Wed.Nov 08, 2023

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Female Leadership in Global E-Mobility Start-Ups

Women Automotive Network

Dr, Angelika Berger-Sodian, a business builder and entrepreneurial leader recently sat down with Roger Atkins Founder of Electric Vehicles Outlook Ltd as part of our LinkedIn Leadership Interviews to discuss "Female leadership in global e-mobility start-ups". If there‘s something Dr. Angelika Berger-Sodian is certain of it’s that female leadership is pivotal in advancing business.

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Toyota's Gorgeous New Crown Sedan Can Be Had With Hybrid Or Hydrogen Power

Jalopnik

Toyota has been busy expanding its Crown lineup to include everything from a sport focused crossover to the weird but strangely attractive lifted sedan we get here in the U.S. While a rumored Crown crossover is expected to make its debut for the U.S. soon, we aren’t getting every variant as evidenced by Toyota’s… Read more.

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Automotive Email Campaigns: Best Practices for Captivating Content and High Conversion Rates

Market Doctors

As a full-service marketing agency tailored to the automotive industry, Market Doctors has been providing custom marketing solutions for over 20 years, helping dealerships increase sales, market share, customer acquisition, and retention. One highly effective digital marketing channel in the automotive industry is email marketing. Well-designed email campaigns can enhance customer engagement, drive sales, and foster long-term loyalty.

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Visualization Sets Us Apart | Insignia Group Blog

Insignia Group

Visualization sets us apart. Our configurators are cutting-edge, three-angled powerhouses that sell accessories. Your customer spends a lot of time researching before buying from you. When a sleek 3D model of their new vehicle is displayed front and center during the accessory presentation, it creates an emotional connection, fueling personalization.

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Boost Car Sales Through Events: 5 Ways that Events Can Help Car Sales

Dealer Authority

Explore how hosting unique events can skyrocket your dealership's sales. Draw in new customers, create buzz for upcoming models, and strengthen community ties for lasting success.

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One Of LA's Most Beautiful Highways Has Been Closed For 45 Years

Jalopnik

Nestled among the San Gabriel Mountains is a stretch of picturesque highway that comes to an abrupt end near a scenic overlook. California closed the road, once a vital link between mountain communities outside of Los Angeles, way back in 1978 due to an emergency. The highway has never reopened. Read more.

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New Audi Q8 2024 facelift review: as stylish and spacious as ever

Auto Express

Updates are only mild, but the Audi Q8 remains a practical and refined SUV

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New Audi Q8 facelift - pictures

Auto Express

Pictures of the facelifted Audi Q8

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Dealer Wants $253,190 Over Sticker For A Dodge Challenger Demon 170

Jalopnik

It’s no mean feat that Dodge has managed to build a street-legal car that will pick up the front tires on a launch. For some people, it’s probably worth spending the $96,666 that Dodge wants for the Challenger Demon 170. Read more.

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Top 5 Reasons to Remain Optimistic About Your Trades

DealerTrack Insights

Used vehicle sales helped keep dealerships afloat during new vehicle inventory shortages in recent years, but they are expected to be flat this year as new vehicle sales rally. Cox Automotive Chief Economist Jonathan Smoke recently shared this projection in a 2023 Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index. His team also expects used vehicle values to begin recovering by the end of the year, based on year-to-date increases in the first quarter.

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Bloodhound Is Looking For Someone To Drive Its 800 MPH Rocket Car

Jalopnik

The land speed record has stood at around 763 miles per hour since it was set by Andy Green in Thrust SSC back in 1997. The former air force pilot turned jet car driver was set to break his own record in a new racer but he’s now announced he’s stepping back from the project, which means the rocket-powered car is on… Read more.

