David Wright, president of Dave Wright Nissan Subaru in Hiawatha, Iowa, was named the 2026 TIME Dealer of the Year at the 109th National Automotive Dealers Association (NADA) Show in Las Vegas on February 5, 2026. The award, now in its 57th year, recognizes industry accomplishments and dedication to community service.
Wright was selected for his leadership in the automotive industry and his commitment to community service, according to TIME. He has cultivated a culture centered on people and community impact. His dealership has been recognized by Automotive News as one of the Best Dealerships to Work For 12 times.
In other news, Fundamental, a San Francisco-based AI firm founded by DeepMind alumni, launched NEXUS, a Large Tabular Model (LTM), with $255 million in funding. According to VentureBeat, NEXUS is designed to address the deep learning blind spot in understanding structured, relational business data. Unlike existing Large Language Models (LLMs), NEXUS is designed to treat business data as a complex web of relationships to improve business outcome forecasting.
Recent reports also indicate a 29% increase in European electric vehicle (EV) sales, with Volkswagen surpassing Tesla in market share, according to multiple news sources.
Meanwhile, the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are projected to cause significant snowpack and glacial ice loss. A report synthesizing data from the New Weather Institute, Scientists for Global Responsibility, and Champions for Earth estimates that emissions from sponsors like Eni, Stellantis, and ITA Airways could increase the event's carbon footprint by 40% due to increased sales of high-carbon goods and services, Wired reported. This additional impact is projected to result in a further loss of 3.2 square kilometers of snowpack and over 20 million metric tons of glacial ice, exacerbating the Games' environmental consequences.
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