Automotive History and Making History, Free Car For Blood, The Future of Just In Time

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Today we make a concerted effort to bring some of our Automotive Colleagues along in their education of the history of the Auto Industry. How can we know how far we’ve come if we don’t know where we came from? We also tell some positive Dealer stories as well as issue a customer experience warning.

• A short history of the Automotive Industry from Earl Stewart
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• Positive Dealer Stories
  • What is your name?
    Eric Hall
    
    What dealership is this story about?
    Lucky blood donor drives away with free red Chevy
    Classic Fleet & Carter BloodCare host high school pep rally to reveal 
    the winner of a new Chevy Spark and hand over keys.
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    Tell us a little about what this dealership is doing to increase positivity in their organization and/or community. 
    Classic Fleet stepped up as part of the solution for the chronic blood shortage amidst the ongoing pandemic, donating the car to boost donations during one of the most difficult times of year for the community blood supply. Donors were automatically entered in the drawing when they presented to give during the designated time frame.
    
    
    
• Real-time Russia/Ukraine impact on the Auto Industry 
  • Automakers making moves / taking precautions
• Netflix defying regulations in Russia
  • Will not be running 20 state run channels as a part of subscription
• Customer experience is the real loser, and you might not even know it: 
  • Dealers pushing buyers toward financing maybe a little too hard? Texas may think so

• The hits keep coming for Toyota - Just in time production faces another challenge
  • Approx. 13k cars lost steam on production due to a cyberattack
  • It’s back online now

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