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AD #3459 – Honda, Toyota Lose Most Customers to Tesla; BYD Outsells VW in China; BYD Moves Into Mexico
December 1st, 2022 at 11:51am
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0:00 Tesla Semi Rolls Out on the Red Carpet
0:34 GM Plays Long Game with AVs
1:13 Honda, Toyota Lose Most Customers to Tesla
2:41 BYD Moves Into Mexico
3:22 BYD Outsells VW in China
3:59 Canada Becoming EV Raw Material Powerhouse
4:36 BMW Invests in U.S. Copper
5:53 Honda Puts ADAS on Steroids
6:39 OEMs Need to Commonize EV Components
7:33 BYD Launches the Corvette 07
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This is Autoline Daily, the show dedicated to enthusiasts of the global automotive industry.
TESLA SEMI ROLLS OUT ON THE RED CARPET
After multiple delays, Tesla is finally unveiling its Semi truck today at its Gigafactory in Nevada. Last week, Elon Musk tweeted that they completed a 500-mile drive with a fully loaded truck weighing 81,000 pounds. There's no word on official pricing yet but back in 2017, the company said it will cost $180,000. But we'll learn more about the Semi later today.
GM PLAYS LONG GAME WITH AVs
Ford and Volkswagen threw in the towel. They're pretty much giving up on autonomous vehicles for now. But General Motors is playing the long game. GM Cruise's COO Gil West tells Reuters they'll expand into a "large number of markets" with "thousands of vehicles" next year. Some of those AVs should be the Cruise Origin shuttle that will help lower costs. We've got to hand it to GM CEO Mary Barra for her long term approach. She says GM will continue investing $2 billion a year in Cruise because she expects it to generate $50 billion a year in revenue by 2030.
TOYOTA, HONDA LOSE MOST CUSTOMERS TO TESLA
Tesla is losing market share as more EVs hit the market. It's basic math. All market share has to add up to 100%. And as more EVs enter the market, the pie gets sliced thinner. S&P Global Mobility reports that new EV models are eating into Tesla's share. For the first nine months of the year it had 65% of the EV segment in the U.S. But that's down from nearly 80% in 2020. Specifically, it's losing share to EVs priced below $50,000, where it really doesn't compete right now. But it still dominates the luxury segment with 86% market share. Tesla doesn't need to worry about losing market share as long as its sales keep growing. And right now, S&P Global says Toyota and Honda are losing the most buyers to Tesla.
BYD MOVES INTO MEXICO
Earlier in the week, we reported that Chinese EV maker NIO plans to get into the U.S. and now another Chinese automaker says it will jump into the North American market. BYD will start selling EVs in Mexico next year, launching with its Tang SUV and Han sedan models. They'll initially be sold through eight dealers, which will jump to 30 by 2024. By that time, BYD is aiming to sell up to 30,000 vehicles with a long-term goal to hit 10% market share. We think BYD is just dipping its toe in the Mexican market with the idea of moving north of the border sometime in the future. (PICTURED: BYD Tang – Top; BYD Han – Bottom)
BYD OUTSELLS VW IN CHINA
And speaking of BYD, it's on a tear in China. According to data from China Merchants Bank International, the automaker was the number one brand in sales in November. It sold nearly 153,000 vehicles, up 83% compared to a year ago and it's the first time it topped the sales charts. That was ahead of the VW brand, which sold more than 143,000 vehicles but if you include Audi, the Group outsold BYD. Even still, this has to be alarming to VW and even GM, which used to dominate sales in China.
CANADA BECOMING EV RAW MATERIAL POWERHOUSE
Canada is poised to become a major source of raw materials for electric cars, like copper, nickel, cobalt and lithium. It also wants to become a major processing center for those materials, especially in Quebec which runs mainly on hydroelectric power. For automakers in North America that would greatly slash their carbon footprint for manufacturing electric vehicles. And that's a key reason why Volkswagen is looking for a site to make battery cells in Canada. Keep your ears open, you're going to start hearing a lot more about EV production in the Great White North.
BMW INVESTS IN U.S. COPPER
Speaking of critical materials for EVs, BMW is securing the supplies of copper it needs and is doing it in a more sustainable way. The automaker is taking a stake in the U.S.-based company, Jetti Resources, which has come up with a way of extracting copper from previously unused ore. It uses what it calls a catalytic leaching technology to pull the copper out of material that used to sit in dumps and was considered waste. It says around 70% of the world's copper resources are stored in this type of ore. And Jetti Resources method cuts CO2 emissions from the extraction process by 40% and water usage by 50%.
HONDA PUTS ADAS ON STEROIDS
Honda is rolling out the next-gen versions of its advanced driver assistance systems, called Honda Sensing 360. It's adding hands-off highway driving, technology to detect the driver's level of alertness and an emergency support system if the driver is unresponsive. The tech was launched in China earlier this year and will be available in other markets in the second half of the decade. By 2030 it will be standard on all Honda and Acura models in the U.S. After that it will launch a more advanced system, called Honda Sensing 360 Elite, that offers hands-off driving in traffic jams on surface streets, merging onto and exiting the highway and automatic parking in a home garage.
OEMs NEED TO COMMONIZE EV COMPONENTS
There are only 6 automatic transmissions for rear drive pickups and SUVs in the world. And it took 50 years for the industry to get that down to only 6. Even though those transmissions are made by different companies, they use a number of common components. And that gives the suppliers who make those components high economies of scale and low cost. Imagine if automakers would do the same thing with EVs. That's another thing that was discussed at the SAE's recent North American International Propulsion Conference. If automakers would use common components in motors, inverters, battery packs and gear reduction units they could get much higher economies of scale. Not all the components would have to be the same. And this could be another strategy for automakers to cut the costs of their electric cars.
