McDonald’s recently ran a promotion releasing a limited quantity of their Sezchuan sauce which was featured in a popular TV show, Rick and Morty. Fans went crazy for the extremely limited dipping sauce, going to extreme lengths to get their hands on a single packet. One woman from Michigan stood in line for hours to be one of only twenty people lucky enough to get the coveted condiment that day. At first, the effort doesn’t seem worth the reward. That is, until you learn she traded her single packet of Sezchuan sauce for a 2000 Volkswagen GTI! Seriously. One packet! While he was dipping his chicken in that sweet sauce, she was dipping into a much sweeter deal.
California’s Rubicon Trail is one of the most notable off-road trails in the world. It is home to many off-road events and Jeep even uses part of the trail to test its vehicles. Well, this year, for the first time ever, an electric vehicle has completed the Rubicon Trail. The vehicle was a specially built, fully electric Jeep Wrangler, and it took to the Rubicon during this year’s Jeep Jamboree held in August.
With more and more Tesla vehicles on the road, Tesla CEO Elon Musk sees the need for more charging stations. The more charging stations available, the easier the decision to switch to an electric vehicle. Charging an electric vehicle, even with Tesla supercharging stations, will take thirty minutes give or take, depending on how depleted you are. That is why Tesla is planning on building larger supercharging stations that have higher end retail shopping, coffee and food. The idea is to turn the need to charge a vehicle into an experience that can be enjoyed.
With the rush of improvements to travel and vehicle technology, it’s no surprise we’ve also seen some innovative delivery service improvements. You can find electric delivery vehicles, autonomous delivery robots and even drone delivery services. However, when Mitchell Wirth was hungry for a Subway sandwich, he relied on a tried and true means of delivery...a buddy with a plane and a pilot’s license. That’s right, Wirth’s buddy, after leaving a dentist appointment, air dropped his friend a Subway sandwich as he flew home. It may not be the most practical way to get delivery, but it sure is efficient!
Earlier this year Volkswagen announced they would invest ten billion dollars into electric vehicles. Well, they have changed their tune, and it has only gotten better. VW recently announced that they would now be investing around eighty-four billion dollars into electric vehicle development. The majority of the money is planned for battery production to support their plans of bringing three hundred electric vehicle models to market by 2030.
