Flat-bill Hats-off for this act of kindness. (But keep your coats on)
After the automotive industry, baseball, Apple Pie, and Walmart are the big three when it comes to measuring the US economy’s health. (Source: Chris, just making things up)
TL; DR - Toyota is getting serious about EVs, starting with some teamwork in China to compete against Tesla. Tesla is getting competitive in China too by dropping prices. China is also getting competitive but by exporting and potentially nationalizing all its corporate interests. Exciting stuff.
Town motto idea - “Marshfield, Wisconsin: Where you can recharge your car AND yourself”
All this focus on robot delivery, and nobody is asking the real question - when will the robots build my IKEA shelf?!
So to borrow a scientific term, only time will tell, but things currently look kinda sus, y’all.
TL; DR - Hyundai and Kia may have celebrated that powerful Q3 a bit early, Taco Bell opens its first EV charger, and Cadillac squares up against Rolls-Royce for the future of Electric ultra-luxury.
If gas prices keep inching down, it may be time to move the pickups to the front of the showroom. 🛻🛻🛻
Cheaper shipping seems like an effective way to combat inflations. *shoots a weird and confused look at interest rate hikes*
Based on the news lately, it may also be true that Elon Musk is not actually hiring people, but making it look like he is hiring to throw people off the trail of his plans to buy a ski resort in Mongolia. The guy is playing 4D chess (or insane).
Stellantis is just wondering how sure Europe is that it can support forcing all these OEMs to switch to EV.
It turns out people actually don't enjoy being pressured into buying a car. Also, a free idea - hire more women.
The relationship between dealers and OEMs is changing in ways dealers cannot always control. However, the relationship between dealers and private sellers can improve in ways dealers can guide through planning, discipline, and care.
Enterprise tech is slowly, but surely, making it's way into Tier 3 automotive and Salesforce is set to be the most recent new entrant with a unified customer profile as the advantage.
Some interesting things are happening in the business tab of Google news. We decided to grab a few, pull a helpful automotive thought👩🎓 and make a joke🤡 for each. Enjoy!
A few years ago, Sony started charging PlayStation owners a monthly fee to play online games. Something about turning off advanced safety features when people miss payments feels… different.
Explain it like I'm 5 - Moving energy creates heat. These cables put that heat in water and then put that hot water in colder water until it's not hot anymore. And they do it faster than a rocket. 🚀
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Dear Stellantis, please teach the car to tell me how frosty the windshield is so I can plan my time accordingly. Love, everybody.
Yesterday they put cars in games. Now they are putting games in cars. Makes ya think.
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It is almost winter, and we all know how disagreeing with Russia in the winter goes. Good idea getting out now.
Knowing this happened and is already fixed at the OEM level could ease a lot of… uh… tense calls from customers as the news spreads.
Asking The Experts - When I asked the ASOTU experts, all I heard was crickets. This either means that everyone is apathetic to the Mario movie or they were head down in important work. My bet is both. -Chris@asotu.com
TL; DR - GM is branching into home energy, European auto production is threatened by high energy prices, Israel and Lebanon settled a beef that has opened both nations to more oil and gas extraction and exporting, and Biden says nobody is allowed to export US chips to China any more.