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The Hidden Cost of Disconnected Dealership Conversations

Entrepreneurs Have a 10% Lower Risk of Premature Death, a New Study Finds

The study, published in the Journal of Business on Oct. 22, comes from associate professor Cristiano Bellavitis and colleagues at Stevens Institute of Technology’s School of Business, according to Fast Company.

Porsche’s Profit Rebounds to €1.74 Billion as Its Turnaround Takes Hold

Leiters took over at the start of the year, appointed to change course after the EV plan failed to take off. His strategy is a smaller Porsche with more customization and more exclusive, higher-margin models.

California Dealers’ Scout Lawsuit Survives a Second Attempt to Dismiss It

On Oct. 22, Chief Judge Cynthia Bashant of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California denied motions from Volkswagen Group of America and Scout Motors arguing the dealers’ claims weren’t viable and lacked standing.

🚗 9 in 10 still buy in the store, and 1 in 5 say it wasn’t easy

🚙 Buyers still finish at the dealership, but credit apps, paperwork and long waits are wearing them down.

Element3 Wants to Turn Permian Basin Oil Wastewater Into Lithium for EV Batteries

CEO Hood Whitson calls it “a wonderful circular economy, waste-to-value story.”

Bain Survey: Car Buyers Shop Online and With AI, but 9 in 10 Still Buy at the Dealership

The digital journey keeps getting longer, and it still ends in the showroom.

Auto News 40 Under 40 Shows Why Retail Auto Is an Industry Worth Fighting to Get Into

Many honorees started in entry-level roles and worked their way into leadership, which might be our favorite thing about this industry.

🚗 $823 a month, or $952 if the trade is underwater

🚙 The average new-car payment is headed for $823, and a $28,995 Bolt just made the case for affordable EVs.

🚗 Your customer got two trade values in two days

🚙 Your week in five minutes, two podcasts for the weekend, and a woman who went over Niagara Falls on her birthday.

Only a Third of Young Adults Have a Leader Who Makes Them Excited About the Future

According to Gallup, 44% of Americans aged 18 to 29 are thriving. To count as thriving, a person has to rate their current life a 7 or higher out of 10 and their life five years from now an 8 or higher.

What a $28,995 Chevy Bolt Proved in the Deep South’s Charging Desert

Christopher Mims took a 2027 Bolt from Nashville to New Orleans, through Mississippi and Louisiana, the two states with the fewest EV chargers per person. His conclusion was that the trip was only a little less convenient than it would have been in a gas car.