Teslarati

JANUARY 11, 2024

“I went to my accounting department and asked what is the cost of selling a car? We decided we would rather give that money to a dealer so that we could expand faster,” said Henrik Fisker, the CEO, President, and Chairman of the EV startup. Fisker wants auto dealers to sell the company’s all-electric Ocean crossover.

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Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 7, 2022

GM has officially launched of its Dealer Community Charging Program with the installation of the first community charging stations in Wisconsin and Michigan. Since the program was announced in late 2021, nearly 1,000 GM dealers have enrolled — representing almost a quarter of all GM dealers in North America.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2022

Dealer enrollment begins immediately, and the consumer launch is expected to begin in spring 2022. CarBravo will give customers more choice and access to shop significantly expanded inventories of both the dealer and a national central stock of GM used vehicles. CarBravo will leverage GM’s new digital retail platform (DRP).

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Baua Electric

MARCH 12, 2024

Just like passenger cars, commercial vehicles are traditionally sold through dealerships, and these dealerships must also make investments in new facilities and training in order to sell EVs. The Freightliner dealer network plans to have 100 dealer locations certified by 2025.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Toyota North America confirmed Thursday that the second-generation version of its Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell car is arriving at some California dealers later this year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2023

In each city, the Ford Drive team works with local dealers to purchase a fleet of Mustang Mach-Es. Service and maintenance of those vehicles are conducted through dealers as well. The vehicle is delivered to the driver within two weeks, and they use the Ford Drive app to manage payments and service.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 30, 2021

The BMW i3, an electric car small on size but big on innovation, is dead—in the United States, at least. is scheduled to end in July, BMW Blog reported last week, citing a dealer bulletin. That has now been confirmed by BMW North America. "We Production of the i3 for the U.S. We can confirm that U.S.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2012

has established a “Green Dealer” program for its independently-owned Honda and Acura automobile dealers in the United States. Ten dealers have already received the award, 18 more have applied to be in the program, and more than 200 dealers have independently developed initiatives to reduce their environmental impact.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 16, 2024

Photo credit: Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. MMNA) has introduced a comprehensive North American business strategy called "Momentum 2030." The strategy was presented to dealer partners in Nashville, Tennessee, generating considerable positive feedback.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2019

Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) has entered an agreement with Electrify America, LLC to provide the first all-electric Porsche, the Taycan, with three years of charging at Electrify America public stations across the country. In addition, Porsche US dealers will install their own fast-charge kiosks.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2018

A new study by a team from Aarhus University in Denmark has found that car dealerships pose a significant barrier to electric vehicle adoption at the point of sale due to a perceived lack of business case viability in relation to gasoline and diesel vehicles. Only three North America-focused studies exist as of 2017.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 3, 2024

Reports have claimed Stellantis will continue snubbing industry shows located in North America for the foreseeable future, with the Canadian International Auto Show (CIAS) being the next on the list. Stellantis says dealers can decide if they want to make an appearance at subsequent trade events while corporate takes a pass.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2019

Toyota and Lexus are bringing connected car capabilities to their vehicles in the United States. Toyota Motor North America, KDDI and AT&T will collaborate to enable 4G LTE connectivity for all new model Toyota and Lexus cars and trucks. Unlimited data plans offered by AT&T for eligible Toyota and Lexus vehicles.

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Teslarati

APRIL 5, 2024

In October 2023, the company postponed a ~$12 billion EV investment after noting that customers were no longer willing to pay a premium for electric cars. Instead, Ford is adjusting its timeline to focus on offering hybrid powertrains with its internal combustion engine (ICE) lineup in North America by the end of the decade.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2017

Servco) have partnered to test a new car-sharing technology in Honolulu. When the employee-only pilot testing program concludes, Servco, the distributor of Toyota vehicles in Hawaii, will use the car-sharing technology to launch a new Honolulu-based car share business by the end of 2017. Toyota and Servco Pacific Inc.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 2, 2024

Mitsubishi began selling cars with its own branding in the United States in late 1982 , introducing three car models and a pickup as 1983 models. Today's Junkyard Find is one of the very last Diamantes sold here, now residing in a Denver car graveyard. Our current century has been a cruel one for Mitsubishi in North America.