BYD LAUNCHES THE CORVETTE 07
Have you heard about the newest Corvette? The Corvette 07 from BYD in China? It's an ICE-powered 4-door crossover that's priced between $30,000 and $40,000. So how the heck can BYD get away with calling it a Corvette? That's because its Chinese name can be interpreted as either frigate or corvette, which is a type of warship designed to escort bigger ships and convoys. Since it uses a Chinese name it probably doesn't pose any trademark infringement on the classic American sports car. But it sure sounded weird to us to hear about the BYD Corvette.
How is Jeep going to respond to attacks from Ford with the Bronco and from VW with the Scout? That's one of the things we're going to ask Jim Morrison this afternoon on Autoline After Hours. He's the head of Jeep in North America. Roman Mica who runs the TFL channel on YouTube will also be on the show, so join John and Gary when they go live at 3 pm this afternoon right here on Autoline.
But that's a wrap for today's show. Thanks for joining us.
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17 Comments to "AD #3459 – Honda, Toyota Lose Most Customers to Tesla; BYD Outsells VW in China; BYD Moves Into Mexico"
DanaPointJohn Says:
December 1st, 2022 at 12:54 pm
Seeing how Toyota and Honda don't make a BEV (No, don't bring-up the BZ4X!) it isn't any surprise Tesla is taking customers from them. Come back in 5 – 10 years and see how high flying Tesla is then. The OEMs are in the early days of releasing electric vehicles, and those that truly believe in this technology will gain market share pretty quickly when their line-ups get filled with them.
Ziggy Says:
December 1st, 2022 at 1:05 pm
BYD should have sprung for an additional 0 and made it the Corvette 007 as long as they are stealing names! And who knows, maybe the future Corvette SUV will end up looking like this one anyway.
Kit Gerhart Says:
Not only will EV components become commodity items, but the replacement of ICErs with EVs will result in huge unemployment numbers some places, like my original home town of Kokomo, Indiana. There are thousands of Chrysler employees now making 8-speed longitudinal transmissions and 9-speed transaxles. Soon, they will be building 4 cylinder engines there. Even if they make the gear reduction units for EVs in Kokomo, it won't take nearly as many people as making the current complex automatic transmissions.
Don't the Chevy Bolt, Kia Niro EV, and Hyundai Kona EV already share a lot of components?
XA351GT Says:
If the US government is serious about protecting US jobs and companies they need to do everything they can to keep out Chinese vehicles . they will flood the market with cheap vehicles Just like the Japanese did in the 60s and 70s and the Koreans in the 80s and 90s. Ask a Australian about their auto industry or better yet lack of it, because of cheap cars flooding in from South East Asia . Ford , Holden and even Toyota folded up shop because they couldn't compete financially with vehicles being made penny on the dollar vs, local made ones. What little industry there is left will be gone.
5 The total Australian car market is only a little over a million, so unless they had an export market, making cars in the country would be a losing proposition. Except for low volume "specialty" stuff, there is no way they could compete. They have some business converting American pickup trucks to RHD.
Wim van Acker Says:
@Autoline Team: what a great Live show with Jeep leader Jim Morrison. Very interesting!
wmb Says:
@5 & 6.) I have a hard time seeing Chinese vehicles flood a market with lower priced BEV vehicles, when the EVs they sell in their home market cost just as much as those in the markets they want to break into. While the cost may eventually come do, EV tech today is expensive where ever you are! IMHO, the greater risk is them coming to market with more high quality EVs and more individual choices, before the local OEMs do. Sean has said in a number of shows, that their are hundreds of EV startups in China and I would would imagine there are varying levels of quality in between the different companies. If one of the high end companies like Geely or BYD (while not necessarily startups), where to bring some of the high quality products to the North America, Europe and other parts of the world, with the many different products that they have, I believe they will find buyers even if they have to pay a little bit of a premium for them! While cheap labor/products may have been hallmarks for Vietnamese,Taiwan and Chinese products in years past, such is not the case for electronic, digital and EV. They are just as expensive coming from those regions of the world, as they are from anyplace else! And since they know that buyers will pay top dollar for what build, I don't see the rationale that they would expect anything less from a business perspective.
The funny thing with the US IRA, it's amazing how other countries are doing things to make themselves more competitive and how quickly they are doing so! I applaud Canada's efforts to make themselves more valuable in the EV race. As you can see, it's not demanding that another country stop an incentive to their citizens, it's making their country and what they produce/export more attractive and there increases their negotiating power for the products/services/rare earth materials that they have. Way to level the playing field on your own terms Canada!
8 Canada will probably run into some NIMBY issues with the nastiness of mining and processing minerals, but, hopefully, can work things out. The world needs sources for these materials other than China, and operations in Africa controlled by China.
