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Rivian Q1 Reports

Rivian Q1 Reports

Rivian Investors are like — “You go to your assembly plant and think about what you’ve done.”

Boosting production or price gouging?

Boosting production or price gouging?

Confidence? Are they saying gas prices will go down if we give them a pep talk?

VW Scraps Models To Shift Focus

VW Scraps Models To Shift Focus

Telling it like it is - Another OEM is working toward releasing more EVs by 2030. Seriously haven’t they all said this already?

What Gen Z Is Buying

What Gen Z Is Buying

Telling it like it is — Some consumers respond to billboards and some respond to business cards. Knowing how to do both seems pretty important these days.

Kansas Jayhawks Pull Largest Comeback in Title Game History

Kansas Jayhawks Pull Largest Comeback in Title Game History

Sounds Like Trouble — The coach’s halftime pep talk was mostly Patrick Abad quotes with all the dealership lingo replaced with basketball lingo.

Snoop Dogg Releasing Music as NFT

Snoop Dogg Releasing Music as NFT

Remix idea — 🎶 With my mind on my tokens, and my tokens on my mind. 🎶

Mercedes Broadens Chip-Shortage Vacation

Mercedes Broadens Chip-Shortage Vacation

Telling it like it is — Taking a production break to build a cushion between the OEM and supply shortage is smart. Making sure your workers don’t feel the pinch while you take that break is smarter.

Average New Car Monthly Payments Reach All-Time Highs

Average New Car Monthly Payments Reach All-Time Highs

Good news/bad news — Traditional lessees are looking to buy. Traditional buyers are considering bikes.

GM and Honda Team Up

GM and Honda Team Up

Band Together (verb): To create partnerships where competition formerly dominated in order to achieve far more than you previously imagined.

Ethereum Miners Have a Great Month

Ethereum Miners Have a Great Month

It will be interesting to see what the next year holds for Bitcoin and Eth. Two different approaches to crypto being tested before our eyes.

Hertz Announces Deal with Polestar

Hertz Announces Deal with Polestar

How long before self-driving tech allows EV startups to bypass rental agencies like direct sales try to bypass dealers?

Rockets: Hopes and Fears

Rockets: Hopes and Fears

Speaking of rockets, today is also First Contact day. According to the Star Trek universe, we are only 41 years away from meeting our first alien neighbors.

Starbucks Suspends Stock Buybacks

Starbucks Suspends Stock Buybacks

Returning to Starbucks as CEO 3 times is impressive, but returning five times a day to drink more espresso is our kind of pace.

The US Sets New Fuel Standards

The US Sets New Fuel Standards

We had our doubts about Air Force 1 being traded for a hang glider at first, but you can’t beat that mileage!

Senate Urges Tax Relief For Dealerships

Senate Urges Tax Relief For Dealerships

Who ever said NADA just throws parties?

Boston Dynamics' New Robot Is A Hit

Boston Dynamics' New Robot Is A Hit

We’re conducting a poll: tell us which dealer will be the first to have one of these guys washing cars?

Mug Root Beer Is … Somethin’

Mug Root Beer Is … Somethin’

Don’t tell the kids, but MUG Root Beer doesn’t have any caffeine. True story!

Job Market Continues Climb

Job Market Continues Climb

We love people being able to take care of their families! …And, if they are doing so far, far away from lawn mowers at 6 am, it's a bonus.

FTC Brings $10M Suit Against Napleton Automotive Group

FTC Brings $10M Suit Against Napleton Automotive Group

No funny quips on this one. If we learn anything from this, let it be that transparency and consistency are not optional.

Tesla Has Record Q1

Tesla Has Record Q1

Tesla took first place in EV sales from the previous market leader: Tesla. Should be interesting when 2023 comes around and legacy OEMs roll out their competition…

All Things Used Cars EP 46 "Grow Your Used Car Market With Your People"

All Things Used Cars EP 46 "Grow Your Used Car Market With Your People"

David Long, Adam Arens, and Patrick Abad shared some insights about the critical roles people play in the success of a dealership.

From Successful B&B Owner to Self-made Astronaut

From Successful B&B Owner to Self-made Astronaut

We asked Brian if the Earth was round and he told us it is actually in the shape of a 1986 Ford F-150…

Get Your Life Together With New Crypto, Ben-stocks

Get Your Life Together With New Crypto, Ben-stocks

Now that we’ve started investing in Ben-stocks, Grant Cardone is blowing up our phones for advice

David Long’s Positivity Tests ‘Negative’?

David Long’s Positivity Tests ‘Negative’?

While his family remains by his side in this troubling time, rumors say Trader Joe’s is considering pulling their sponsorship.