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Dealer Coalitions

TRANSFORMATION OF AUTO RETAILERS

FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION AND AUTO RETAILING

  • Retailer Acquisition Concepts
  • Stage one –Dealer Coalitions
  • Stage two-Equity Partnerships
  • Stage Three- Transition to self-driving

RETAILER ACQUISITION CONCEPTS

  • Creative ACQUISITION offers for retailers
  • communicate future of transportation
  • communicate unique business models
  • EV and self-driving infrastructure
  • charging stations and ride-hail facilities
  • strategic importance of retailer network today

STAGE ONE-DEALER COALITIONS

  • Unify retailers within strategic metro markets
  • Preserving financial independence, create collective benefits
  • Bi-laws that describe the relationship to transition into future
  • Create economies of scale for collective bargaining with vendors
  • Banking and financial support
  • Operational support and training
  • Process development and improved ROS
  • Pre-determined way-out for those who are ready to sell
  • Captive audience to sell finance and after market products
  • Create new products with much higher price/value relationship
  • Incorporate AI and technology into the industry like never before

STAGE TWO-EQUITY PARTNERSHIPS

  • Offer Equity partnership to strategic retailers or retailer groups in metro markets
  • Target stores with property and land space over 3-4 acres each
  • Offer above market value for equity
  • Offer owners to stay as in-active dealer principals/partners
  • Provide a clear buy-out formula whenever they chose to leave
  • While they stay with the coalition, introduce the future benefits
  • Emphasize that larger memberships of the coalition will provide opportunities for autonomous ride hail fleet operations
  • Introduce retailers to the idea of partnership for charging stations
  • Connect with State of California for collaborative efforts to meet the aggressive 2035 clean air guidelines

TRANSITION INTO SELF-DRIVING FLEET OPERATIONS

LARGE RETAIL STORES ARE THE FUTURE OF SELF-DRIVING FLEET BUSINESS

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LARGE RETAIL STORES ARE THE FUTURE OF SELF-DRIVING FLEET BUSINESS

A DEALERSHIP BEFORE CONVERSION

SELF DRIVING FLEET OPERATION