Julia Bush
Senior Industry Analyst and Director of Business Development
Julia Bush is a Senior Industry Analyst at the Center for Automotive Research. Julia rejoined CAR in September of 2026, after years of experience as an automotive research analyst at a steel company and an automaker. Julia previously was a consultant for SBD Automotive providing research and analysis on numerous automotive technologies around automation, electrification, and connectivity. Prior to SBD Automotive Julia was a Regulatory Analyst for Hyundai America Technical Center Inc. where her research activities focused on Federal and State regulations as well as policy impacting the automotive industry.
Julia holds a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Eastern Michigan University. Julia’s graduate academic research work focused on organizational change and leadership.
Publications
- Rebuilding North American Tooling: Risk, Resiliency, and a New Economic Model
- Economic Contribution Study of Hyundai Motor America’s U.S. Operations
- Escalating Need for Auto Supply Chain Action to Align with Paris and Limit Warming to 1.5*C
- The Inflation Reduction Act: Clean Vehicle Credits
- Sustainability Roundtable Whitepaper