International Women's Day - Women who are in the driver's seat of auto industry
She was listed as one of the world's most powerful women by Forbes, for the third time, in 2014.
Barra in an interview said, "One of the biggest things I have learned is how important it is to other people that I am a woman. But now, I realise that this is as normal as revolutionary and inspiring for others."
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She is the former Chief Technology & Strategy Officer (CTO) of Cisco Systems.
As of 2014, she is listed as the 71st most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.
From being a moped manufacturer it has set its foothold in the industry as a manufacturer offering a complete range of two wheelers right from mopeds, scooters to motorcycles.
With her special emphasis on product development, she has ensured significant expansion of TAFE’s product range.
Singh is a co-author of "Ranthambhore - The Tiger's Realm" along with Jaisal Singh & Priyanka Gandhi Vadra which was published in 2011.
She is a critical part of the change management process in Subros and is responsible for strategy formulation and deployment.
She is the daughter of Venu Srinivasan(TVS ) and Malllika Srinivasan (Tafe ).
In her role as an entrepreneur Lakshmi Venu believes that speed of change in today’s business world will compel innovation and adaptability as she seeks to create a new way forward in these businesses.
It was designed by Michelle Christensen. It was in 2012 that she was given the charge to design the car.
In her own words she said "The key was to go crazy building up the design, and then start taking away things that didn’t need to be there."
When she was just 13 years old, she won the MRF National Go-Karting Championship and the Best Novice Award in the National level Formula Car Racing in the open class.
She is currently with Volkswagen India.
Takechi is not yet a Takumi - she is an associate - but is on track to become one. She is the first woman who has cleared seven levels of tough tests to qualify to be one of the master craftspeople, a position that commands great honour at the company.
In her current position, she is responsible for all marketing communication and product planning for the BMW brand in the United States.
Over the course of her 20 year career in automotive, Hardy has received a number of distinguished honours ranging from Gold Lions and Gold Effie awards, to being named one of AdWeek Magazine’s 2014 Brand Geniuses.
She had a passion for speed and machines from an early age of 16.
In 2009, Sharma earned the tag of India's fastest woman racer in the Mercedes Young star driver programme: she secured 6 race victories and 9 runner-up position and karting.
In 2015, she finished in the 11 position at the Formula 4 event, and was one of the two women competing.
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She once said in an interview, "Women are natural multi - taskers as required in marketing."
In 2014, she was named Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year - the first woman to hold the national title in the event’s 21-year history.
She took over the role from her father in 2002 and since then she transformed the family business into a global player.
She was a well known Canadian-American actress during 1910s. Although she wasn’t the first person to develop a turn signal, she was one of the pioneers of the idea. Her turn signal was a mechanical arm that lifted a flag on the rear of the car. She also developed a mechanical brake signal that unfolded a “stop” sign from the back bumper when the brake was pressed.
Ford’s achievements include leading the development and global launch of Ford’s global brand promise: Go Further.
Ford joined the company in 1995. Twice she has been named among the leading women in the auto industry by Automotive News.
She is the most successful woman in the history of American open-wheel racing—her win in the 2008 Indy Japan 300 is the only women's victory in an IndyCar Series race and her third place in the 2009 Indianapolis 500 the highest finish there ever by a woman.
In 1886, she was the first person to drive an automobile over a long distance. In doing so, she brought the Benz Patent-Motorwagen worldwide attention and got the company its first sales.
She even invented “brake linings” - modern day brake pads and shoes.
Boler-Davis leads GM’s global efforts to provide customers with the best overall service and experience in the industry, as well as market-leading connectivity and infotainment products and services.
Boler-Davis began her GM career in 1994 as a manufacturing engineer at the Midsize/Luxury Car Division in Warren, Michigan.
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