Automotive D.R.I.V.E

February

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Automotive D.R.I.V.E

29 October, 2025 | Global digital honours | #DRIVEHONOURS

Recognizing Automotive Excellence Globally

5 Categories, 25 Honours, Global Inclusion

2023 Shortlist

We are delighted to unveil the 2023 Automotive D.R.I.V.E Honours Shortlist; celebrating innovation, commitment, impact, and leadership within the automotive industry.

DEI Commitment – Organization Honour

Recognizing 5 organizations who are driving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within the automotive industry.

Auto Trader

Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association (APMA)

AWS

Brose North America

HARMAN

keyloop

KPIT Technologies

Mazda

PAVE Partners for Automated Vehicle Education

Polestar

Prevost

SEAT, S.A.

Toyota Motor Europe

Vitesco Technologies

Winnebago Industries

Reducing Emissions – Organization Honour

Recognizing 5 organizations who are driving sustainability, zero emission or net-zero goals.

A2MAC1

Allison Transmission Europe B.V.

BASQUEVOLT

Carsolia Composites Corporation

Free2move, by Stellantis

Gentherm, Inc.

Geotab

Group14 Technologies

Hyundai Motor Company

Jindal Shadeed Iron and Steel

KPIT Technologies

Loop Energy

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

Michigan’s Office of Future Mobility and Electrification

Nikola Corporation

NIO

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

Polestar

Renault Trucks Germany

Solvay

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Innovation – Organization Honour

Recognizing 5 organizations who are driving innovation within automotive this can include innovation across Technology, R&D, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Innovative Partnerships.

Aeva

AEye

FLO

Gentherm, Inc.

HARMAN x

Hesai Technology

HEVO

Hyundai Motor Company

Lucid Motors

Luminar

Michigan’s Office of Future Mobility and Electrification

NIO

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

Plus

Polestar

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Real-Time Innovations (RTI)

Renault

SOFTWARE REPUBLIQUE

Sonatus

Tata Elxsi

Toyota Motor North America/Toyota Connected North America

Volvo Group

XPENG Motors

ZeroLight

Zoox

Visionary Leader – Individual Executive Honour

Recognizing 5 executives for their excellence, this could be for a specific project, leadership, or results.

Fergal Harrington

Head of Grant Funding and Sales

AMTE Power plc

Flavio Volpe

President

Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association (APMA)

Dr. Alexander Klose

Executive Vice President of Overseas Operations

Aiways Automobile Europe GmbH

Sanjiv Yajnik

President of Financial Services

Capital One

Chad Collier

Founder and CEO

CarSaver

Prashanthi Raman

Vice President of Global Government Affairs

Cruise

Louis Tremblay

CEO and President

FLO

Christian Sobottka

Automotive President

HARMAN

Barbara Bergmeier

Executive Director, Industrial Operations, Exec Champion of D&I Networks

JLR

James (Jim) Morgan

Chief Engineer

JLR

Peter Rawlinson

CEO & CTO

Lucid Motors

Suman Mishra

CEO

Mahindra Last Mile Mobility

Kathryn Snorrason

Interim Chief Mobility Officer

Michigan’s Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME).

Dr. Richard Ahlfeld

CEO and Founder

Monolith

Wassym Bensaid

Senior VP, Software Development

Rivian

Wayne Griffiths

CEO

SEAT & CUPRA

Marissa Hunter

Senior Vice President of Marketing

Stellantis North America

Luis Lozano

President

Toyota Motor de México

François Tremblay

President, Prevost and Volvo Bus North America and President of Volvo Group Canada

Enric Asuncion

Founder & CEO

Wallbox

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Empowering Women - Individual Executive Honour

Recognizing 5 women in automotive for their impact on the automotive industry.

Lauren Tedesco

Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA)

Diana Lee

Co-founder & CEO

Constellation

Amberly Allen

Managing Partner of Dealer Merchant Services and President of DI Marketing

Dealer Merchant Services

Kate Clay

HR Director

eStar Truck & Van

Jaymi Wilson

Senior Vice President and General Manager, North America Automotive, Global Sales and Marketing

Gentherm

Kristen Siemen

Vice President Sustainable Workplaces & Chief Sustainability Officer

General Motors

Jamie Farley

Podcast Creator

Get In Her Lane

Katrin Schneider

Senior VP of System Test & Validation

HARMAN

Angela Zepeda

Chief Marketing Officer

Hyundai

Valentina Gentili

Senior Tech Specialist, Battery Collab Projects

JLR

Jacqui Barker

Global OEM Director

Keyloop

Krishani Ranaweera

Head of Employee Experience

Lotus Cars

Laura Brailey

Head of Retail Operations

Mazda UK

Jennifer Morrison

Manager of Vehicle Safety

Mazda

Anya Ernest

Principal Engineer

Polestar

Rachel Richards

CMO

Sonic Automotive

Shravanthi Denthumdas

VP of Engineering, Mobility and Emerging Technologies

Toyota Connected North America

Dr Isotta Cerri

Head of Material Engineering

Toyota Motor Europe

Monica Wejman

Managing Director of North America

Vulog

Ms Wang Fengying

President

XPENG

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