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Kerrigan Advisors Represents Jim Price Auto Group in Sale of Virginia Hyundai and Kia Dealerships

Dealer World

Sale of Kia and Hyundai franchises, two of the industry’s strongest non-luxury import brands, in high-growth Charlottesville area, represents 208 th dealership sale completed by Kerrigan Advisors Charlottesville, VA – November 8, 2023 – Kerrigan Advisors, the premier sell-side advisor and thought partner to auto dealers nationwide, represented Charlottesville, Virginia-based Jim Price Auto Group in the sale of Jim Price Hyundai and Price Kia to Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based Flow Automoti

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Here's Why Trucks Slide Into The Water At Boat Ramps

Jalopnik

We all love watching videos of trucks being being dragged down into the briny depths while their drivers scramble unsuccessfully to save them. And obviously, those of us who have occasion to launch boats live in fear of becoming one of the poor saps in the videos. But why do cars slide in there, anyway? Can you… Read more.

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CerebrumX and Guidepoint Systems Join Forces to Leverage Embedded Vehicle Data for Fleets and Dealership lot Management

Dealer World

Guidepoint Systems will use the CerebrumX embedded telematics data platform to help fleet companies and auto dealers optimize their front-line operations by making it easier and more efficient to track their inventory, as well as locate vehicles/keys and more. NOVI, Mich. , Nov. 8, 2023 -- CerebrumX Labs Inc. (CerebrumX), an AI-driven automotive data platform company, announced a strategic collaboration with Guidepoint Systems, a global provider of vehicle telematics and Software as a Service (

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Price Cuts Alone Can’t Save EV Sales

Jalopnik

Electric vehicle makers are in a tight spot right now, with sales struggling to the extent that Ford is even considering cutting a shift at the factory that assembles its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck. Now, EV startups are also reporting issues with their output and companies including Lucid and Fisker have… Read more.

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There's A Faster Way To Board A Plane, But Airlines Won't Use It

Jalopnik

When he’s not studying the behavior of planets thousands of lightyears away, the existence of dark matter, or its gravitational pull, astrophysicist Jason Steffen spends his hours studying human nature and the airplane boarding process. I guess when you can comprehend the deepest secrets of space, it’s nice to have a… Read more.

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Forget Cars, We're All Driving Rhino Mechs Now

Jalopnik

If man were meant to move around at high speed, God would have given us wheels. The scourge of the automobile must be stamped out before it consumes us and society entirely. If you need something to help you stamp with more strength and authority, look no further than the Sansei SR-02 quadruped walking robot ride.… Read more.

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The NHTSA Says You Should Quit Turning Your Steering Wheels Into Fragment Grenades But It's A Free Country

Jalopnik

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is urging people to stop putting rhinestones on their steering wheels. The U.S. agency says aftermarket emblems with rhinestones on them can turn into projectiles in the event of a crash as steering wheel airbags deploy, leading to risk of serious injury or death. Read more.

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Cops Can Steal Your Cash At The Airport Even If You've Done Nothing Wrong

Jalopnik

We’re not exactly strangers to the concept of civil asset forfeiture , but that doesn’t mean it stops being frustrating to read about people having their things stolen for no reason. Take, for example, the car broker highlighted in a recent Atlanta News First article. He was flying from Washington, D.C. to Sacramento,… Read more.

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A Second Attempted Fisker Ocean Flip Has Failed

Jalopnik

Another Fisker flipper has failed. A little over a week ago, we reported that someone was trying to flip a Fisker Ocean One on Cars & Bids. That didn’t seem like the best idea to us because the previous attempt to do the same thing had already failed. What do we know, though? Apparently, enough to predict that no one… Read more.

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City Borders Have Pretty Much Always Been Defined By The 30-Minute Commute

Jalopnik

Even with the proliferation of work-from-home employment during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, commuting is still a prominent part of society. Bloomberg’s Citylab explored how humanity’s cities have evolved and expanded as transportation has become faster over the past two centuries. Read more.

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Top Gear's Richard Hammond Revisits Rimac For The First Time Since Almost Dying In One

Jalopnik

Revisiting the scene of a bad crash or even just the type of vehicle you crashed in can be pretty nerve-wracking. I mean, I crashed the hell out of a Ural sidecar back in 2018 and I still get chills when I see one, so I feel like I have a bit of an understanding of what Richard Hammond is experiencing when he climbs… Read more.

