Jesse Cannon-Wallace doesn’t have a TikTok strategy. Still, Cannon-Wallace, who works as a Atlanta Northeast Mercedes Benz Dealer, has been able to build over 120,000 followers on the platform through organic posts documenting test drives, tutorials and product features for the dealer fleet. For Cannon-Wallace, who goes by @benzblogger, TikTok has been a catalyst for increasing brand awareness and therefore car sales, at least anecdotally. Especially as the auto industry looks towards recovery after the pandemic and inflation. “I think TikTok is bringing me new sales faster than any of the other platforms,” Cannon-Wallace said. (He didn’t disclose specific sales…
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CHILLICOTHE – The saying “third time’s a charm” is one that Tim Sears Jr. hope it works in your favor this year.The Central Square, NY native returns for his third full-time season with the Super DIRTcar Series, looking to improve on last season’s 11th place finish in points. Although Sears Jr. hasn’t competed since the season finale at the World of Outlaws World Finals in Concord, North Carolina in November, is optimistic about the upcoming season.”I’m excited for this year,” Sears Jr. said. “We’ve been to a lot of these places. Now we’ve created notes on them. I feel like…
Plastic production has increased to more than one million tons per day, leading to a growing challenge of plastic waste, which chemical recycling technologies can mitigate by turning the waste into raw materials that can be used to meet the current demand for plastic. Chemical recycling company Plastic Energy is helping to “turn the tide on plastic waste”. With two recycling plants in Almeria and Seville, Spain, the company’s recycling process transforms difficult-to-recycle plastic waste into an optimal oil feedstock, called TACOIL, which replaces fossil oils in the production of new plastic containers”Chemical recycling technologies can break down plastics into…
Believe it or not, many Americans are currently paying four-figure car payments. It’s hard to understand, given that most mortgage and rent payments are only slightly higher in some areas of the country. Either way, it looks like a monthly car payment of more than $1,000 could become the norm. But why? Interest rates and dealer benefits contribute to higher monthly payments As interest rates rise and dealers add benefits to new cars, the average monthly auto loan payment will continue to rise. According to Edmunds data, nearly 15% of drivers who financed a vehicle by the end of 2022…
Hardly a day goes by without news related to the expansion of US LNG export capacity, be it upstream supply deals, gathering agreements or liquefaction capacity announcements. One project is nearing commercialization, five others are under construction and due for completion in the next few years, others are fully or nearly fully subscribed and will be officially sanctioned any day now, and the announcements just keep coming. A few days ago, Venture Global reached a final investment decision (FID) for the second phase of its Plaquemines LNG project. As export development accelerates in the coming years, more pipeline capacity will…
FORT WORTH (CBSNewsTexas.com) – A man has died after a truck landed on top of his vehicle.Fort Worth police say he crossed into the toll lanes of the Northeast Loop 820 on March 16 around 7 p.m.A man was traveling in a car westbound in the toll lanes of Northeast Loop 820. A pickup truck was also traveling in the same direction when police said the driver made a sudden move onto the exit ramp. The driver of the pickup truck hit the shock absorber that splits the lanes, went airborne and landed on top of the car. The victim…
Nordic Calista’s Rig-2 has begun drilling the Hickory-1 exploration well at the 88 Energy-operated Phoenix Project on Alaska’s North Slope. Hickory-1 is designed to evaluate up to six conventional reservoir targets within the SMD, SFS, BFF and KUP reservoirs and 647 million barrels of oil, and is permitted at a total depth (TD) of up to 12,500 feet, he said 88 Energy in its statement. According to the company, the primary targets for Hickory-1 are the 3 SMD reservoirs (SMD-C, B and A), with the SFS and BFF reservoirs considered secondary targets. The KUP reservoir is a tertiary target and…
At least eight cars have derailed after a train derailed in Hardin County. A train derailed near Main Street in downtown Glendale shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday, according to the Hardin County Sheriff. Kentucky State Police said a semi truck stopped on the tracks. , which caused the train driver to hit the breaks and cause the derailment. Cars that are off the tracks are at the rear end of the train. Watch more aerials in the player below: The CSX train was carrying new vehicles, the sheriff said. No hazardous materials were involved. Police have reported that one person…
After Volkswagen’s Dieselgate fiasco of 2015, some industry observers expected diesel engines in passenger vehicles and light trucks to fade away in a sulfuric cloud of obscurity. But the Detroit three pressed on, updating their 3.0L six-cylinder diesels for half-ton pickups and larger SUVs to meet strict emissions limits under the watchful eye of government regulators. Consumers may choose diesel over gasoline for fuel economy, greater towing and payload capacity, longer engine life, greater trade-in value, or even to match the fuel used by other vehicles in a commercial fleet. But after living with these “next-generation clean diesels” for a…
Police officers who responded to a vehicle collision in the Punchbowl area this morning arrived to find one car resting on the roof of another. A Toyota Camry had fallen out of the Easterseals Hawaii parking lot and crashed into a Toyota Matrix at 710 Green St. below, according to Matrix owner Mark Inocencio. Inocencio said he heard police respond to the collision around 6 a.m., but didn’t know it was his car. He decided to stay at home until the police activity was over, but when he left for work he saw that his car had been crushed. “I…