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Surprise, Surprise: Car Dealers Say Biden Moving To Fast On EVs — Dragging Their Feet Again

CleanTechnica EVs

Car dealers have been an issue for electric vehicle sales during this whole modern electric vehicle era. continued] The post Surprise, Surprise: Car Dealers Say Biden Moving To Fast On EVs — Dragging Their Feet Again appeared first on CleanTechnica. One of the.

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Virginia adopts EV-boosting California clean car standards, with support of dealers

Green Car Reports

A "Clean Car Standards" bill was recently approved by the state legislature, and is awaiting the governor's signature. Virginia is the latest state to adopt California's emissions standards, creating more aggressive fuel-efficiency targets for vehicles sold in the state.

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Car Buyers Fight Back With Dealer Markup Tracker

CleanTechnica EVs

Buying cars in 2022 can be a huge headache. Not only are some cars hard to find at all with dealers selling out of popular models, but there’s also the issue of dealer markup. This is when a dealer sells a car for more than the MSRP, or Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price.

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Rural Country Car Buyers Trust Local Car Dealers

CleanTechnica EVs

What do you do when you want to buy an electric car and you don’t trust this newfangled internet thingy? You go to your local dealer, where you have bought cars before, because rural country car buyers trust their local car dealers. Like Gympie MG, just north of Brisbane.

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California Clean Fuel Reward surpasses 250,000 point-of-sale financial incentives for EV buyers; More than $319M provided to EV customers

Green Car Congress

More than 250,000 Californians have now received a financial Clean Fuel Reward at the point of sale when they purchased or leased a plug-in electric vehicle—an important milestone for this program after only 18 months since it began. Of the total rewards, 21.2%

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More Examples Of Why Car Buyers Hate Dealers

CleanTechnica EVs

Going to a car dealer is like going to the dentist. Sure, you like the experience of driving a new car the same as you like the experience of a freshly-cleaned and minty-fresh mouth with any cavities filled, but there’s some annoyance and maybe a lot of pain before you get there. In some cases, […].

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Florida Enacts Car Dealers Protection Law To Stymie Online Sales

CleanTechnica EVs

Car dealers in Florida have rammed through a new law protecting them from manufacturer rules for electric cars, such as not adding surcharges to MSRP.

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