7 The show was interesting, but the Jeep guy seemed to be putting out some BS, like saying that, what, 30-some percent of Wrangler owners drove them off-road. To wit:
"Mark Allen, head of design at Jeep, told ABC News in September 2019 that 10% to 15% of customers take their Wranglers off-road."
Even that seems high, given that none of the 5 Wrangler owners I know drive them off-road. They just bought them for the "image," and because it's fun to take the doors off in the summer.
I wish there had been some discussion about the powertrains, especially how the new "hurricane" turbo six performs, compared to the 5.7 V8. We'll be hearing more about that, as a lot of the sixes are on the road after the "hemi" is discontinued.
December 2nd, 2022 at 5:50 am
@9 & 10.) I would like to hope that after all this time mining underground, there would have been some breakthroughs and improvements in the process. One that is not so dangerous to the environment and the workers doing the job.
We have a Jeep in our household now and had a Liberty in the past. I don't even think we have ever parked either of them on the grass, let alone gone farther off road! They are/were my wife's vehicle and she likes the image too (also she doesn't want grass or dirt in the vehicles tires and thrown up of the body of the vehicle)! My wife's she has leased several Jeeps and never taken them off road. Matter of fact, as I think about it, over the past 40 plus years of my life, of all the Jeep owners of my life none have EVER taken full advantage of all the things that Jeeps are capable of, like going off road! The closest thing to it, was a co-work who had a Wrangler two door, which had the big wheels on it and loved to take the top down of sunny days, no matter how hot it was outside. He said that he loved his vehicle, especially with the top down, because it made him LOOK like he could go rock crawling, even though he never would (he was a city boy like me)! They own person I know of, but near met, that took took full advantage of their vehicles capabilities, was another co-worker, years later, who would come to work with the vehicle covered in mud and dirt! She would say that it was because her husband would go off reading on the weekend, but never wash the truck when he was done! They drove a Nissan Xterra, though!
Lambo2015 Says:
10-11 Off-roading is a risky activity with a $45,000 vehicle that may not be covered by insurance if used on a closed course. I would bet to get anywhere near 30% he was including all Wranglers still on the road. Cause when you go to those places like sand dunes, hill climbs, rock trails most are older heavily modified Wranglers. Yeah the average new Wrangler buyer with a loan and warranty I doubt many take off-road. You always have the few real wealthy folks that take a brand new Jeep dump another 20K in mods and do crazy stuff but I'm sure thats the exception. So yeah Jeep should be concerned with brands like the Bronco and Scout because as far as off-road capability doesnt seem it makes a difference to 80%+ of the buyers. So the image and ability to drop the top and remove the doors seems to be the draw. Actually GM could get in on the action and revise the Blazer with those same features without quite the off-road capabilities and provide a better ride and handling with those same features of a convertible and removeable doors. I wonder if buyers would care that it cant rock climb but gives a better ride and handling as the Wrangers are nothing special in that dept.
My sister leased two Grand Cherokees early in their existence, and then had a first generation Liberty for about 10 years. She now has a MINI Countryman. None of them have gone off-road, at least while she had them.
Most of the Broncos I see are Bronco Sport, which is basically a restyled Escape, with added "character."
Roman Mica's description of the allure of "quiet" off-roading of electric EVs on AAH was interesting. I suspect a lot of hard core off-roaders like noise, and remove the mufflers from their vehicles, so the people liking the quiet might be out of luck much of the time at the off-roading parks.
MERKUR DRIVER Says:
11) Here is a list of all BYD electric vehicles and their pricing. They have a full line up and every single one is very cheap compared to anything produced in the USA.
https://evcompare.io/cars/byd/
If you note though, these vehicles have very slow acceleration times comparable with cars from the 80s. This means that they are using small motors which uses less power and thusly does not need a huge battery for a given range. That makes it cheap. They are designed for city driving with limited top speeds which also reduces power consumption and therefore does not need a large expensive battery. The USA market is not a city driving type of country. Everyone is convinced that their SUV needs to do 0-60 in a nano second and have a top speed of 200MPH. So BYD would have to make these cars with larger motors and correlating larger battery for the USA market. They would probably still be cheaper than traditional US OEMS as they have a lot of headroom in the price, but maybe not appreciably so.
14 I also have no doubt that the Chinese can bring EVs to the US at a cheaper price than Domestics. For One, they have done a good job of preparing for EVs and bought mineral mines and strategically positioned themselves to have access to raw materials. Secondly, they have a lower labor cost and thirdly, they dont have the costs associated with such things as OSHA, workman's comp, Social security, employee Healthcare, unemployment etc. Lastly I would be willing to bet whatever they bring will not be break the upper half of the list of safest cars to drive.
To your point I dont see many "city only" type cars doing well in the states. Those small boxes that make for great inner city commuting will never be much more than Uber or taxi type vehicles. When people buy in the states they need the capability to get on the hwy and have a safe 75mph vehicle. Not going to happen in those enclosed golf carts. But the BYD Corvette on todays show shows they can do it.
