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Stuff From CES

Stuff From CES

TL: DR - Dyson is adding vacuums to headphones and shoes, BMW is adding AI to its cars, and Ring is adding doorbell cameras to your 1992 Toyota Corolla.

Quick Looks: NIO, Polestar, BYD

Quick Looks: NIO, Polestar, BYD

Nio set a record, Polestar recycles magnates, and BYD is getting fancy in India.

Tesla’s New Investment

Tesla’s New Investment

If you've seen Footloose, you know sometimes a guy needs ample undisclosed space to "express" his frustration. Maybe that's where Musk gets his ideas.

Better Help With Mercedes-Benz of Easton

Better Help With Mercedes-Benz of Easton

Seems like work/life balance isn’t really just a time thing, eh?

Recycled and Electric Roads

Recycled and Electric Roads

Cars are getting more advanced. Why not upgrade the roads too?

VW: Warning and Greenpeace

VW: Warning and Greenpeace

TL: DR - VW would like you to lower your expectations for 2023, and they would like Greenpeace to lower their expectations of emission reductions.

OEMs and Skyrim

OEMs and Skyrim

Sometimes we read the news and follow our imagination, as LeVar Burton taught us on Reading Rainbow. Today, for some reason, our imagination took us to 2011’s Skyrim. We are not complaining.

BMW Announces New Subscription Features

BMW Announces New Subscription Features

Honestly, if this worked backward, it would do a lot for affordability issues. “How much can I save if I don’t want windows? Ok, cool… and what about passenger seats?”

Cox Sees Used Car Prices Declining Further

Cox Sees Used Car Prices Declining Further

Great news for hesitant buyers and the dealers they buy from, but a potential threat to profits since many of these cars are losing value in the dealer's inventory. It is always time to take care of that used car day supply, but it seems like now it is time to take care of that used car day supply.

Any Excuse To Talk About Gladiator

Any Excuse To Talk About Gladiator

Asking the Expert - Ok, maybe he didn't change the world, but I was 13 years old, and at least my life was never the same. -Chris

Sold Out, Recalled, and Better Than Ever

Sold Out, Recalled, and Better Than Ever

Idea: Hire a stunt driver to come to show off your most common car. Then sit back and wait for the offers!

International Topic: EV Subsidies

International Topic: EV Subsidies

“Tax Credits apply to vehicles made within a set of rules, and subsidies apply to any friends who ask nicely. (Not you, China!)” -A White House spokesperson, probably.

Acura Exits China

Acura Exits China

If you went to a party and 45% of the people at the party went to another room, you’d go home too.

Operation We Care

Operation We Care

Read enough of these stories, and the numbers, names, and specific charities start to blur. We will still share them as often as we find them because each dollar means a life with need received a measure of justice because of this community. It makes us feel like doing karate.

Wednesday Season 2

Wednesday Season 2

We’ve also been trying to master a supernatural power lately…which we hear some people just call “jogging.”

Sony Gaming Accessibility

Sony Gaming Accessibility

Asking for a friend - Does it work for people with hands “too big for normal people technology?”

Some Stellantis

Some Stellantis

TL; DR - Stellantis is ready to sell an electric truck that reports back how hard you break at stop signs so their programmers can sell you a $4.99 in car app that tells you 4 seconds sooner that a stop is approaching. That is if they keep their plants open to actually build those trucks.

Banned, Coming Soon, and Upgrading News

Banned, Coming Soon, and Upgrading News

Remember when people wondered what Fixed Ops would do with no oil to change?

The Age Old Question: SUV or Car

The Age Old Question: SUV or Car

The “S” in “SUV” stands for “Sport”, so the only real test of an SUV is how far it can kick, throw, or carry a ball without being tackled by another SUV. ⚽️🏀🏈⚾️

Jeans In Texas

Jeans In Texas

Sames has been a family owned dealer group since 1910, and is officially recognized as Texas’s oldest dealership. You could say this sort of community partnership is in their “genes.”

Subway and Overtime

Subway and Overtime

We See You

And Another Charging Network

And Another Charging Network

There is a reason “Kill one bird with 400 stones” isn’t a common expression.

Another Metaverse Showroom

Another Metaverse Showroom

You don't even need a VR headset… So this feels less metaverse and more PlayStation 2.

BYD Claims EV Crown (Kinda)

BYD Claims EV Crown (Kinda)

Design the most advanced smartphone in the world (Tesla), and somebody will still want a cheap, simple, endlessly replaceable flip-phone (BYD)