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Keeping up with Automakers, Suppliers, Deals, and Quarterly Reports.

Business

🤖 Monday Headlines: Rules, Recalls, Robotaxis, and More

Need to Know News

October 14, 2024

Business

🍹 Upgrades and Showdowns

In today's digest, we've got a lot to cover, but let's not get so preoccupied with reading that we forget to stop and smell the...cold brews.

September 4, 2024

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🤨 What’s Next in Auto?

OEMs, automakers, and flying cars.

September 4, 2024

Business

🎸 News and Jams

All the news you need.

August 29, 2024

Business

Headlines Simplified

Recent developments in the industry highlight key trends that U.S. auto dealers should keep an eye on.

August 28, 2024

Business

🎓 Graduation and Beyond 🔧

Attracting new talent to retail auto.

August 28, 2024

Business

Keeping Up With The Headlines

We sifted through the headlines so you don’t have to!

August 27, 2024

Business

Bite-Size Biz

Investing in EVs, AEB concerns, and the Canadian railway strike.

August 26, 2024

Business

Ford’s Hybrid Pivot Amid a Competitive EV Market

Ford is changing course.

August 23, 2024

Business

Stellantis: Profits and Poaching?

Stellantis and Rivian are mixing and mingling.

August 22, 2024

Business

A Tale of Three Powertrains

Hybrids, EVs, and Hydrogen

August 22, 2024

Business

EU Tariffs and EV Imports

EU and automakers.

August 21, 2024

Business

An Update From the Front

Left or right, right or wrong, it's hard to do any business in the U-S-of-A without keeping an eye on politics. In the auto industry, this rings especially true.

August 21, 2024

Business

GM and UAW

GM Faces Global Layoffs and China Losses Amid Market Turmoil

August 20, 2024

Business

Wholesale Used-Vehicle Lift in Early August

Used vehicle prices on the rise.

August 20, 2024

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News: Stellantis, Rivian, and “Do We REALLLLY Need It?”

Also news from Ford, Headrests, Rivian, and Tesla

August 19, 2024

Business

News: GM, Holman, Toyota, Waymo, and BMW

Some news from GM in China, Holman’s new partner, Toyota, which is still not going Electric, Waymo’s Twilight Bark, and BMW’s new subscription option.

August 16, 2024

Business

News: Prices Dip and Polestar Production Begins

Plus UAW Vs. Trump/Musk, Nissan Profits, and Rivian Sound

August 15, 2024

Business

China in the U.S., BMW, and Rimac

China's EV market, BMW's app issues, and a radical new Rimac.

August 14, 2024

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Data, Ford, and Musk

Cox Auto stats, Ford x Texas, and Musk changes his tune.

August 14, 2024

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Stellantis, GM, and the LA Olympics

Stellantis shifts, GM redesigns, and looking ahead to the 2028 Olympics.

August 13, 2024

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China: GM, EVs, and Expansion

We take a look at what's going on in the Chinese market.

August 12, 2024

Business

New News for a New Week

Dealers, Bikes, Muscle, China, and Paint

August 12, 2024

Business

UAW Vs. Trump Vs. Harris Vs. Musk?

Musk endorses Trump, UAW endorses Harris. But, will it sway voters?

August 9, 2024

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News: Carvana, Toyota, VW, and BMW

Automaker updates.

August 2, 2024

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Honda, Nissan, and Mitsubishi Make it Official

Today's headlines.

August 2, 2024

Business

Automakers Gonna Auto Make

Audi, Ford, Honda, and Nissan

August 1, 2024

Business

Biz Moves

Stellantis, VinFast, and BYD with Uber

August 1, 2024

Business

Then and Now: Throw Back Thursday Wednesday

2024 vs. 2014

July 31, 2024

Business

CDK Global Update

CDK makes moves to compensate customers for the recent outage, but is it enough?

July 30, 2024

Business

Monday News to Know

Nissan, GM, Ram, and a Fully Solar-Powered Car

July 29, 2024

Business

Q2 2024

U.S., Global, Ford, Stellantis, and Hyundai.

July 26, 2024

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We've Got The Latest

Tesla’s Q2, Rivian’s day in court, Lucid’s million, and Genesis first place.

July 25, 2024

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WOTD: Ambition

GM, Porsche, Cadillac, and VinFast.

July 24, 2024

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News on a Tuesday

ZEEKR in Mexico, GM’s Drone, and Tesla’s Robot.

July 23, 2024

Business

Parks and Rec(ords)

Ford reconsiders, Rivian goes to the park, Volvo breaks a record, Tesla tries FSD again, and all the airplanes get delayed.

July 22, 2024

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Honda’s Stocks, Mercedes Vs Tesla Chargers, Wholesale Prices, and Leasing Deals

We grabbed a handful of news today; it almost feels like too much, so don’t let us stop you from diving in.

July 18, 2024

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Start and Finish

Automotive Economics, Alternative Work Energy, Tesla's Ups and Downs, Dips + Jumps, Racing, and Racing.

July 9, 2024

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One and Two

Cybertruck King(?), Rivian Q2, Toyota Cleared of Additional Wrongdoing, Tariffs Take Off, Prius in June, Tesla’s Parental Controls, Chery (Not Chevy), and EV-nomics.

