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The retail auto industry is enjoying the best buy-sell market in decades, driven by dealerships posting unprecedented profits and earning record-high valuations. What does this mean going forward for dealership buyers and sellers? Industry expert Alan Haig, president of Haig Partners, shares his perspectives on this tumultuous yet exhilarating post-pandemic buying-selling spree.

Gabe Garroni, Senior Vice President of Sales for Ally Insurance, discusses what the push to electric vehicles means for dealers, how to get employees and customers excited about them and how tapping into social consciousness around EVs can help build customer loyalty.

Practical, real-world lessons from Intel’s new strategic direction confirming its commitment to the right core competencies - and what OEMs can learn as they explore business strategies to best take advantage of the coming massive growth in Connected Car ecosystems, and work to establish new core competencies in this space.

Widespread electric vehicle adoption isn’t going to happen overnight. And it won’t happen just because manufacturers bring EVs to market. It’s going to take a sustained conversation – both between automakers and buyers, and between buyers themselves – to convince people that the benefits of EV ownership outweigh the barriers. On Twitter, this conversation is already taking flight.