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Buyers are choosing practical value over industry hype, and the shift is showing up everywhere from California registration data to UK used-car lots.
Today’s episode breaks down California hybrids beating full EVs, UK buyers chasing three- to four-year-old used cars, Rivian cutting capital spending while keeping delivery targets intact, dealerships losing $90 per day on invisible inventory, and GM building native AI around OnStar and vehicle hardware.
Today's Key Headlines
~California hybrids make up 22.1% of new-vehicle registrations versus 15.9% for full EVs
~Tesla Model Y remains California’s top seller with more than 54,000 units
~Three- to four-year-old vehicles account for 25.8% of UK used-car sales
~Rivian lowers capital spending guidance to $1.7 billion to $1.8 billion while targeting 65,000 to 70,000 deliveries
~Unlisted used vehicles can cost dealers about $90 per day, or $2,700 over a 30-day delay
00:07 Invisible inventory starts the episode
00:30 Welcome to Auto News Talk
02:12 California buyers choose hybrids over full EVs
04:13 UK used-car buyers chase three- to four-year-old vehicles
07:20 Rivian cuts capex while keeping delivery targets
10:46 Dealerships lose money on slow time-to-list
13:55 GM builds native AI beyond Google Gemini
16:44 Big takeaway: ruthless pragmatism defines the market
20:02 Outro: who profits from the invisible data stream?
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