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Cadillac Attracts New Consumers

Cadillac Attracts New Consumers

The Cadillac EV is popular with people out west, young folks, and fans of musiq.

Electricity Costs Are Closing A Gap Between ICE And EV.

Electricity Costs Are Closing A Gap Between ICE And EV.

Electricity costs are still very much tied to fuel costs. If fuel costs are balanced, will consumers stick with the EV experience?

Disney's Schedule For The MCU Leaked

Disney's Schedule For The MCU Leaked

People who leak schedules > people who leak spoilers

JetBlue Goes Hostile

JetBlue Goes Hostile

You may be having a rough day, but you’ll probably never have a “an airplane company is mad at me” level rough day. So that’s nice.

Hyundai And Kia Climb The EV Ranks

Hyundai And Kia Climb The EV Ranks

So you’re saying the company that has been selling EVs the 2nd longest is the 2nd best at it? Somebody write that down, it seems important.

Mask Mandates Return to Many Detroit Auto Plants

Mask Mandates Return to Many Detroit Auto Plants

If it’s good enough for air travel…er, scratch that. We just work here.

Market Research Finds Americans Prefer Dealerships

Market Research Finds Americans Prefer Dealerships

Consumers value the experience dealers offer and aren’t going anywhere, which means dealers are free to focus on the experience they are offering. #TheCircleOfLife or something.

Musk’s Twitter Deal Placed “On Hold”

Musk’s Twitter Deal Placed “On Hold”

If Elon REALLY wanted to get rid of Spam, he should've bought Hormel Food Corporation.

Uber Starts Robo Food Delivery

Uber Starts Robo Food Delivery

Delivery driver traffic is down by 84%, robot robbery is up 400%. Cue Terminator 2 soundtrack

GM Makes A Deal With Plant Workers

GM Makes A Deal With Plant Workers

Drawing a big circle around the industry requires acknowledging that without automotive manufacturers, there is no automotive retail. Supporting your people is key from Mom and Pop shops up to multinational corporations!

Mercedes-Benz Issues "Do Not Drive" Recall

Mercedes-Benz Issues "Do Not Drive" Recall

Service Departments everywhere getting ready to play the hero: “Hold my wrench.”

David Long and Acquisition Channels

David Long and Acquisition Channels

The best sales strategy in the world doesn't work if you have no cars, yall.

Google Drops Headphone Port, Apple Switches To USB-C

Google Drops Headphone Port, Apple Switches To USB-C

Google learned what customers will tolerate. Apple learned what customers want.

Volkswagen Eyes 10% of US Market Share

Volkswagen Eyes 10% of US Market Share

Ever putting on a master class in brand development, VW moving a model out on its own as a brand definitely feels like a “Shots Fired” moment!

Rivian's Q1 Up and Down

Rivian's Q1 Up and Down

Rivian is sitting on 90K preorders and working on a massive new factory in Georgia. What are billions of dollars in losses when you got a plan?

The Metaverse: The Next Frontier in Retail Automotive

The Metaverse: The Next Frontier in Retail Automotive

"Oh great another new thing to learn, why can't we just do things the old way?" -Closed-minded folks back when the printing press came around.

PS5 Shortages May Be Coming To An End Soon

PS5 Shortages May Be Coming To An End Soon

Parent gamers everywhere are like — “Yay! a new way to watch Disney+!”

What Is Happening To Crypto Prices?

What Is Happening To Crypto Prices?

What is that old saying? — “You can’t have your cake and exchange it for a slightly more valuable cake too.” ???

Toyota Announces Expected Cut To Yearly Profits

Toyota Announces Expected Cut To Yearly Profits

It would seem they would lose a lot more profit if they passed the full cost increase down the line pricing customers out of buying. This transparent adjustment of expectations seems like a valuable move in the long term sense. What do you think?

Carvana Lays Off 2,500 Workers

Carvana Lays Off 2,500 Workers

There are already people in the retail automotive space ready to hire people facing this disruption.

Investment Leader Trims Tesla Holdings

Investment Leader Trims Tesla Holdings

This feels like a sign Tesla’s EV superiority is on a timeline while GM’s lead robotaxi position is on its way up.

Apple Discontinues Last iPod Model

Apple Discontinues Last iPod Model

#RIPiPod — ASOTU cares about how this loss feels. Tell us about your favorite music and we will listen to it on our smartphones since nobody has really used an iPod in 10 years.

Japan Moves Towards a Web3 Future

Japan Moves Towards a Web3 Future

Metaverse tourism: coming to a cherry blossom festival near you

Ford Sells 8 Million Shares of Rivian

Ford Sells 8 Million Shares of Rivian

Ford also launched their EV truck 5 seconds ago, so maybe they don't like Rivian's pace anymore.

EV Registrations Up 60%

EV Registrations Up 60%

High gas prices + new/used car supply issues + tax incentives + climate anxiety = consumers are trying new options