Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street Lunch, our afternoon update on today's market action,

news, and analysis. Good afternoon. Today is Tuesday, March 25th, and I'm your host, Kim Khan.

Our top story so far. Forget 88 miles per hour is the future. How about 198?

Stalantis announced that its indie Autonomous Challenge

Mazurati MC20 shattered records for autonomous driving on March 3rd. The driverless

mazorati blazed down the Space Florida launch and landing facility runway at 197.7 miles per hour

to set the speed record. The Maserati was controlled by AI driver software without any

problems. Held at the iconic NASA Space Shuttle runway in Cape Canaveral, the India Autonomous

Challenge tested the limits of autonomous technology through high-speed racing. The MC20-6-Natuno

engine was highlighted as delivering 0 to 100 kilometers per hour

acceleration in 2.88 seconds and a top speed of over 326 kilometers an hour.

It was also noted that the autonomous car benefits from the Maserati twin combustion technology,

the innovative combustion system built entirely in-house at Maserati, and evolved from the pre-chamber technology used on Formula One power trains.

Look into the economy, the Conference Board's measure of March consumer confidence sank to 92.9 from 100.1 in February, below the forecast of 94.2.

The expectations index slid 9.6 points to 65.2, the lowest level in 12 years and well below the 80 threshold that usually indicates a recession ahead.

The present situation index dipped to 134.5 from 136.5 prior.

Stephanie Gwichard, senior economist at the conference board, says consumer optimism about

future income, which has held up quite strongly in the past few months, largely vanished,

suggesting worries about the economy and labor market has started to spread into consumers'

assessments of their personal situations. Pantheon macroeconomist Samuel Toombs says,

the conference board survey echoes the University of Michigan survey and suggesting the new administration's plans for tariffs and spending cuts are going down like a lead balloon with households.

The headline confidence index now is 17 points lower than October just before the elections and a massive 32 points lower than in March 2017, two months into Mr.

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