December 2nd, 2022 at 10:26 am
14 Interesting list of BYD cars. It look like many of them would have adequate performance for the U.S., but some would not. A number of "compact SUVs" got 10+ second 0-60 times in CR's tests.
15 Chinese car companies wouldn't be paying for health care, because the country has universal health care like nearly every "wealthy" country except the U.S., but yeah, they would be much more lax in employee health and safety requirements.
December 2nd, 2022 at 4:52 pm
#14-16.) My apologies for I am just seeing these posts and you have no doubt moved on to today's story of AD. I looked at the link of the BYD EVs, yet the prices of the vehicles shown were new from 2018-to-2019. In that amount of time, both Tesla, Ford and Rivian, have all increased prices due to the increase of raw materials, up to as much as $12K in some cases. When you add that increase to those vehicles, even the least expensive model three to four years places it at a point may raise eyebrows! Imagine a vehicle the size of the EcoSport or Traxx, price competitive to the Escape, Equinox, Edge or Blazer! In the EU or UK, that might not be an issue, but in the US, that might give customers pause! My point was, why would a Chinese automaker reduce the price of their vehicles, to sell them in other market, when people know the tech is expensive AND buyers have have not problem paying? When I say this I really mean early adopters. Mainstream buyers may not be so quick, to spend big money on a vehicle to small to fit their needs.
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Slovenian food companies innovate to make food more sustainable
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New Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development
Slovenian parliament has confirmed nine new ministers, completing the government reshuffle. As part of the reshuffle, the Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy has been transformed into the Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development. The new ministry will also be responsible for the policy area of regional development. It will be headed by Dr Aleksander Jevšek, who has been sworn in as Minister for Cohesion and Regional Development.
Minister Šinko at Global forum for food and agriculture
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In Berlin, Slovenia presented as green and ecological country
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International event on legal challenges and the protection of critical infrastructure and respect for international humanitarian law
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There are many opportunities for cooperation between Slovenian and Italian companies in the field of space
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Life span of the Krško Nuclear Power Plant (NEK) extended until 2043
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Minister Fajon in Pristina to enhance bilateral relations and resume dialogue
On her first official visit to Pristina, Minister of Foreign Affairs Tanja Fajon met Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of the Republic of Kosovo Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz. The meeting was aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries, with a focus on economic cooperation, the situation in the country and discussion on Kosovo's European perspective.
Minister Fajon in Sarajevo on further steps on Bosnia and Herzegovina's European path
During her working visit to Sarajevo, Minister of Foreign Affairs Tanja Fajon met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dr Bisera Turković, Chairwoman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Željka Cvijanović, and Presidency members Željko Komšić and Dr Denis Bećirović. This was also the first political visit from Slovenia since BiH was granted candidate status.
Expert council for sustainable development of public administration meets at its first session
On Friday, 13 January 2023, the first session of the Expert council for sustainable development of public administration was held. It is a consultative body bringing together top experts from the private and public sectors to help bring about the changes that public administrations urgently need in their development path.
EU funding for information and communication technology for higher education institutions implementing pedagogical study programmes
Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy has approved EUR 1.19 million in EU funding for the call for proposals REACT-EU: Information and communication technology for higher education institutions implementing pedagogical study programmes II.
Digitalisation is the key step to a modern health system
The healthcare digitisation strategy in Slovenia for the 2022–2027 period was presented in the Congress Centre at Brdo pri Kranju.
State Budget Realisation in 2022
According to preliminary data, the state budget recorded approximately EUR 12.3 billion in revenue in 2022, an increase of just under EUR 1.2 billion, or 10.5%, compared to 2021. Expenditure reached around EUR 13.7 billion, down by EUR 544 million or 3.8% compared to the previous year, while the state budget deficit was just under EUR 1.4 billion.
Political consultations with India
Today, State Secretary Samuel Žbogar hosted Sanjay Verma, Secretary for the West of the Ministry of External Affairs of India, in Ljubljana for political consultations. The two officials reviewed the key areas of bilateral cooperation and went on to exchange views on the topical regional and global themes.
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Q: java, extending class with constructor in superclass I have a class that defines field "coordinates" which is an array without length and a subclass where i need to set a length of array to work with it.So the question is how do I change the array of coordinates' length in subclass. Here is the code:
Superclass:
abstract class Vector implements sample {

