DAILY ROUNDUP | JUL 01 | $50K Cars, Ford 540K Recall, 86% AI Ads, No Brake Pedals
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The modern car market is not just expensive at the sticker; the real cost is hiding in insurance, loan rates, tech repairs, recall risk, and the software now built into every dashboard.
Today’s episode breaks down Cox Automotive’s affordability math, Ford and Jeep recall pressure, the possibility of driverless cars without brake pedals, automakers hedging between EV batteries and V8 nostalgia, and why AI-generated dealership ads may erase local identity.
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