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Google Offers $100K in Training to US Businesses

Google Offers $100K in Training to US Businesses

A lot of sons-in-law (AKA family IT guys) just breathed a sigh of relief.

Stellantis Invests $2.8B in Canada

Stellantis Invests $2.8B in Canada

Truth be told, it's a little weird Canada isn’t already packed full of electric Jeeps. They just seem right for one another.

US To Boost Battery Production

US To Boost Battery Production

Consumers are interested in EVs. OEMs are interested in EVs. The government is interested in EVs. If anybody is hoping this would just disappear, it ain't!

Apollo Rescues Carvana Adesa Deal

Apollo Rescues Carvana Adesa Deal

Apollo also got Carvana’s cat out of a tree and helped them put sunscreen on that spot between their shoulder blades.

Nintendo Switch Sports is Pretty Good

Nintendo Switch Sports is Pretty Good

The summer after Wii Golf was released was the closest to world peace we have ever been as a species.

Airbnb Announces WFH Support

Airbnb Announces WFH Support

Airbnb: Working from (somebody’s) home friendly.

Virtual Nikes Sell For $130K

Virtual Nikes Sell For $130K

+14 Metaverse running speed unlocked

Tesla Recalls 48K Vehicles

Tesla Recalls 48K Vehicles

Let's just add ethernet cables to charging stations. Two for one.

FTC Announces Data Security Rules For Dealers

FTC Announces Data Security Rules For Dealers

Calling all lawyers-turned-tech-development vendors, Pitch Tank is about to be LITIGIOUS…

All Things Used Cars Ep. 50 "Are you ready for a changing market?"

All Things Used Cars Ep. 50 "Are you ready for a changing market?"

Riddle — “How do you read a consumer’s mind?” Cars.com: “ask em?”

OneFootball Raises $300M

OneFootball Raises $300M

Soccer is basically a global language. We wonder how this partnership will paint future perspectives of digital assets?

Amazon Launches Starlink Competition

Amazon Launches Starlink Competition

Un-imaginative Competition 101 — “People are paying that guy for spaceships and satellites…I need to get some spaceships and satellites.”

Nissan's Japanese Output Plunges

Nissan's Japanese Output Plunges

The line between disrupting existing production and launching new products is an interesting one. Where would you fall?

Ford's Q1 Moves

Ford's Q1 Moves

Remember a few weeks ago when Ford said “Nah, we aren’t splitting our business?”

LIFO Tax Relief Gains Support

LIFO Tax Relief Gains Support

Maybe deferring tax payments will have the same effect on the supply chain issues as deferring rent has on water heater repairs?

Super Mario Bros. Movie Delayed

Super Mario Bros. Movie Delayed

Mario is a doctor, go-kart racer, tennis player, dragon slayer, and devoted husband. Maybe he just has too much on his plate to also become a movie star?

Google Earnings Dip, Signaling Online-Ad Woes

Google Earnings Dip, Signaling Online-Ad Woes

Now hiring: Dealership TikTok dance coordinator…

Fort Worth Becomes First US City to Mine Bitcoin

Fort Worth Becomes First US City to Mine Bitcoin

Crypto mining requires cheap energy and space. Texas has both.

Saudi Government Orders 100,000 Vehicles From Lucid

Saudi Government Orders 100,000 Vehicles From Lucid

Lucid: Number one EV choice for people who are invested in Lucid.

GM to Tie Executive Compensation to EV Targets

GM to Tie Executive Compensation to EV Targets

Coming soon to GM dealers — Now announcing our “Get cool with EVs in a hurry, please” program.

Parts And Service Recover

Parts And Service Recover

“Nothing is certain but death and taxes (and also oil changes)”

Fidelity Investments To Allow Bitcoin

Fidelity Investments To Allow Bitcoin

Overheard — “If I retire right now I can live on my savings for 30 years, now 10 years, now 41 years, now 3 years”

Meta Opens Retail Shop

Meta Opens Retail Shop

Is Mark Z just really hoping people get headsets in time for his metaverse birthday party?

Corvette Goes Electric

Corvette Goes Electric

Theory — The new electric Corvette will slightly recharge every time somebody stops to watch it pass.

Ford To Increase F-150 Lightning Production

Ford To Increase F-150 Lightning Production

Most EVs feel like leaving what is normal, the F-150 is about as normal as American vehicles get.