🛠️ Techs Rock

TOGETHER WITH

It’s been a long time coming, and we are finally here!

This week ASOTUx is bringing the party to the Buckhead Theater in Atlanta, Georgia, for an evening of music, laughs, and fun, featuring the amazing things happening in our industry and a few of the people making them happen.

Join us this Wednesday, June 14th at 6:30 pm for a show to remember! 🌟

Keep Pushing Back,

-Paul, Kyle, & Chris

DEALERS

Greenwich Porsche: Charity, Stars, Impact

In a heartwarming show of support, the Greenwich Porsche Dealership recently hosted a charity event in partnership with Music Beats Cancer, a non-profit funding cancer research and treatments. 🎶 💗

A silent auction was hosted at the dealership with donated items from some of the event’s star-studded guests such as former NY Giants Player, Lawrence Taylor, and notable YouTuber, Larry Kosilla. In standard Kosilla fashion, he offered to detail a Porsche for the Greenwich dealership to raffle off. 🧽

Greenwich Porche was proud to donate $35K to the charity, with more money generated by the event still rolling in. 💰

We want to know — Which local celebrity would you want to join your next community or charity event?

AUTOMOTIVE

Celebrating Tech Gurus

The TechForce Foundation is a national nonprofit with a mission of championing students into successful careers as professional technicians. 🛠️

This year, they are honoring five exceptional technicians out of the hundreds that were nominated for their 2023 Techs Rock Awards. These awards honor outstanding professional technicians who ooze passion and perseverance, and inspire the next generation of tech wizards. 🪄

This year's honorees will be showered with money, prizes, and an opportunity to win a Grand Prize worth more than $6K. And the winners are (*drum roll*)....

🏆 Barrier Buster 🏆
Overcoming obstacles with heart and passion:

👏 Riley Schlick-Trask 👏
Riley’s Rebuilds
Bradenton, FL

🏆 Die Hard 🏆
A true industry superfan who lives, breathes, and thrives in their career:

👏 Bryan Kuehni 👏 
Advantage Chevrolet Bolingbrook
Minooka, IL

🏆 Outstanding Mentor 🏆
Providing support and guidance to future techs:

👏 James Jacobsen 👏
Lake Motor Company
Devils Lake, ND

🏆 Pay it Forward 🏆
Being a community advocate and inspiring the next generation:

👏 Bradley Hindman 👏 
Mission Auto Repair
Winchester, VA

🏆 Rookie of the Year 🏆
An up-and-coming tech professional with extraordinary talent:

👏 Jinelee Galindez 👏 
Mercedes Benz of South Orlando
Kissimmee, FL

🗳️ If you’d like to support any of these fabulous techs, you still have time to cast your vote for Grand Prize Winner at TechForce.org! 🗳️

Telling it like it is – Thank you to all the phenomenal techs out there keeping our wheels turning and our engines purring! 😻

TOGETHER WITH AUTOFI

Support From Our Friends

Our pals over at AutoFi have partnered up with us for ASOTUx in Atlanta this week, and we are stoked! 🔥🚀

AutoFi provides a sales and finance platform that streamlines the car buying process, allowing sales teams to overcome roadblocks, sell vehicles customers can afford, and convert deals efficiently. I.e. they help make life easier. 😎

Grab your tickets to join us with AutoFi and all of our friends on Wednesday from 6pm to 10pm at the Buckhead Theatre here! 🎟️

AUTOMOTIVE

Motor Morsels: VInFast, Nio, NACS Fo’ Real Tho

VinFast, the Vietnamese automaker, is accelerating the EV transition in North America, delivering nearly 2,000 VF 8 vehicles with battery ranges of up to 264 miles. Certified by the Environmental Protection Agency, the EVs are priced "competitively" from $46K in the U.S. and $53,600 in Canada. They come standard with a 10-year warranty, an Advanced Driver Assistance System, and the ability for over-the-air updates.
 

The price war, which is more of a discount skirmish, has China's EV maker, Nio, cutting prices on its cars and delaying research and expansion spending. The company's margins fell from 14.6% a year ago to 3.9% in Q4 2022 before crash landing at 1.5% in Q1 2023. As of March, the company has $2.07B to work with, 1/22nd the price of Twitter for scale.
 

Ford and GM don't always agree, but when they do, the industry changes. Since both automakers have adopted Tesla's North American Charging Standard, other companies are moving to adopt the hardware for their networks. Quebec-based Flo, US-based Blink, and ChargePoint have already announced plans to adopt the standard.

Telling it like it is — VinFast is delivering its best yet, NIO is losing gains, and Tesla’s North American charging standard really is becoming the standard.

CULTURE

Young Talent in the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has been delighting audiences worldwide, snatching up more than $208M in its opening weekend alone. Amidst the accolades and applause, a remarkable secret was uncovered — one scene in the film wasn't crafted by seasoned Hollywood artists but rather by a talented 14-year-old from Toronto.

In January, Preston Mutanga, an avid LEGO enthusiast, decided to recreate the movie trailer entirely out of colorful plastic bricks. 🧱

His impressive video caught the attention of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (the brilliant minds behind The Lego Movie and Spider-Verse). Impressed with the sophistication of Preston's creation, the duo decided to weave his LEGO magic into the film. 🎬

Inspired by the inspired. Lord said of Preston’s creative video, “The idea in Spider-Verse is that a hero can come from anywhere. And here comes this heroic young person who’s inspired by the movie that was inspired by people like him.”

Telling it like it is — You’re never too young (or, too old) to chase your dreams. 💭

Quick Hits

• NYC establishes a minimum wage for food delivery workers under new regulations announced Sunday. 🍎

• Representatives from 180 nations have taken the first steps toward a treaty that would regulate plastic pollution around the globe. 🌎

• A massive tanker truck fire caused a segment of I-95 in Philadelphia to collapse. 🚒

• Finalists of NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge are turning astronaut breath into space yeast. Yum? 🧑‍🚀

• Ferrari wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time in nearly 60 years. 🏎️

History

• 1866: US House of Representatives passes the 14th Amendment (civil rights). 🇺🇸

• 1888: US Congress creates the Department of Labor. 👷

• 1920: Following numerous attempts, the US Post Office announces that children cannot be sent by parcel post. 📫