VW Shifting Gears. Love em' or hate em', you cannot look at auto industry news without learning about Volkswagen lately. May 27, 2022. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck.…
Porsche and VW. We could write a whole email every week just about VW. They are always making moves that, more often than not, seem to work out.…
VW Making Friends. n the interest of clarity- We have no reason to believe Alyssa Milano is secretly trying to become better friends with Apple’s Tim Cook through Foxconn through VW, but the timing is weird, right?…
Stellantis, VW, Lucid. Stallantis doubles down on electric Jeeps, VW goes camping, and Lucid wins an award. April 10, 2023. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck.…
VW: Warning and Greenpeace. TL: DR - VW would like you to lower your expectations for 2023, and they would like Greenpeace to lower their expectations of emission reductions. January 11, 2023. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective.…
Ford And VW Drift Apart. Breaks-ups are never easy.…
VW Secures Material Deal. We looked it up: 1 gigawatt could power 750,000 homes for an hour. March 22, 2022. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck.…
VW Secures Canadian Battery Material. VW is closer to their “Overtake Tesla by 2030” goal, yes, but they are also better friends with Canada…which is its own reward. September 27, 2022. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective.…
VW Gigafactory Coming To Canada? Hey, offering companies a competitive edge for local manufacturing is working. If your definition of “local” has room for interpretation. August 24, 2022. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective.…
VW and Audi Think Affordable. Hot Tip - To save a little on the production cost, may we suggest adding more cup holders? The way we see it, each time you "add" a cupholder, you remove material, thus saying micro-fractions of a penny per vehicle!…
VW And Audi In Brazil. Brazil is the world’s 6th largest auto market and possesses many of the resources to source, manufacture, and sell vehicles for any OEM interested. July 1, 2022. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective.…
VW Zeros In On Productivity. Y’all ever say something to your boss and wish you had not? “I have not been focusing on productivity” feels like one of those. December 19, 2022. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck.…
VW To Supply Mahindra For Indian EVs. Lately, we have written about more supply collaborations than supply shortages. That isn’t us being picky with what we cover, just the results of the slow recovery in the supply chain.…
Motor Morsels: GM, VW, Toyota, and Tesla. GM dreams of electric fleets, VW is having a year-over-year glow up, Toyota apparently leaked its own data, Tesla wifi’s a recall to its Chinese drivers. May 15, 2023. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective.…
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? April 7, 2022. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck.…
Making Moves: VW, Ferrari, Tesla, Toyota. Ferrari gets younger, Tesla hires Siri, and Toyota hits the brakes. 🚦. August 23, 2023. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck.…
VW Set To Win Big Rental Car Deal. Europcar is present in 140 of the 195 countries in the world. If collecting data is the goal, VW won this deal. May 20, 2022. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck.…
Imagine: Alfa Romeo, Tesla, VW, Fiat. We /imagine some automaker news. 📸. August 25, 2023. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck. Get the email that will make you laugh and keep you informed. for free! 🇮🇹.…
Motor Morsels: BYD, Tesla, GM, and VW. BYD is spreading in Asia, Tesla’s FSD is still right around the corner, GM’s littlest electric SUV can also be a truck, and VW’s Skoda brand is finding its feet! May 9, 2023. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective.…
Motor Morsels: Hyundai, Ford, VW, and Tesla. US EV interest is growing, and so are people's options for getting one.…
Motor Morsels: Fetch, Toyota, UAW, and VW. Don't play with matches or people's livelihoods. Both could result in a 'strike.'. June 5, 2023. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck.…
Industry Round-Up: VW, Guangzhou, Toyota, and Tesla. VW’s Q3, Toyota’s charging plan, and China’s EV impact. ⚡️. October 23, 2023. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck.…
Nissan, VW, Nio, and BMW in China. Nissan turns a new leaf, VW defeats range anxiety, NIO ain’t cutting prices for nobody, and BMW heard people like the i4, so they made the i7. April 19, 2023. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective.…
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! May 13, 2022. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck.…
Industry Round-Up: GM, VW, BYD, Lucid, and Honda. Some Q3, a robot, and a delay. 📈📉🤖. October 17, 2023. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck. Get the email that will make you laugh and keep you informed. for free!…
