Matthew DeBord

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School
Clemson University, New York University
Expertise
Global auto industry business, Motorsports history, the EV transition
  • Matt has covered the auto industry for decades as a journalist, including seven years as transportation editor and senior correspondent at Business Insider.
  • In 2017, he published "Return to Glory: The Story of Ford's Revival and Victory at the Toughest Race in the World," a book about Ford's winning 2016 Le Mans campaign.
  • He has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times, and appeared on numerous TV and radio broadcasts to comment on cars and the car business.

Experience

Matt has written about cars and the business of cars for more than two decades, including a brief previous stint at Jalopnik. He has won the Ken Purdy Award from the International Motor Press Association and has reviewed hundreds of vehicles, getting seat time in everything from 3-wheeled motorcycles to exotic supercars. He started covering Tesla in 2008 and has relentlessly chronicled the company's ups and downs ever since. Matt has also left journalism a few times and crossed over to the business side of the auto industry, most recently to serve as VP, Communications for Fisker Inc.

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