🚗 Fueling the Future

🚙 Tesla's Delay, Hyundai's Investment, and Ciocca's Generous Donation

April 21, 2025

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Hope you enjoyed a wonderful Easter weekend, Friend!

We know we did. We soaked up the sunshine, powered through a few too many jelly beans, and came back with a full tank of energy.

Do great things today, and as always…

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Tesla’s Delay and Hyundai’s Investment

🛑 Tesla’s Affordable EV? Delayed—Again

Tesla is pushing back its lower-cost Model Y variant to late 2025 or even 2026, according to insiders. The long-promised “affordable” EV has been quietly shelved in favor of robotaxi development. Timing aside, the delay raises fresh questions about Tesla’s momentum in a cooling EV market.

🩺 Hyundai Builds a $14M Wellness Center

In Montgomery, Alabama, Hyundai just opened a 25,000-square-foot medical facility offering free care to 4,000+ employees and their families. It’s part of a broader $5.5B U.S. investment push—and a very real play to attract and retain skilled labor on the line.

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Check out more on these stories and more in our Daily Digest on LinkedIn.

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MORE THAN CARS MOMENTS

Fueling the Future at Penn College

Pennsylvania College of Technology just added a sleek new addition to its instructional fleet thanks to a generous donation from Ciocca Automotive and Volkswagen Group of America. A 2018 VW Tiguan—valued at more than $21K—will now serve as both a hands-on learning tool and a rolling symbol of their partnership.

The Tiguan, now wrapped in Ciocca and Penn College branding, will give students hands-on access to modern vehicle technology in one of the industry’s most dynamic training programs. When it’s not in the lab, the car will be out on the road, representing the strong partnership between the dealership and the college.

“Our partnership with Penn College has provided us with countless top-performing graduates,” said Graham Horst, VP of Fixed Operations at Ciocca. “We’re proud to keep supporting their program however we can.”

Kudos to Ciocca Automotive for not only selling cars—but helping build careers.

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🥊 Quick Hits

  • Gas prices are the lowest they’ve been in years as the national average hits $3.17 per gallon. ⛽️

  • Move over, rare earth metals. Scientists say the next big leap in battery tech could come from the cornfield. 🌽 

  • Rolls-Royce released a slick handcrafted Chess Set that is nearly as customizable as their cars. ♟️

  • Fool me twice? Fyre Festival 2 has been canceled just weeks before the event was supposed to take place. 🤦‍♂️

🔁 Today in History

  • 1820: Danish scientist Hans Christian Orsted is the first to identify electromagnetism, when he observes a compass needle. 🧭

  • 1855: The first train crosses Mississippi River's first bridge on a trip from Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport, Iowa. 🚂

  • 1862: Congress establishes the U.S. Mint in Denver, Colorado. 💰

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