VW’s Wake-Up Call And More. We try to keep these OEM check up’s interesting, but even we are not sure how VW and pro-wrestling came together for this one…. December 7, 2022. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck.…
Industry Round-Up: Mack Trucks, VW, and Helixx. Mack Truck employees join the UAW strike, VW picks Poland for a new battery plant, and Helixx announces a new delivery EV (some assembly required). 🧱. October 10, 2023. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective.…
Quick Bites: GM, VW, Ford, MINI and Tesla. Hummer is getting some extreme upgrades, MINI had a mini meltdown, Ford fuels concerns over battery fires, VW’s Canadian gigafactory comes at a gigaprice, and Tesla remains predictably unpredictable.…
New VW Golf R Comes to the US. Don't tell anybody, but the “R” stands for Street Racing. March 1, 2022. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck. Get the email that will make you laugh and keep you informed. for free!…
Motor Morsels: BMW, VW, Alfa Romeo, Ford + Tesla. BMW had a good Q1 but sees price increases coming. VW got beat up in China but says things are still okie-dokie. Alfa Romero wants to take the fight to Tesla…in 2027.…
VW will invest 10B euros (about $10.5B) in. electrifying Spain. The plan marks the largest industrial investment ever made in Spain. The Spanish government shares VW's dream of making Spain a European EV hub. Coming soon.…
VW, Used Pricing, Hyundai, and Honda. January 10, 2024. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck. Get the email that will make you laugh and keep you informed. for free! VW's Full Year.…
GM, VW, EVs, and Mercedes. March 21, 2024. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck. Get the email that will make you laugh and keep you informed. for free! We live in somebody else’s uncertain future and clumsy past.…
Industry Roundup: Xpeng + VW, Rivian, Solectrac, Fisker, and Tesla. Solar tractors, big cup holders, and investigations — oh my! 🥤. August 22, 2023. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck.…
Mercedes, Tesla, Nio, and VW. March 18, 2024. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck. Get the email that will make you laugh and keep you informed. for free!…
Toyota, Renault, VW, and GM. January 31, 2024. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck. Get the email that will make you laugh and keep you informed. for free! Toyota’s Sales and Scandals.…
☀️ VW Delays Factory. To: Push Back Troublemakers. Factory Delays, Auto News' Best Dealerships, and A Used Lambo. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck.…
Airbags, incentives, VW, Buick, and Blazer. December 21, 2023. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck. Get the email that will make you laugh and keep you informed. for free!…
Tesla, Ford, VW, Nissan, and GM. November 27, 2023. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck. Get the email that will make you laugh and keep you informed. for free! Tesla's Austin Gigafactory Concerns.…
VW is. discussing. with Tesla about adopting Tesla's North American Charging Standard (NACS) for its EVs. This follows news that VW's EV charging station operator, Electrify America, will add Tesla charging plugs.…
Toyota, VW, Waymo, and EVs in the US. 🗞️. December 7, 2023. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck. Get the email that will make you laugh and keep you informed. for free! Toyota's Electrification and Strategy.…
Polestar, VW, Hyundai, Toyota, and Cadillac. March 14, 2024. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck. Get the email that will make you laugh and keep you informed. for free! Flight is an agreement with gravity.…
VW Recalls, Slashed Subsidies for Ford and Volvo’s Rise with EVs. VW recalls a bunch of their SUVs, some Ford EVs aren’t getting as much of a tax credit as they thought, and Volvo had a profitable Q1. April 6, 2023. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective.…
VW is seeking to rival Tesla in the EV game by investing more than any other legacy carmaker in the United States.…
TL;DR — GM wants firemen to know how to put out battery fires, VW wants more batteries AND more US charging stations. July 7, 2022. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck.…
VW CEO To Step Into New Role as CEO of Scout. Scott is about to experience that ‘hero to zero’ moment every salesperson and service advisor knows all too well in automotive. Welcome to the club! July 21, 2022. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective.…
VW’s Apology, Tesla New Investigation, and Ford’s Man Only Model.…
Diess announced his AMA an amazing 1.1k comments were submitted and we are excited to share some of what he sees in store for VW and the wider automotive industry.…
Volvo, Fisker, and VW. February 2, 2024. 5 Minutes of Fresh Perspective. Reading the daily news doesn't have to suck. Get the email that will make you laugh and keep you informed. for free! Volvo’s Breakup with Polestar.…
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DMSC Wraps, NADA and State Associations grill VW, 100 Year Battery. May 26, 2022. It’s Thursday, folks!…