Reminder - Data isn't good or bad. It's just data. How we adapt to it is what counts. 💪
Always good to see recognition going around!
Think long enough, and everything leads to robots.
AutoLeadStar announced today a $40 million growth round of financing led by Riverwood Capital with the participation of existing investors.
Stephen King got pretty annoyed by the $8 thing, and he has tons of money, so we don’t think it was actually about the fee. 📚
TL; DR - BMW eyes the agency model, Audi puts video games in eye-wear, and Stellantis dries its eyes and says things are getting better.
Unrelated Question- Y’all ever worked somewhere where the manager couldn’t fire somebody so they just kept trying to make them quit?
And, just in time for Thanksgiving, CMA and UVA will host a Turkey Trot to raise even more money for the hospital! What a great way to build community partnership into the calendar!
All these features and nowhere to hitch up our wagon? #MissedOpportunity
Anybody can share an optimistic hunch at any time. Adjusting profit projections without really meaning it is called misleading shareholders, which means Subaru is placing its money (and reputation) firmly where its optimistic mouth is on this one.
Good call - if we drove that fast, we would make sure the world had more mechanics too, Mr. Larson.
Joke idea- Investors, dealers, and Michigan’s legal team walk into a bar... Carvana sneaks out the back before anything else get added to this piece of news.
What are the odds this new review panel of Musk’s will decide to reverse Trump’s Twitter ban just in time for the 2024 Presidential campaigning season?
Don’t freak out. We still have story after story of growth last month in the hopper. Find the market share that is out there for the taking, even in market shifts like this.
Somewhere along the way we were hopeful every OEM on the planet wasn’t preparing their 2030 EV strategy…our hopes are quickly waning.
Cue the music for “Oh yeah, well our Christmas sweater party is going ALL OVER social media!”
Here at ASOTU, we like to curate music playlists for each other throughout the day to keep things moving. Suffice to say, none of these artists have made the lists to this date.
There was a time when all birds were free. There was also a time when tweets were 140 characters long. There was also a time when Tesla was just a car company. Ah, sweet memories.
In our day, we sat around campfires on cool fall evenings in the mountains singing Disney songs at the top of our lungs and everything felt better. This is our best proposal for the next Ford dealer meeting. 😂
Will someone please tally the charitable contributions from Kia/Hyundai dealers across the US since 2014? We have a sneaking suspicion it would be a BIG number...
Whether it is government or dealer responsibility to clearly communicate and execute the used vehicle EV tax credits, rest assured that consumers will look to dealers to educate and inform them of their options and opportunities when purchasing used EVs.
Telling it like it is - This history lesson brought to you by the touch screen at the hotel gym that still to this day can’t figure out how to work when you need it most.
We asked Germany how they felt about this news and they answered in German so we are sorry to say we still do not know how they felt about this news.
Every time we write about metaverse auto retail we double and triple check to be sure they mean vehicles people drive in the real world. This time they do. Tune in next week for another episode of “Ok, but can I touch it?” with Chris and ASOTU.
TL; DR - 80% of EV charging will be at home, but companies, cities, and the president are focusing hard on that other 20%