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Canada and California to work together on cleaner transportation

Green Car Congress

The Memorandum of Understanding commits both governments to work together on developing their respective regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions from light-duty vehicles, such as those currently in effect in Canada, California and the 13 US states that have adopted California’s standards.

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Volkswagen of America CEO warns dealers against ID.Buzz price markups

Teslarati

Volkswagen of America CEO Pablo Di Si warned dealers ID. The VW of America CEO revealed discussions with dealers about the ID. “We need to find a fair way … for the consumer and the dealer — there’s no overpricing, that the system doesn’t crash. . Di Si said he wants dealers to make money on the VW ID.

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Mercedes-Benz Reportedly Rethinking North American EV Strategy

The Truth About Cars

Canadian dealers of Mercedes-Benz vehicles are reporting that the automaker is considering revising its strategy for North America. The dealers attended a market-wide retailers meeting in Vancouver held in May and noted that the automaker was fretting about consumer hesitancy over expensive electric vehicles.

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Why Car Dealerships Should Invest in Public Charging

EV Connect

Leading auto dealers see that the near-term trend is electric and are adopting their businesses to sell more EVs. According to data from iseecars.com, Non-Tesla new car dealers selling electric vehicles in the U.S. and Canada. Cox Automotive anticipates that the EV share of the US market will reach 10 percent. percent to 55.1

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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.

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Chevrolet debuts 2014 Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel for US and Canada

Green Car Congress

Cruze models in the United States and Canada offer a 1.4L With a starting price at $25,695, including a $810 destination charge (excludes tax, title, license, and dealer fees) Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel comes with a six-speed automatic transmission, four-wheel antilock disc brakes, 3.20 turbo, a 1.4L Eco model and 1.8L

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Study finds car dealerships pose significant barrier to EV adoption

Green Car Congress

In 126 “mystery shopper” experiences at 82 car dealerships across Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, the team found that that dealers were dismissive of EVs; misinformed shoppers on vehicle specifications; omitted EVs from the sales conversation; and strongly oriented customers towards gasoline and diesel vehicle options.

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