Should Your Workplace Police What You Drive

In Wheel Time Podcast · Apr 1, 2026 · 8m · transcript

Stellantis ticketing employees for parking a rival-brand car at headquarters is the kind of story that sounds petty until you realize what it reveals about modern car culture and workplace control. We react to the reported policy, the fines, and the “wrong spot” rules, then connect it to other brand-loyalty pressure we’ve seen at manufacturers and even at dealerships where driving anything else meant a long walk from the back of the lot. It’s a real question for any auto worker: should your employer get a vote in what you drive?

Then we jump into a hands-on 2026 Chevy Equinox EV review…