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How to build incredible value into your vendor/dealer partnerships.

How to build incredible value into your vendor/dealer partnerships.

Pushback Proverb — Actually, the best way to eat an elephant is to bring friends.

Advancing Searchability Strategies  with Troy Spring

Advancing Searchability Strategies with Troy Spring

Sometimes when you search for something, you want to find it…ok fine, all the time.

Tackling TikTok With Jodi Porter

Tackling TikTok With Jodi Porter

New viral TikTok trend — It’s like pet adoption ads but for cars. Leave Sarah McLachlan out of it though…

US Economy Adds More Jobs in April

US Economy Adds More Jobs in April

Yes, this is good news, but the unemployment rate stayed the same. So were jobs created or just…wiggled?

Three Dimensional NFTs Are Coming

Three Dimensional NFTs Are Coming

Spoiler Alert: Turns out the Bored Apes are bored because NFTV has one channel: infomercials.

Battery Maker Eyes New Plant In US

Battery Maker Eyes New Plant In US

It’s a tough choice, SC has the ocean, but KY has *Googles*... 95% of the world's bourbon production…hmm.

Used Car Prices Easing

Used Car Prices Easing

It would stand to reason good news for consumers looking to buy is good news for dealers looking to sell.

ATUC Ep 51 Preparing for the Hurricane Warning

ATUC Ep 51 Preparing for the Hurricane Warning

Based on the last two years, we doubt even a literal hurricane could make retail automotive take a long weekend.

Binance Joins Musk's Twitter Takeover

Binance Joins Musk's Twitter Takeover

Well, Elon obviously believes in crypto, but we guess this means crypto believes in Elon?

TikTok Begins Revenue Sharing

TikTok Begins Revenue Sharing

Great! Another platform, another chance for “Cooking with Paul and Kyle” to hit it big!

Volkswagen Group Invests In Spain

Volkswagen Group Invests In Spain

OEMs are making major moves towards these 2030 EV goals. We wonder how those who wait until 2029 to adapt will make out.

Nikola Has Impressive First Quarter

Nikola Has Impressive First Quarter

Dad Joke Incoming — Now that’s a startup who knows how to deliver.

Rising Interest Rates Drive Higher Auto Loans Payments

Rising Interest Rates Drive Higher Auto Loans Payments

Look for other areas to help your customers save money and let them know that you understand that they're being stretched really thin. -Paul J Daly

Doctor Strange Expects $300M Global Opening

Doctor Strange Expects $300M Global Opening

Benjamin Cucumberpatch is cool, but we’re rooting for Wanda.

Ongoing Cyber Attack Steals Trillions

Ongoing Cyber Attack Steals Trillions

At this rate, hackers will start stealing things before the original creators even have the idea to make them.

Porsche Leads EV Battery Startup Investment

Porsche Leads EV Battery Startup Investment

Group14— “How much are you willing to pay for dibs?” Porsche: “yes.”

Georgia Offers Rivian Big Incentive Deal

Georgia Offers Rivian Big Incentive Deal

Tax breaks and incentives don't an economy make, but they go a long way.

Cryptocurrency Use Is Becoming More Common Among Dealers

Cryptocurrency Use Is Becoming More Common Among Dealers

List of fast things — Light, Crypto transactions, toddlers with something in their mouth they should not have.

Toyota Teams Up To Protect Pollinators

Toyota Teams Up To Protect Pollinators

Gets stung by a bee — “Ouch, thanks, Toyota…” Adds honey to tea— “yay, thanks, Toyota!”

Facebook Shutting Down Podcast Offerings

Facebook Shutting Down Podcast Offerings

Finally, Facebook is going to focus on what really matters like staying in touch with grandmothers, liking pictures of people’s dinner, and some third thing we are definitely sure exists.

Account-To-Account Fintech Startup Raises $65M

Account-To-Account Fintech Startup Raises $65M

You’ve got crypto trying to decentralize finance, centralized finance trying to adapt to crypto, and now Fintech startups trying to decentralize centralized currency. Wild world.

India's Hydrogen Policy Draws Companies

India's Hydrogen Policy Draws Companies

Rocks Vs. Sticks, DVDs Vs. Blu Ray, Hydrogen VS Lithium, etc

Vehicle Deliveries For April Drop

Vehicle Deliveries For April Drop

“[OEMs] have not failed, they just found another way to not [adapt to supply chain disruptions.]” - Thomas A. Edison (Modern interpretation)

Toyota EV Tax Credit Nears End

Toyota EV Tax Credit Nears End

Take away for Auto Dealers — It’s good to pay attention to the air war, but you will always win or lose based on the ground game YOU control.

Universal to Release Movies to Streaming Service

Universal to Release Movies to Streaming Service

The movie theater industry is figuring out in-person vs online as a business model. If only there were another industry where we've seen great strides in that regard... 🤔