What To Do w/ Three Weeks Left, Rental’s Role in EV, Why These Christmas Colors?

The Automotive Troublemaker w/ Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier

Welcome to Monday, Troublemakers. As we start the three week countdown to 2023, we’re talking about what Dealers across the country are doing to prepare. We also talk about rental fleets of EV’s, as well as the reason Coke is so closely associated with the Christmas holiday.

• With three weeks left in the year, what are Dealers around the country focusing on?

  • Used car prices down almost 16% from January and falling. Talked about Top 10 Ways To Eliminate Aged Inventory on Clubhouse with appraising properly, pricing based on market day supply, and speed to retail

  • The slow return of warranty work to service and parts

    • Note: Dealer’s increased focus on customer pay labor and parts during warranty work shortage. What has it helped build?
      

• More EV commitment from rental companies in the future will be a force in overall EV adoption

  • 1 on 10 light vehicles in the US are purchased by rental companies

    • Hertz alone has committed to 375k EVs over the next 5 years. 175k GM, 100k Tesla, 65k Polestar. ¼ of fleet will be EV by 2024

  • With limited supply, renting an EV is a viable option for an extended test drive

  • Also investing heavily in consumer education and charging network in partnership w BP

• Have you ever considered why Christmas colors are what they are? Well, it turns out they are the result of centuries of tradition…and Coca-cola

  • Origins trace back many centuries ancient

  • Celtic peoples revered red- and green-colored holly plants for being evergreen, and they believed holly was meant to keep the earth beautiful during the dead of winter.

  • Availability of pigments in Medieval Churches

  • In America, Coke’s marketing cemented the cultural colors with some of its most well known ads ever. Then polar bears…Christmas trucks

Hosts: Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier
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