Author: EVAI
Tesla Model Y Driver Survives Deadly Construction Accident
Quick thinking and quick braking may have saved the life of this Tesla Model Y owner.

Hagerty cancels Detroit Concours d’Elegance for 2024
The decision to nix the end-of-summer event in 2024 comes just two years after the Traverse City, Mich., specialty auto insurance company moved it to Detroit in a bid to revive it.
Guest commentary: AI poised to have positive impact on auto finance
With the help of AI, automotive finance and lease businesses are already streamlining processes, improving customer experience and detecting fraud.
Jay Joseph sketches out Honda’s hydrogen strategy (Episode 244)
The vice president of sustainability and business development at American Honda Motor Inc. details the automaker’s new CR-V fuel cell variant, an H2-focused joint venture with General Motors and the state of hydrogen infrastructure.
Justine Johnson touts Michigan as a hub of mobility (Episode 243)
Michigan’s chief mobility officer shares the state’s efforts to ensure that transportation is equitable, clean and innovative across land, air and waterways.
Dealers see the good and bad out of unchanged interest rates
Following Wednesday’s Fed meeting, the benchmark rate will remain at the 5.25-5.5 percent level.
Guest commentary: Technology and AI can help new and veteran F&I managers alike overcome process pain points
Higher sales volume on car dealership lots is inevitably returning. That means more deals being drafted and more customers entering the F&I office.
Energy Department’s Chelsea Sexton finances transportation’s future (Episode 242)
The program officer for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office explains how EV and energy policy gets implemented through billions in federal loans, and how that work underpins a clean-energy economy.
Guest commentary: How captives and banks should respond to buyers’ evolving tastes
A lender expanding into new product and service areas such as subscriptions has challenges integrating the new additions into their platform.
Column: How to combat the fraud problem in the auto finance market
Automotive finance fraudsters today are armed with evolving technology and backed by crime syndicates; dealerships will need to be vigilant and innovative to keep up.