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Recent sales figures show how different the West Coast is from rest of nation

June 21, 2023 Steve 0

I have lived almost all of my life on the West Coast so occasionally have to remind myself that it can be meaningfully different than the rest of the country when it comes to automotive […]

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Can Elon Musk survive at Tesla in the wake of his Twitter disaster?

December 23, 2022 Steve 0

(UPDATED FROM 12/19/2022) The plummeting price of Tesla stock this week has given more potency to the question: Can Elon Musk maintain his leadership role at the automaker? Or has he so damaged his own […]

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Wherein we bid farewell to Twitter under Elon Musk

December 15, 2022 Steve 2

Indie Auto has posted its last tweet . . . at least as long as Elon Musk rules Twitter. Those of you who have followed us on that platform are invited to do so on […]

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Our auto media links have been updated and expanded

July 10, 2020 Steve 0

Indie Auto’s “Links” section has been significantly updated and expanded. I have added new sources as well as Twitter and YouTube pages for those media outlets that offer them. I have also added new categories […]

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