    private int[] coordinates;

    public Vector (int[] coordinates) {

    }
}

And subclass :
class Vector3D extends Vector {

    public Vector3D(int[] coordinates) {
        super(coordinates);

    }
}

A: abstract class Vector implements sample {
    private int[] coordinates;
     public Vector (int[] coordinates){
         this.coordinates=coordinates;
     }
}

If you want to initialize coordinates by calling new Vector3D(1,2,3):
class Vector3D extends Vector {

    public Vector3D(int n1,int n2,int n3) {
       super(new int[]{n1,n2,n3});
   }
}

A: Your parent class (Vector) needs to set the private field. Currently, the parameter and the instance variable are unrelated.
This would do the job:
public abstract class Vector implements Sample {
   private int[] coordinates;

   public Vector(int[] coordinates) {
      this.coordinates = coordinates;
   }
}

public class Vector3D {
   public Vector3D(int[] coordinates) {
      super(coordinates);
   }
}

// usage:
new Vector3D(new int[]{ 1, 2, 3 }); // Vectors coordinate size: 3. Content: 1, 2, 3

This would pass the Vector3Ds array to the parent and its size would be the same, as the one provided to the Vector3D class.

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Having a truck show up with new vehicles means you need to have someone drop what they are doing to get them checked in and confirm features and specs so they can be inventoried. Additionally, taking days to finish evaluating and preparing a newly-acquired used vehicle for inventory are days you aren't capitalizing on the highest margins. In a chaotic world of inventory, how do you ensure speed and accuracy so you can maximize return on every vehicle?
What if you could...
Automatically dispatch work throughout your reconditioning process eliminating delays and speeding up approvals?
Scan every used vehicle for recalls automatically when you stock it in, regardless of make?
Instantly know what features and packages are included on a used vehicle, no matter the manufacturer?
ReconTRAC®
When you ask your service advisor when a used vehicle will be done with recon, he has to respond, "Let me get back to you." There are few things more frustrating. You have someone ready to buy the car. Maybe worse, he says he's waiting for you to approve the work, but you had no idea. Or, he says it's waiting on the wheel guy who will be in Tuesday. With so many people involved in reconditioning a vehicle, the delays can kill your volume for the month.
ReconTRAC is a vehicle reconditioning management solution that automatically dispatches a vehicle to the next person in your process and alerts them to help you start measuring recon time in hours rather than days, or even weeks.
Streamline the reconditioning process with custom step-by-step automated workflows that get vehicles on the lot for sale quicker.
Eliminate handwritten RO's and sticky notes that get passed from person to person with a completely digital system that includes notifications when a new job is ready for review.
Centralize all reconditioning steps with comprehensive tracking and reporting that gives you a full picture of your entire recon process and cycle time.
Create fully customizable workflows that fit your dealership's exact recon processes.
More info about ReconTRAC
Hendrick Testimonial Video - ReconTRAC
Greg Uland: Hi, I'm Greg Uland. And today I get to sit down with Chris Little, the vice president of variable operations at Hendrick Automotive Group. Chris, thanks so much for sitting down and talking.
Chris Little: Yeah, looking forward to it, Greg, thanks a lot.
GU: Chris, we've had quite a partnership over the years and we're very proud to be able to continue to expand that partnership through our reconditioning software called ReconTRAC. You know, obviously, Hendrick is one of the largest automotive groups in the country. So how many locations are you installing ReconTRAC at?
CL: So we've got slotted eighty six locations to take, that, it's going to take a good bulk of the year, but we're really looking forward to working with your team to get them put in.
GU: And that's a big investment both time wise, process wise, people wise, there's a lot that goes into it. So thinking about that for you and for your team, why is the reconditioning process such an important one and really worth investing in?
CL: Everyone knows speed to the front line equates to more turns, which helps the overall company do better in terms of parts, service and inventory buys. And so when you can really take the time to measure and manage that and perfect that, you're going to increase your turns, you're going to increase your gross profit and you're really just going to increase the amount of used cars you can sell because you're getting them out on the front line quicker.
GU: So what does your reconditioning process look like? Does each store do their own reconditioning? What does it look like for your organization?
CL: Yeah, each individual store does their own, and that's why we're really excited to try to get a common process in all these stores so that we can commonize and see where we can get pluses and minuses in the reconditioning process. And 12 to 15 people really touch a used car during the reconditioning process if you map it all out. And you take that times 80 stores, and that's a lot of people that can do things and you can have a lot of leakage. And what we really found was ReconTRAC is going to help us commonize all these processes, find best practices, compete... I really like competing the stores, you know, we got a little racing heritage in us. So we like to race and compete, you know. So we found that if we do that, we get better together.
GU: That's great that you're able to leverage really both, you know, focus on the individual and focus on the organization as a whole.
CL: What we really like is the integration points that we now have with Reynolds. Because as soon as that F12 key's hit and the deal is stored to go, we are able to create an RO. We're able to have that go in the system and the clock starts then. And so being able to have that in all the locations, now it's gonna take a little bit, but in all those locations, we can see how long does it take from people to as soon as they close the deals to the RO is actually taken and put into action and then it goes through the technician touches it, the parts guys get it. The detail guys get it. The third party vendors get it. And so picking up an extra day or two here and there means a lot to us in terms of net profit.
GU: So Chris, you mentioned, you know, previously taking about five days or so to get through the recon process. What was taking so long? Where were those bottlenecks?
CL: Well, they were really, I think in the approval process that used car managers had to approve the deal. He's working deals or she's working deals or at the auction or doing something, and four or five hours go by, then he comes back, says, OK, we'll approve that and then we go, and then the technician takes it to the parts counter and the parts counter guy's got to go pull the parts and there's another hour. And so pretty soon the stuff started compounding into, you know, days to get going.
GU: How did you come to the conclusion that using software to automate a lot of this was the right answer? How did you get there?
CL: I got really tired of hearing people tell me when I say, how long does it take to get cars to the front line and they go about five or six days. That tells me I don't know. And that means 10 days, really, if you put it. And then we would do trials where we just put a grease pencil on the window the day that it was taken in, the time it was taken in. And that stayed on that car until it was brought to the used car manager and fully done. And it was astounding that some of these were seven, eight, nine days. And we're thinking, you know, industry, our best, what we want to be is three days or less. That's our goal at Hendrick Automotive Group to be there.
GU: What led you to ReconTRAC specifically? Why did you decide to go that route versus another?
CL: 100 percent decision was the integration. We think it's a valuable tool to have everything talk as one. And if we can do that, then that will define where the leaks come from and nobody can hide behind that stuff. So that really helped us make our decision as being one hundred percent integrated.
GU: To kind of put a bow on this, you know, if a dealership were to come to you, and they said, you know, we're thinking about installing this product called ReconTRAC. We have a little bit of an issue in recon and we want to speed it up. You know, what's your advice? What's your perspective?
CL: I really think you've got to be able to measure it to manage it, and that's what the tool really will help you. So if you're really going to get serious about and you really want to increase your gross profit, I would say that you ought to buy a ReconTRAC software to be able to come in and help you manage this process. Once it gets put in and the processes are set, it kind of manages itself. Everybody knows what they've got to do. And I'll promise you, you'll get really good results out of it.
GU: Chris Little, vice president of variable operations at Hendrick Automotive Group, thank you very much for your perspective and for taking the time to talk today.
CL: Hey, it's been a pleasure. Thanks again for everything you all do to help us get better.
GU: Absolutely. Talk to you later.
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Is ineffective key control hurting your customer experience? When you have a customer ready to buy, she doesn't want to wait around while you hunt down the keys. And she certainly doesn't want to drop off her new vehicle for service, only to have it stolen because an employee left the key in the ignition. At the end of the day, ensuring every key makes it back to the office could take you hours, and every once in a while, a set (or more) is missing entirely.
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"Before we started using ReconTRAC to manage our reconditioning process, we did everything manually. What previously took 11 days to cycle a vehicle, now only takes three."
"Recall Management provides a visual 'Stop-Sale' indicator and a notification to prevent the accidental sale of a vehicle with an open recall. That used to put my dealership at risk for a product liability lawsuit. Those are concerns of the past."