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At $16,500, Is This 1961 Ford Falcon Ready To Fly?

Jalopnik

The OHV straight six in today’s Nice Price or No Dice Ford Falcon is a member of what is generally considered to be one of the most reliable engine families on the planet. Let’s see how reliably priced this classic compact is perceived. Read more.

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Investigators Claim Alan Ruck's Rivian Might Be To Blame For Bonkers Pizza Parlor Crash, Without Evidence

Jalopnik

Alan Ruck’s recent crash might have had some immediately suspecting something like a DUI or a health issue. It may not be either. KTLA and TMZ are reporting that investigators now suspect Ruck’s Rivian as the cause for the crash. Read more.

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The Honda Civic Mugen Si Was A More Expensive Si That Wasn't Really Worth It

Jalopnik

The current Honda Civic Type R is the most expensive Civic ever sold to the public. That is if you exclude t he first FK8 Civic Type R that sold at an auction for $200,000 for charity and various flippers over the years. The most loaded 2023 Type R you can get, sans Honda’s accessories, will set you back $51,400,… Read more.

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Owner Of High-End California Dealership Charged With Theft And Tax Fraud

Jalopnik

Every so often, the sweet kiss of justice comes to kiss scheming dealerships on the cheek. It doesn’t happen as often as it should, but it has happened to the former owner of a high-end car dealership in Southern California, the Daily Bulletin reports. That owner has been charged with $4 million in theft, as well as… Read more.

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What's Your Favorite Driving Road?

Jalopnik

One of the greatest parts about loving cars is the driving. Hitting the perfect line on a technically challenging road when the weather is perfect, man, nothing beats that. I’ve logged quite a lot of miles in great cars all over this wonderful nation, and while it may be a bit cliche, I’ll be damned if my favorite… Read more.

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Chain Link Fences Separate Apartment Dwellers From Homeowners In Orlando, Residents Are Finally Tearing Them Down

Jalopnik

American cities have always been laid out along class lines. Far too often, we see highways built to destroy neighborhoods or to separate the haves from the have-nots. The city of Orlando, FL, though, appears not to have bothered with all that “transportation infrastructure” pretense — it simply threw fences up… Read more.

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Cruise Knew Its Robotaxis Struggled To Detect Children But Still Kept Them On The Road

Jalopnik

Things aren’t going so well for General Motors’ autonomous Cruise division right now. After a human driver hit a pedestrian, a robotaxi pinned her to the ground , and it later came out that the Cruise taxi actually dragged her for 20 feet before stopping. Understandably, California then banned Cruise from operating in… Read more.

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Chemical Plant Explosion Near Houston Blackens Skies, Injures One

Jalopnik

Residents of San Jacinto County, Texas – approximately 60 miles northeast of Houston – have been ordered to shelter in place after a chemical plant exploded Wednesday morning, according to a report published by Reuters. One person is reported to have been injured in a forklift injury , but is in stable condition and a… Read more.

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These Are Your Nightmare Car Wash Stories

Jalopnik

We asked readers for their nightmare car wash stories earlier this week. We received a thrilling and worrying array of anecdotes. We saw minor mistakes turn into vehicle-damaging problems within a matter of minutes. We also learned about teenage vandals who broke into a closed car wash to turn automated brushes into… Read more.

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Dirt Gear Or Adventure Gear: Which Is Right For Your Ride?

Jalopnik

Back in August, I took a 90-odd mile mixed-surface motorcycle trip with a friend. Since we were both riding near-identical BMW F800GSs, it seemed like a fun chance to do some comparisons — hard luggage or soft, cell phone or GPS , and perhaps most importantly: Should you do your mixed-surface ride in fancy ADV gear or… Read more.

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Biden Got Manufacturers To Build EVs But He Can’t Force You To Buy One

Jalopnik

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, November 8, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift , your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more.