Automakers are promising an AI-driven electric future while quietly keeping gas engines, performance models, and profit-protecting service systems alive.

Today’s episode breaks down Tesla’s 480,000-plus delivery rebound, automakers’ EV-and-combustion split, underwater loans from pandemic-era markups, dealership license-plate-recognition security systems, and the 48-to-1 House committee vote that left wireless vehicle data out of the right-to-repair fight.

Today's Key Headlines

~Automakers are investing in EVs and software while still protecting gasoline and performance products

~Tesla deliveries rebound 25% to more than 480,000 units

~Pandemic-era markups leave some buyers underwater as trade values normalize

~Dealerships use license plate recognition to fight fraud, theft and cloned vehicles

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