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West Indies had Hope but lose 2nd ODI to India
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - India won the second ODI against West Indies by a record margin of 105 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the 5-match ODI series at the Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad, on Sunday June 25, 2017.
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Rain washes out 1st ODI between Windies & India
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Torrential rain wrecked the opening One-Day International between West Indies and India on Friday June 23, 2017, allowing just over three hours play at Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad and Tobago.
West Indies name 'unchanged' squad for first two ODIs against India
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- West Indies have named an unchanged 13-man squad, which played a 1-1 draw against Afghanistan early this month, for the first two ODIs of the five-match series against India starting June 23, 2017.
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Windies hit back to level ODI Series against Afghanistan
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Stung by their 63-run defeat in the first ODI, the West Indies levelled the series against Afghanistan with a 4 wicket win in game 2 on Sunday June 11, 2017 in St Lucia.
Khan puts Windies in a Spin
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Afghanistan were led by an indomitable Rashid Khan as they pulled off a stunning 63-run victory over West Indies in St Lucia on Friday June 9, 2017.
Windies sweep Afghanistan in T20 Series
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Veteran Marlon N. Samuels dominated with a classy career-best half-century as West Indies brushed aside minnows Afghanistan by seven wickets in the final Twenty20 International to sweep the three-match series in St Kitts on Monday June 5, 2017.
Windies put Afghanistan in a spin
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Sunil P. Narine snared three wickets and mesmerised Afghanistan to set up a six-wicket win for the West Indies in the first fixture of a three-match T20 International series at Warner Park in St Kitts on Friday June 2, 2017.
No West Indies in ICC Champions Trophy 2017
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- THE ICC Champions Trophy was won by the West Indies last time the competition was held in England, but they will not repeat the feat in 2017.
Pakistan hopes to host West Indies for T20s despite security concerns
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Pakistan said on Tuesday January 3, 2016 that it hoped the West Indies would agree to play two Twenty20 internationals in the country in March despite security concerns.
Holder five-for leaves West Indies with 153 to win
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Pakistan collapsed in tragicomic fashion after lunch on day four, losing their last five wickets for 33 runs, including 3 for 4 in the space of 18 balls, to be bowled out for 208 and leave West Indies with a target of 153. They then dropped Leon Johnson twice to allow West Indies' openers to put on an unbroken stand of 23 by tea.
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SUICA, Pasmo and ICOCA IC cards are 3 re-loadable prepaid cards conceived to let people use easily and smoothly any railway line (and more) in all Japan without having to buy tickets for each journey. There are many other prepaid cards with the same function, but usually foreigners make one of these three because you can get them easily at the international airports in Tokyo and Osaka. Furthermore, as explained below, to date there is no longer any difference among the main prepaid cards for public transport in Japan. They are all the same.
Which are the differences between SUICA, Pasmo, ICOCA?
The situation has evolved a lot in recent years to the point that today there are basically no differences.
Until a few years ago (until March 23, 2013): different regions had different prepaid local transportation cards, and the JR issued its card and the other railway companies released their own. Therefore, in Tokyo you could use the SUICA card (released by JR) and the Pasmo card (released by Tokyo Metro and other private companies), in Kansai there was the ICOCA (by JR), in Nagoya the TOICA, in Sapporo the SAPICA, and several other cards scattered around Japan rarely used by tourists. In the past, these cards could be used without limits in any railway line within their reference area, but in other regions of the country there were several limitations. For example, the SUICA card could be used with any train in Greater Tokyo, but outside Tokyo it could be used only with the JR lines. The Pasmo card only worked within the Tokyo area.
Today: the 10 most used cards in the country have become interchangeable and you can use them for any railway line and many other public transport services throughout Japan, there is no difference among the various regional prepaid IC cards.
The only difference is in the card's name and in the area of Japan where you can find the machines to buy them and the offices to eventually return them. Then, for example, SUICA can only be bought at JR East stations in the Tokyo area (and Sendai/Niigata) and you can only return it to the JR offices in the same area, but you can use SUICA to take any train all over Japan. In the same way, you can get around Tokyo with another prepaid card issued in another region of Japan (ICOCA, TOICA, etc.), it will work the same.
There is only one limitation: you can use any card in any region of Japan but only for routes whose first and last station are located within the same region.
Example: you can use SUICA (issued in Tokyo) for a railway line in Kansai or Hiroshima or anywhere else, but not for example to travel between Tokyo-Osaka or Tokyo-Nagoya, because these routes would include mixed routes partially operated by JR East (the company that releases the SUICA) in the section near Tokyo and partially operated by JR West in the section near Osaka or JR Central in the section near Nagoya.
Which is the best prepaid IC card?
As you can see a few paragraphs below, there are many different prepaid cards in Japan, but if you are a tourist you will probably arrive at one of the three main airports in the country: Tokyo Narita, Tokyo Haneda or Osaka Kansai and there you will buy your first prepaid IC card.
For this reason the cards usually bought by foreigners after landing in Japan are those cards issued in Tokyo and Osaka, that is the SUICA or Pasmo (Tokyo), and the ICOCA (Osaka). As already repeated several times, nowadays owning one or the other is absolutely irrelevant.
In any IC Cards vending machine that you can find at the main stations in the Tokyo and Osaka regions. In other cities you will find vending machines to get cards with different names (see below) but they all work the same way.
For example, if you are in a JR station in Tokyo you will find a vending machine to get a SUICA, if you are in a metro station in Tokyo you will find a vending machine to get a Pasmo, if you are in a JR station in Osaka or Kyoto you will find a vending machine to get an ICOCA, if you are in a JR station in Nagoya you will find a vending machine to get a TOICA, and so on.
English is usually available in most of vending machines and it is possible to change language by pressing a button saying "English".
In addition, you can purchase SUICA and ICOCA cards at the JR ticket offices and at the JR East Travel Service Centers in Tokyo's main stations and airports.
It is often possible to choose between two types of cards, the blank card and the named card, the latter requires the insertion of some personal data.
The only difference is that the named cards allow you to get the money in the card back in case of loss, if that happens you need to go to the appropriate offices with an ID document.
How much do the SUICA/Pasmo/ICOCA cards cost?
As for the SUICA, you have to pay 2000 yen when you purchase the card for the first time, 1500 of which are immediately available and loaded in your card, and the remaining 500 yen are held back as "deposit", you will be refunded if you decide to return the card (to a JR office in the region where it was issued).
