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Ford Launches New Dealer Training Program With A.I. Integration

The Truth About Cars

Ford has announced its new dealership training platform for the United States , noting that it will utilize artificial intelligence to better familiarize sales teams with product knowledge, corporate history, while likewise making them better at engaging with customers.

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Survey Shows Auto Dealers Still Annoyed With Biden EV Strategy

The Truth About Cars

According to the 2024 Dealer Outlook Survey, 83 percent of respondents said the government was pushing the transition toward EVs too quickly and mucking up the auto market. Meanwhile, inflationary pressures, caused by excessive government spending and plain-old corporate greed, are forcing average buyers downmarket.

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Lucid Motors, Rivian sued by Illinois car dealers for direct sales

Teslarati

Lucid Motors and Rivian were sued by the Illinois Automobile Dealers Association, the Chicago Automobile Trade Association, and some individual franchised auto dealerships in the state for selling vehicles directly to consumers. The costs are the same for everyone, a strategy that has alleviated a lot of stress from the car buying process.

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Column: Era Bryan DeBoer buys the retail outlets, COO Chris Holzshu assists in keeping Lithia operating

Baua Electric

DeBoer, the grandson of Lithia’s founder, is the visionary who sees the corporate’s probabilities and units the path for the group. DeBoer may be Lithia’s nearer, which is impressive for a corporation that buys a few bundle a month. His interest, optimism and incessant eagerness evoke former Ford Motor Co.

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Pencil-Necked Finance Dweebs Suggest Anyone Making Six-Figures Should Only Buy a $15,000 Car

The Truth About Cars

Springing for luxury items just isn’t in the cards for most of us, despite the lavish recompense* deigned upon us by our corporate overlords in Downtown Canada. In fact, I feel my headline figure of $15,000 is actually generous, since the $16,687 estimate includes dealer fees and taxes. To slide in at that figure over 48 months at 8.3

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Public Sector Oil Companies to set up 900 charging stations in TN.

Electric Vehicles India

In a bid to go Green, the Public sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) of Tamil Nadu are going to set up 900 charging stations all over the state with the support of Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, and Bharat Petroleum Corporation. The Public Sector Oil Companies.

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Tesla announces plans for largest Service Center in North America

Teslarati

Instead, this hub will encapsulate the entire Tesla ownership experience, serving as a location for the entire process of buying an EV from start to finish. It doesn’t matter what kind of car it is; the dealer has never been able to service all the cars, so the independent aftermarket will be required.”