July 8, 2024

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Start and Two

Tariffs, Germany, China, Q2 for Stellantis, Toyota, Ford, and VW.

July 5, 2024

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Supporting Veterans, Closing Sale, 3D Printed Hyper Car, and Audi AI

Ford, Fisker, Czinger 21C, and ChatGPT.

July 4, 2024

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One and Two

Ford Phones, Toyota’s Pizza, China’s Upward Creep, CDK, Rivian, and Smart Roads.

July 3, 2024

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One and Another

Minerals, Music, Tesla’s Focus, BYD’s New Record, Insurance, Affordable EVs, Tech Tutorials, and Bankruptcy Woes.

July 2, 2024

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First and Last

EV Quality Data, Hyundai's Peak, Toyota's AutoDrive, Volvo's Email, VW, Scout, Rivian, and Polestar Updates.

July 1, 2024

Business

China Across the Globe, Rimac Robo, and Mercedes ICE

China, Rimac, ICE, Dealerships, and Volvo.

June 28, 2024

Business

Take A Look: VW+Rivian, SK Fire, and Delorian EV

VW, Rivian, South Korea, DeLorean, Cox Auto, Cupholders and CarMax.

June 27, 2024

Business

White House, Affordable EVs, Tesla, and GM

AEB, Hyundai and Kia, GM, CDK, VW, and Audi.

June 26, 2024

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Today

CDK, Hyundai, and Tariffs.

June 25, 2024

Business

Group Discussion

Outage Tips, Fisker, Bugatti, and BMW.

June 24, 2024

Business

Looking at the News

CDK and Affordability.

June 21, 2024

Business

News: Farewell Fisker?

Fisker, Toyota, GM, BYD, and Tesla.

June 19, 2024

Business

What’s Happening Today?

Toyota, Stellantis, and Volvo.

June 18, 2024

Business

News: Drama and Data

VW, Hyundai, and China.

June 17, 2024

Business

News: Cutting up Quilts

Tarrifs, Tax Credits, and Charging Infastructure.

June 13, 2024

Business

News Bingo

Well, today's BIZ section is touching all over the news BINGO cars.

June 12, 2024

Business

Grabbing Some Facts

Facts are like dots on a page. You can connect them to make images, but if you aren’t careful, you’ll make a UFO from a bowl of oranges.

June 11, 2024

Business

News That is Easy to Digest

While some automakers are trying to get their vehicles back, others are practically giving theirs away. Never a dull moment in auto, amirite?

June 10, 2024

Business

More from May and an Interesting Survey

No, we didn't name yesterday's May report news "May Flowers Pt. 1," but that's the cool thing about art; you can only do it moving forward (exactly like life).

June 7, 2024

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News: Pretty Good May

Ford, Nio, and Volvo.

June 6, 2024

Business

Wow, News

Volvo, Rivian, Ford, Tesla, and Repair Costs.

June 5, 2024

Business

Some Info For Your Tuesday

Open enough news sites, and the headlines will start to form a theme of their own.

June 4, 2024

Business

Love it or Hate it, It’s Monday

We don’t have any problem with Monday, but there is something fun about participating in the group ritual of “Ick, Monday.” So, we do.

June 3, 2024

Business

Friday Updates

Every day, we read a ton of news, and every day, 1999 lbs of it is about EVs.

May 31, 2024

Business

News and Metaphors

Sometimes metaphors are hard to follow, but sometimes they help things click. We will let you decide which is which in the metaphors we used below.

May 30, 2024

Business

What’s New?

Some new things, and some old things disguised as new things.

May 29, 2024

Business

Welcome Back to Tuesday

We hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend and feel renewed focus and purpose.

May 28, 2024

Business

News: Getting To The Point

We got some news cooked up for the day.

May 24, 2024

Business

Those Chinese tariffs that have been the talk of the town are officially going into effect in August, California has introduced some controversial new policies that may affect drivers, and VW joins the long list of automakers hitting the brakes on EV production.

May 23, 2024

Business

Not So Sunny Headlines

It’s been a tough week for many automakers like Polestar, Fisker, and Ford due to struggles with things like funding, compliance, and policies. On the bright side, the week is almost over!

May 22, 2024

Business

A Few Minutes With The News

Imports, Mercedes-Benz, VW, and Caterpillar.

May 21, 2024

Business

Monday: That Time Again

It’s that time again. It is time to strap our ambitions to our discipline and see how far the rocket goes. 🚀 Of course, if we align our ambitions and combine our discipline, we would get a lot further, but it’s Monday, and we have all week to figure that part out the hard way if we want. If we want.

May 20, 2024

Business

Friday Feeling

According to the news, we may get electric Accords, Ford is looking for cheaper anything, and you could soon take the forest home from soccer practice. Grab some fries (or coffee) and let’s have a look at some news.

May 17, 2024

Business

Let’s Get To Business

It’s really fun sending this email out knowing tomorrow, I’ll see so many of you at ASOTU CON day 2. Makes the risky jokes feel more risky since, you know, one of you could actually come up to me and give me a thumbs down. -Chris

May 16, 2024

Business

Data and News

We've got some data, some robo-taxi drama, and Tesla catching some more friction. Friction isn't really something you "catch". It's more like something that happens over time when you refuse to stop catching things.

May 15, 2024