Tesla price swings are upending auto norms
Tesla has long shifted prices as it weighs supply and demand in the emerging EV market, but shoppers may not be ready for recent price instability that affects resale vales and lease contracts.
Musk rival to air Super Bowl ad calling for ban on Tesla 'self-driving' feature
Self-described tech billionaire Dan O’Dowd takes his campaign against Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ software to the airwaves during targeted ads on Super Bowl Sunday. The FSD feature does not make Teslas autonomous.
It's not sci-fi: Hawaiian dealership group lets robots do the data-entry work
Servco Pacific uses robotic process automation, or RPA, to perform repetitive data-entry tasks for dealership employees, which reduces manual errors and frees them to perform higher-value tasks — and focus more sharply on customers.
Dealers anticipate knocks to floorplan, F&I, demand
Auto dealerships polled in ‘ 2023 Dealer Outlook Survey saw threats to new- and used-vehicle demand and increased floorplan and overall cost because of rising interest rates.
Column: Teflon Elon wins again
Tesla CEO Elon Musk seems to have a knack for escaping the consequences of his actions. The latest case: Defeating the ‘funding secured’ against him.