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A Software Engineer in Guadalajara Costs a Third of One in Detroit. That's Not Even the Real Gap.
The headline salary comparison between Mexican and US automotive software engineers is real. It also understates what's actually driving the investment. Marqstats explains the fuller picture.
A 3-Point Tax Gap Made One Brazilian State Home to a Quarter of the Country's Vehicle Fleet
A vehicle can be taxed in one state and driven in every other one. Brazil's biggest fleet operators discovered that gap years ago, and it has quietly reshaped how connected-car telematics gets built.
Australia Switched Off 3G. Thousands of Connected Cars Lost Their Safety Features Overnight.
A vehicle's software can be updated forever. Its connectivity hardware cannot. Australia's 3G shutdown is a preview of what happens when that gap catches up with an ageing connected fleet.
Renault Built Flexis as a Three-Way Bet. Eighteen Months Later, It Bought Out Both Partners.
A joint venture built to spread software-defined platform risk across three partners ended up being absorbed by just one of them. Marqstats explains what changed, and what it signals for other multi-party SDV ventures.
EVs Are 40% Cheaper to Maintain and 25% More Expensive to Fix. Here's Why That's the Same Problem.
Two statistics that sound contradictory until you trace them back to the same part of the car. Marqstats explains the EV maintenance-versus-repair paradox.
Sweden's Plug-in Hybrids Are a Minority of the Fleet. They Generate Most of the Repair Revenue.
A smaller slice of the fleet, generating the largest slice of the revenue. Marqstats explains Sweden's PHEV maintenance paradox.
Austria Quietly Ended Free EV Ownership. Workshops Are Already Feeling It.
A tax that has nothing to do with maintenance, changing how people think about maintenance. Marqstats explains Austria's motor tax reform ripple effect.
One Czech Town Has an EV Concentration Three Times the National Average. It's Where the Cars Are Built.
A single manufacturing town, and an EV concentration that dwarfs the rest of the country. Marqstats explains the Škoda company-town effect.
3% of Colombia's Electric Vehicles Generate Half the Country's EV Repair Revenue
A tiny fraction of the fleet, generating nearly half the national revenue. Marqstats explains Colombia's transit bus maintenance concentration.
Chile's Electric Buses Cost 62% Less to Maintain Than Diesel. That's Still Not the Interesting Part.
A genuinely large cost advantage, and an even bigger structural story underneath it. Marqstats explains Chile's transit bus maintenance market.
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