Five key trends observed in 2020 that may spill into 2021. Isn’t it wild? 2020 is over, and oh man, what a year it was! During this time I discovered that haircuts are overrated. My need for a haircut always …
We are at the beginning of something exciting: combining vehicle management with energy management and potentially with MaaS. Transportation is entering a period of immense change. Measurable degrees of global warming have developed into iconic images of destruction and tragedy …
With electric poised to become a more dominant energy source for vehicles, dealers will need to take a more proactive approach to define their role. As every dealer knows, COVID-19 has caused some serious mayhem among the automotive world, and …
It might seem an odd time to consider ridesharing programs at your dealership, but other forces might be fueling growth in the sector. We’re in the middle of a scary time right now with COVID-19 — the almost omnipresent threat …
Keeping up with the annual Consumer Electronics Show can help dealers better prepare for the future. In my area of future mobility, one of the things I spend a lot of time doing is urging people to pay attention. If …
Why Penske’s move and the opportunities it presents are something dealers need to be aware of. Something very interesting quietly happened in late October that may or may not have caught your eye: Penske Corporation has now set up and …
The threat of a recession is looming, but dealers can prepare by considering alternative revenue opportunities. It seems like a bi-annual event: the press and financial analysts are predicting that a recession is on its way. Recently, we had another …
The U.K. experience with mobility and transportation changes could be a window into Canada’s future. Change and disruption is coming; it’s real and very apparent. If you hang around the transportation space in the U.K. for only a brief period …
It’s time for dealers to become the “Optimistic Opportunists” of New Mobility I’m going to be frank with you: very, very few dealers truly understand the profound effects in the way that transportation will change over the next 20 to …
If they act now, dealers can position themselves to compete in the new automotive retail ecosystem. In our last column, we made the case that mega-trends — which dealers have very little control over — are threatening to disrupt the …
