - D&J Diagnostic and The Consortium for Automotive Education

PHOTOJohanna Pastore - D&J Diagnostic Center

PHOTOMichael Porcelli - Central Avenue Info and I-Car

PHOTOJoanne Porcelli, Esq. - -

PHOTONick Prague - Metropolitan Transportation Authority Training Superintendent and Rockland Community College, SUNY