If we’re not already at it, we’re likely near the cusp of an electric vehicle (EV) tipping point. Two years ago, the state of California mandated 35% EV sales by 2025 and banned all new non-EV sales by 2035; Washington state’s mandate is even more ambitious: by 2030 it will refuse to license any vehicle made that year or later unless it’s electric, a push that resembles the one in several Western European countries.
The SEMA Memorial Scholarship Fund awarded $297,000 to 119 individuals this year. The financial awards include scholarships for current students and loan-forgiveness awards to employees of SEMA-member companies.
An interview format where hosts pitch ads feels a touch anachronistic in this digital-everything age. Podcasts seem more like the kind of medium our grandparents’ generation would’ve invented, had the internet spontaneously appeared in their youth. You just know Milton Berle would’ve slayed.
The SEMA Businesswomen’s Network (SBN) embarked on an all-female Ford Bronco build this year to highlight successful women in the automotive industry while also attracting and supporting more females to pursue careers in the field.
In a recent issue of SEMA News, we reviewed a SEMA Education seminar that discussed the challenges and opportunities posed to the specialty-equipment market by the proliferation of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) on OE vehicles (“ADAS and The Art of Vehicle Customization,” May 2022). In the article, we discussed the proper procedures to follow when lifting or lowering a vehicle. This month, we take a look at a recent follow-up session, “Modding Vehicles With ADAS,” which aimed to provide insight for designers and manufacturers of exterior dress-up and bolt-on components who want to make sure their products are ADAS-compatible.
A recent study published by Straits Research forecasts a huge upsurge in demand for advanced driver-assist systems (ADAS) through the remainder of the decade. Currently valued at $12.7 billion, the global ADAS market is expected to surpass $57 billion by 2030, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 18%, as originally reported by Aftermarket News. Increases in consumer demand combined with more disposable income, greater adoption by OE manufacturers and more stringent government mandates were all cited as contributing factors.
SEMA Hall Of Fame Inductee
Bud has been a hands-on racer who managed Speed Warehouse, a distributor of performance equipment in Northern California. In 1993 he flipped his streamliner at high speed on the Bonneville Salt Flats trying to set a record. While he emerged uninjured, it unfortunately signified the end of his professional driving career. In 1991, he received the Pioneer Award from PWA.
SEMA Hall Of Fame Inductee
Although the educational focus of Ray’s studies at USC were in electrical engineering, his knowledge of things mechanical, and specifically his interest in performance cars, enabled him to serve with efficiency as an associate editor, research editor, technical editor and eventually publisher of Hot Rod magazine. He was with Wally Parks on Daytona Beach in 1957 when Wally drove the “Suddenly” Plymouth project car into the record books. He took hot laps around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the 1967 Camaro that paced the Indy 500.
SEMA Hall Of Fame Inductee
He’s “the voice of drag racing,” but there are very few automotive events during which Dave hasn’t been heard as one of the most recognizable voices in all of motorsports, as well as acting as a host and emcee for SEMA, ESPN and the NHRA. Dave has been such a presence in the performance industry that he ranks as one of the few “behind-the-mic” talents whose face is as recognizable as his voice. Away from the microphone, Dave’s motorsports career runs the gamut from track operator to founder of the Super Chevy shows to serving as the NHRA’s director of communications.