We have not heard a lot about incentivizing the battery’s return on the front end like this. We imagine way more people will opt for a cheaper purchase over owning raw materials they cannot process.
From my quiet retreat in a parking lot in south Philly, please hear the whole ASOTU crew say: The future of retail automotive is in the best possible hands - yours.
That is the same as 180 million degrees Fahrenheit. The core of the sun is 27 million degrees Fahrenheit. 🌶
Imagine — Waking up to find your car is gone, so you download TikTok to look for #KiaBoy and find where they left your car. Weird world we are living in, y’all.
TL; DR — Ford is talking with dealers about the dealer’s ongoing role in the brand’s retail, Jeep has several new full electric models coming, and GM has a new remix and electrification goal.
🧒vs.🤖 — Oh nice, I was 26 before I learned to change lanes.
TL; DR— Two EV start-ups have a goal on EV SUVs and the means to make some moves, and Mercedes just started a partnership with a direct-to-consumer EV company.
If only we knew a guy — “I think best practice would be ensuring any chat pop up is timed at greater than the full site load, which is when google would stop the artificial inspection of the site. So for most auto sites, that would be making sure the pop up or chat occurs after 45 seconds from initial load. However, I would still be wary. This is, of course, the fast follow from Google on their core web vitals updates we have already seen have had an impact on search across auto.” -Kyle Mountsier, on linkedin.
Turning waste into energy is like sustainable+.
TL: DR — Mercedes is restructuring production, Stallantis is restructuring leadership, and Ford is restructuring people talking about things they don’t know.
Push Back Proverb— What people do changes prices, but what prices do changes people too. #ConsumersGonnaConsume
All this time, we discarded as refuse what was secretly the future. Makes ya think, huh?
Riddle me this - How do you get people to invest in the electric future of Volkswagen, but not feel like they are investing in the electric future of Volkswagen?
Biden — “Oops, Sorry, South Korean, you’re standing too close to China.”
Last day of the month — Time to be sure all the important things are done.
At this rate, Lithium-Ion EV batteries will be obsolete before the factories designed to mass produce them are built.
Well, we’ve heard from Mr. Lambert and a few of you, but we want to know more of your thoughts and feelings. Are you from a state considering the ban? Do you think 2035 is too soon or too late? What can dealers do on September 6th, 2022, to be ready for 2030, 2035, and beyond?
In both instances, the existing dealership network is the method for deploying the fix. We wonder how inching toward agency model talk will affect that network and its capability. 🤔
It was “The Price is Right” rules, if I went one word over they were going to give my car away. -Chris
Asking The Experts — What Tolkien/fantasy character are you? “Orc-Wizard. I think it is the closest option to ‘head writer’ I’m going to find” - Chris@asotu.com “I would be a Wookiee. Just yell all the time.” - Kyle@asotu.com ”maybe the little sweaty ring creature... misunderstood, likes to be alone, has an emotional support item” - Charity@asotu.com “half-elf bard with an oration focus, meaning I don’t play an instrument, I just talk real good” - Nathan@asotu.com (a total nerd) “Myles the Magenta, Wizard of Premiere” - Myles@asotu.com “Elf. I like their fighting style and bows. Also you live forever and are hot” - Isaac@asotu.com
The first domino in GM’s “Get electric or get gone” plan is teetering, yall.
It’s like stock values are less like report cards and more like lottery tickets.
The best guidance feels like steps - not destinations. Each week All Things Used Cars provides great guidance to people in each pocket of the industry.
Bold strategy for de-escalating tension in Taiwan. Let’s see how it works out.