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Friday, February 11, 2022
Beating Tesla’s Design Threat: How The Auto Industry Should Learn From Honeywell and Nest
Without understanding corporate history in realms other than automotive, Tesla’s exponential rises in brand worth, market share and stock price seem insurmountable for the industry’s incumbents. In 2021, Tesla became the highest-valued transportation brand at $42.6 billion USD, which was 50% larger ...
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Prediction For 2022: The Easiest Automotive Experience Will Attract The Pandemials
The race is on. Every automotive manufacturer is racing to market with very similar, future offerings: autonomous and/or electric vehicles. The styling might be slightly unique, the amount of storage or cupholders will certainly vary, and assuredly some of the carryover features will come and go. Bu...
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
New Study Suggests Ongoing Issue With Selling Electric Vehicles
Approximately ten years ago, an automotive product planner stated [off the record] that 5-10% of the population are “tree-huggers” and would buy nearly any eco-friendly car regardless of the styling, return-on-investment (ROI), etc. But beyond that captured market, moving the spending patterns of th...
Monday, November 8, 2021
New “Pink Tax” Study Shows Women Pay Upwards Of $7,800 More For Car Ownership
Some informed readers might have been rejoicing in recent years that the gender gap in pay has generally been shrinking, albeit not quickly enough. In 1869, women were paid 50% of their male counterparts for doing the same job (a.k.a, “controlled gender gap”), in the mid 1960’s it increased due to t...
Monday, November 8, 2021
Automotive Is Hoping That Infrastructure Can Be Sexy This Time
The Harvard Business Review article Fixing U.S. Politics cites several key conclusions based upon political theories, empirical studies and practical experience, which include 1) the heavily partisan system is broken, 2) people incorrectly think of it as public institution based upon high-minded pri...
Monday, November 8, 2021
The Unforeseen Way Connected Cars Are Keeping Rideshare Drivers Safer
We were always told connected cars would save our lives and change the way we do business, but it’s doubtful anyone foresaw this.