Auto Trends with JeffCars.com

Auto Trends with JeffCars.com

Jeff Fortson is the host and executive producer of "Auto Trends with JeffCars.com," the only multicultural syndicated automotive program airing throughout the U.S. and Canada. The 30-minute weekly show, which is in its eigth season, airs on SiriusXM 141 and a number of FM radio dials. The program consists of in-depth one-on-one conversations with many of today’s industry pioneers and influencers, ranging from the ‘Hidden Figure’ and Black female who was responsible for using a mathematical formula to check the accuracy of the GPS (Global Positioning Sensor) to auto analysts to car designers to the trailblazer of LGBT auto advertising.

Episodes

2025 Spring State of Minority New Car Dealers Show 2 - Extended Conversation

May 24, 2025 • 44 mins
In an insightful and revealing two-part extended conversation, two ethnic minority dealers discuss the headwinds they face individually and collectively representing all minority dealers under the current economic climate, where they are encountering stubbornly high interest rates, anti-DEI sentiments, Trump's 25 percent new-car tariffs and shifting electric vehicle commitments from the federal government.

Since the price of entry i...
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Mike Jackson: The Only Black Car Executive To Manage A $3.2 Billion Ad Budget In The U.S. (Show 2)

March 2, 2025 • 27 mins
With DEI being such a lightning rod in schools of higher learning and in corporate America these days, it’s no coincidence America was having this same conversation two decades ago when Mike Jackson was recruited from the beverage industry by Roy Roberts, who at the time was the highest-ranking Black auto executive in the industry.

Jackson, who is currently an advertising professor, oversaw an eye-popping $3.2 billion media budget i...
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Mike Jackson: The Only Black Car Executive To Manage A $3.2 Billion Ad Budget In The U.S. (Show 1)

December 14, 2024 • 27 mins
With DEI being such a lightning rod in schools of higher learning and in corporate America these days, it’s no coincidence America was having this same conversation two decades ago when Mike Jackson was recruited from the beverage industry by Roy Roberts, who at the time was the highest-ranking Black auto executive in the industry.

Jackson, who is currently an advertising professor, oversaw an eye-popping $3.2 billion media budget i...
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A Conversation for Black Men: A Candid Prostate Cancer Talk w/Urologist Dr. Linda McIntire

October 8, 2024 • 43 mins
Dr. Linda McIntire, a urologist who recently served as the president of R. Frank Urological Society, an organization of Black urologists, joins Auto Trends with JeffCars.com for a wide-ranging candid educational conversation.

While some men may have mixed feelings when talking about sex, erectile dysfunction and the likes with a female urologist, others realize that the opposite sex brings a sensitivity to the conversation that many...
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Ellenae Fairhurst: Lexus First And Only Black Female Dealer Principal

September 12, 2024 • 27 mins
In 2016, Auto Trends with JeffCars.com was honored to talk to Ellenae Fairhurst, one of the pioneering Black female car dealers, after a little coaxing. Fairhurst, who avoided the limelight, hadn’t agreed to an interview in well over a decade. Yet, after our conversation, others became aware of the hidden gem. In fact, later that year, the humble trailblazer was recognized by Ebony Magazine, as one their pioneering trailblazer on t...
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Derek Automotive - A Black-Owned EV Manufacturer

November 2, 2023 • 27 mins
As the country slowly makes the shift towards electric vehicles, Derek Bailey, the CEO of Derek Automotive, talks about what drove him to become the first Black-owned electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer in the United States.
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A Young Former Professional Athlete Galvanizes Black Men Around Prostate Cancer

October 2, 2023 • 28 mins
Kris Bennett, a former professional athlete, joins Auto Trends with JeffCars.com for a one-on-one conversation. At an early age, Bennett, who is currently working on his third master's degree, knew his skills would go beyond being a star on the court. While his dreams of balling in the NBA were dashed, Bennett knew he could exert the same physical energy and mental astuteness he exuded on the courts overseas, galvanizing Black men ...
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Electric Vehicle Charging And Installation: Stanford's Dr. Ram Rajagopal And Power Chicago's Elbert Walters

June 20, 2023 • 27 mins
Stanford University's Dr. Ram Rajagopal, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, opens up the program talking about a 2022 study he co-authored questioning why nighttime might not be the best time to charge an electric vehicle. His conversation has all of us rethinking when, where and how often we charge.

And, we'll close out the conversation with Powering Chicago's executive director Elbert Walters, as he sha...
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Auto Trends Episode 3- NBA Owner Dr. Valerie Daniels-Carter (Show 2 of 2)

April 13, 2022 • 27 mins
In this episode, "Auto Trends with JeffCars.com" continues the conversation talking to a choir director, franchise maven and minority NBA owner of the Milwaukee Bucks Dr. Valerie Daniels-Carter. During part one of this two-part conversation, the gifted motivational speaker talks about her journey from growing up in Milwaukee to why she selected a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to how she became one of America’s m...
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Auto Trends Episode 2 - NBA Owner Dr. Valerie Daniels-Carter (Show 1 of 2)

April 4, 2022 • 27 mins
In this episode, "Auto Trends with JeffCars.com" talks to a choir director, franchise maven and minority NBA owner of the Milwaukee Bucks Dr. Valerie Daniels-Carter. During part one of this two-part conversation, the gifted motivational speaker talks about her journey from growing up in Milwaukee to why she selected a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to how she became one of America’s most prominent Black business ...
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Auto Trends Episode 1 - GPS Pioneer Dr. Gladys West

March 14, 2022 • 27 mins
In this episode, "Auto Trends with JeffCars.com" talks with Dr. Gladys West, the 'Hidden Figure' behind the GPS. Dr. West shares how at a young age, while growing up in rural Virginia, it did not take long to envision a career beyond being a farm hand to the medical condition which pushed her to complete her PhD to the first time she was in a vehicle with a built-in navigation system. Her road trip ritual will bring a smile to your...
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