The same applies to all other cards issued by JR in other areas of Japan (ICOCA, TOICA, KITACA, SUGOCA).
The Pasmo card and other cards issued by private companies may have a flexible or different initial amount.
After buying one of these cards, you can charge it wiht more money through automatic machines for IC Cards, by selecting the desired amount and inserting it. You can find this type of machines practically anywhere in any station.
Place the card near the magnetic reader in each turnstile, but do not insert it into the slot for regular paper tickets.
The card balance must be equal at least to the cheapest fare (if you have 100 yen in the card and the cheapest route of all costs 110 yen, you will not be able to go through the turnstiles).
Once you have arrived at your destination, you must again swipe the card at the exit gates and at that time the amount for the route you have traveled will be deducted from the card balance. If you do not have enough credit don't worry, you will always find at least one fare adjustment machine to recharge your card near the exit turnstiles, or alternatively you can pay directly to the staff.
You can check the card balance by inserting it into the automatic machines for purchase/recharge, or in a small display on the turnstiles every time you swipe the card.
Going around Tokyo, you will often notice locals passing turnstiles at stations by swiping their mobile phone to the magnetic reader.
In reality, most are not using the mobile phone (even if there is a virtual Suica), but simply put their card inside the smartphone case on the back.
It is an easy technique to always have the card on hand and be sure not to lose it.
First time in Japan: are you afraid to get confused when buying a Suica??
If you are about to visit Japan for the first time in life, it is understandable that you have a thousand doubts and fears. The first impact with a country as different as Japan is not easy and takes a little time to adapt and understand in person how best to use public transport.
If you want to avoid those minutes of panic and stress, maybe after 10 hours of flight, trying to figure out what and where the right vending machine is, if you are doing the right thing, and so on, you can take advantage of a service offered by Govoyagin to to buy your SUICA card online. Buy a SUICA card online Once completed the purchase on the site, you will receive a QR code to show at one of the available collection points to receive your SUICA immediately.
The 10 cards below are completely equivalent to each other in their use.
The JR EAST card, available at all JR stations in the Tokyo metropolitan area and in the Sendai and Niigata regions, including the international airports of Tokyo Narita and Tokyo Haneda.
The JR West card, available at all JR stations in Kansai and Chugoku regions (Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Hiroshima), including the international airport of Osaka Kansai.
Purchasable in non-JR stations of the Kansai region. The Pitapa is not a prepaid card but works differently, which is why foreign tourists usually don't buy it.
The JR Central card, available at all JR stations in the Tokai region (Nagoya), including the international airport of Nagoya Chubu Centrair.
Purchasable in non-JR and non-Kintetsu stations of the Nagoya metropolitan area.
The JR Hokkaido card can be purchased at all stations in the Sapporo metropolitan area.
The JR Kyushu card can be purchased at all JR prefectures in Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Kagoshima, Oita and Nagasaki.
Available at all Nishitetsu stations in the Fukuoka metropolitan area and other locations in the Kyushu region.
Available at all Fukuoka subway stations.
This card is valid for part of public transport on the main island of the Okinawa archipelago and in the city of Naha. In particular, the Yui Rail and some bus lines.
The cards listed above do not work in Okinawa.
Other uses of prepaid cards SUICA, Pasmo, ICOCA, etc.
Lately the use of these cards has also been extended to other things, they can be used as real prepaid cards to pay in some convenience stores (konbini) and other affiliated shops, vending machines, coin lockers, taxis, toll parkings.
If this is possible you will find the logo of the card printed somewhere. The generic logo that you see here is increasingly common, to indicate compatibility with any of the 10 interchangeable cards throughout Japan.
Which lines can I use with SUICA, Pasmo, ICOCA cards?
Prepaid IC cards can now be used for all JR lines in Japan, for the subway in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sendai, Yokohama, etc., and for all private railway lines around Japan.
If you are just a tourist in Japan you can rest assured that you will be able to use your prepaid card in any railway line you will have to take.
The card also works with all the Tokyo and Kyoto city bus lines, for JR long distance buses, and for many other urban transport systems other than trains and subways, in different minor cities of Japan (such as the tram in Hiroshima).
Where can I NOT use SUICA, Pasmo, ICOCA cards?
There are still very few areas in the country where prepaid cards have not been integrated. The only worthy of note is maybe Okinawa, where you can use the public transport services only if you have a local prepaid card called Okica. It is likely that in the coming years there will be a 100% integration.
In general, you can never use a prepaid card on all those trains where there is an extra charge in addition to the basic fare. Some examples are the Green Cars (First Class) available on some local railway lines, those trains with reserved seats such as the limited expresstrains or express services for airports (Keisei Skyliner, Narita Express, etc.), the shinkansen (although recently it is possible to use the suica also for some shinkansen).
Finally, some remote prefectures of Japan and in particular some small stations in the countryside may not yet use IC Cards but only paper tickets (for example, the railway lines in the prefecture of Akita).
Is it possible to get reimbursement of the money loaded on my SUICA, Pasmo, ICOCA?
To get back the money you have loaded on your card you must necessarily return the card. When you return the card in one of the appropriate offices, you will get the 500 yen of deposit paid at the time of purchase plus any remaining balance.
In the case of Suica/Icoca and other JR cards, the reimbursement of any money left in the card involves the payment of a 220 yen commission. So, if you have 1000 yen left on your SUICA, you will get 500 yen (deposit refund) + 1000 yen (the money left) - 220 yen (commission) = 1280 yen. If the card has less than 220 yen, you can only get back 500 yen of deposit.
In the case of the Pasmo card there is no commission, and you will have back the entire deposit money and the remaining money in the card.
I have a Suica and I want to spend all the money left before leaving Japan, how can I do it?
The easiest way to spend all the money in your SUICA, Pasmo or ICOCA card is to buy something in one of the many convenience stores (konbini) that accept this payment method. Some of them will allow you to use all the remaining balance in the card and if necessary add something in cash to pay what you are buying.
Do I save money by using these prepaid cards?
Prepaid IC cards are not designed to save money, but only to save time.
Nevertheless, in April 2014 the government increased the consumption tax from 5% to 8%, and as a result all prices, including transport, increased by 3%. After this price increase, ticket prices have been rounded to the nearest 5 or 10 yen for single tickets, while prepaid cards still round fares up to one yen.
Thus, for example, a route that costs 200 yen, from April 2014 has undergone a 3% increase. 200 + 3% = 206 yen. If you pay using the prepaid card you will pay that route 206 yen, but by purchasing the single ticket you will pay 210 yen.
With the prepaid cards you can therefore have a saving ranging from 1 up to 9 yen, depending on the area and the route.
Do prepaid cards SUICA, Pasmo, ICOCA have an expiration date?
No, they haven't, but cards stop working automatically if they are not used for 10 years.


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All Mathews County Public Schools employees could receive a 13 percent raise next year, a step Superintendent Nancy Welch said is necessary to help combat a teacher shortage impacting the 1,064-student school division.
The School Board this week unanimously approved the operating budget request, which comes in at $16.1 million, $1.87 million more than the current fiscal year.
Teachers would receive the typical 1 percent increase as they move up the pay scale, plus an additional 12 percent. Mathews' starting teacher pay for candidates with either a bachelor's or master's degree is the second lowest among the divisions in the region, which stretches from Stafford and Spotsylvania counties through the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula, including Mathews and Gloucester.
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Parker's budget, presented Tuesday night during a School Board meeting, includes an ask of $112.9 million from the city, up 1.8 percent...
"What it comes down to is we're not competitive," Welch said. "We're feeling the burden of that in this point in time. We've had two teachers at our high school that just started in January — that's unheard of in our community. I've been here since '96 and I don't even remember that happening.
"It's a very serious situation where if we're not competitive we're not going to have folks applying here. We're obviously very worried about current faculty and staff leaving."
Mathews ranked 92nd out of 132 school divisions in terms of salary, according to data prepared for a report last December. The starting bachelor's pay is $39,276, $3,104 less than neighboring Gloucester.
In turn, Gloucester ranks among the lowest of the divisions in the Peninsula area in terms of starting teacher pay.
Hampton pays $44,600, Newport News $44,535, Williamsburg James-City County $43,000, York $42,942 and Poquoson $41,310.
Mathews lost seven teachers last summer to other jobs with higher pay, five of whom went to neighboring school divisions. Mathews employed about 100 teachers in 2016-17, according to the most recent data available from the Virginia Department of Education.
The division's proposal includes an increase in state and federal funds — a total of $168,000 — and a request in $1.6 million more from the county than the current year's budget.
The school board and board of supervisors have met to discuss the budget, discussions that Welch said went well. Amy Dubois, a supervisor in her second year on the board, agreed that they were productive and expected the request to be met favorably — until this past week.
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Love cited dysfunction on the board — a term echoed by another board member — that has made the county a "laughing stock," his letter of resignation said, according to the newspaper.
"For this I apologize to the county and to the people," he said in the letter. "I have set a high standard for myself and how I serve the people of Mathews County. I also set high standards for the employees of Mathews County of having high moral character, being honest, and truthful. I feel I have been betrayed. I have always said that if I can't help I would do nothing to hurt."
Dubois said Love, like her, has been a proponent of the school since both were elected in 2017. She said there had been progress made in considering countywide issues, including school capital funding and salaries, and they were sharing more information in order to work better together.
"To me, his loss is a big loss especially this year when the county needs us to look real hard at keeping salaries back up to a competitive level," Dubois said. "I think that will be a lot further stretch than it would've been last week. It's a disappointing turn of events. I do think it seems to me the board seems favorable, we're definitely doing what we can, but I'm afraid there will probably be a large disparity between what some of us would do versus what some others would do. …
"We were moving in the same direction. This created a terrible distraction at a terrible time."
The Board of Supervisors is planning to hold two more work sessions on the budget in which it could consider budget options and tax rates on March 12 and 28, followed by a public hearing April 15 and a vote to approve a budget April 23, according to the budget calendar.
Jane Hammond, 757-247-4951, ejhammond@dailypress.com, @byjanehammond


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