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Electric Vehicles India

JULY 22, 2021

Suzuki Motor Corp and Daihatsu partners for smaller electric cars . Suzuki Motor Corp and Daihatsu partners for commercial electric vehicles led by Toyota Motor Corp to help the alliance to expand its focus from trucks to smaller cars. The company in a major initiative taken a step forward by unveiling the Toyota bZ4X Concept.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

North America and some countries with a free trade agreement with the United States are still building their EV battery supply chain. Car Dealers to President Biden: ‘enthusiasm has stalled’ for EVs Demand for electric vehicles has been a big question in the minds of companies investing in the United States EV supply chain.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In this time Genesis went from being a model in the Hyundai line-up to becoming a car company on its own. The Hyundai Motor Group has made a $10 billion investment to build and sell electric vehicles in North America; the first is the 2023 Electrified GV70 built at the new manufacturing facility in Montgomery, Alabama.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 30, 2023

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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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

However, dealers seem to especially loathe the EQS, noting that it has been severely oversupplied. There have also been complaints that Mercedes-Benz wasn’t offering dealers the kind of support they needed to make the EQS a bigger success. North America may have to wait a little while longer before it sees any changes made.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 16, 2023

& Appearance, in-car tech, and cabin materials are all getting a critical eye. Snazzier trims like the SL and Platinum get Google built-in tools, permitting users to& spill their beans to our machine overlords & utilize maps and the like without pairing a device to the car. & [Images: Nissan] Become a& TTAC insider.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 5, 2023

The very Italian marque Fiat continues to roll out new products – in markets not named North America, of course. Nevertheless, it looks every inch a Fiat despite sharing bones with the Jeep Avenger, another will-they-or-won’t-they model (in terms of bringing it to North America).

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 3, 2022

Putting People in EVs: Consumers, Dealers and Incentives , hosted online last month by Veloz , featured EVA president Elaine Bosworth in “Dealers and EVs,” the second of the webinar’s three segments.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The prospects of the Vietnamese electric car start-up VinFast selling vehicles in Australia has increased with the release of its first right-hand drive production models. However the national government is pushing aggressively to attract EV battery and car manufacturing and the country has huge stockpiles of nickel to mine.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Ford customers love to personalize the performance and appearance of their vehicles," said Mark Wilson, Ford North America Vehicle Personalization manager. These kits were apparently developed in response to customer feedback and will be available via the Ford Performance Parts website or at a dealer accessory counter.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Its first project, “Electric For All,” is the largest multi-stakeholder, multi-million dollar public awareness campaign in North America. Veloz also announced major commitments from utilities and Electrify America. Electrify America has announced a commitment of $2 million in matching funds to the Veloz campaign.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 1, 2024

There will be seven all-new models launched in North America, 78-percent of the current Nissan line-up will be refreshed, and they will be introducing e-Power (Nissan’s term for its series hybrid powertrains) and pure electric models. While not being too specific, Nissan did give a few hints as to what was ahead.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 2, 2022

According to FOX Business , a letter sent from GM North America President Steve Carlisle to dealers outlines that bumper-to-bumper, powertrain/EV propulsion system, sheet metal, tire, and accessory warranties would be removed from vehicles that are resold too quickly after the initial sale. Why should they care?

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 15, 2023

This car sure looks a lot like the 1978-1983 Mitsubishi Galant Lambda hardtop , sold in North America as the Dodge Challenger and Plymouth Sapporo. In 1983, this car's MSRP was $7,999, or about $24,812 in 2023 dollars. The MSRPs for those cars were $6,666 and $6,442, respectively ($20,677 and $19,982 after inflation).

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Citing Edmunds data that shows Mercedes-Benz dealers took an average of 82 days to sell the brand's battery-powered EQ models in September (double BMW's 38-day turnaround rate while also being above the luxury segment average of 57 days), the outlet was hoping to shed some light on the matter. Our cars need to be 'want' cars," he said.

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Teslarati

APRIL 24, 2023

However, according to the post on the forum, the dealer who sold the vehicle was just as bewildered as the new owner. As for the new owner, the Hyundai dealer has left them with few options following the ~$45,000 purchase, “Should I try cutting open that cap? What do you think of the article?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2016

—Zack Hicks, CEO of Toyota Connected and Chief Information Officer at Toyota Motor North America. Based in Plano, TX, Toyota Connected will launch with two mandates: delivering seamless and contextual services; and using cutting-edge data analytics to support product development for customers, dealers, distributors, and partners.

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Electric Vehicles India

APRIL 22, 2021

Mazda MX-30 Electric Car. In recent days all the major automakers are trying to rule out gas cars and they are planning to switch to full electric in the near future. In view of this now Mazda has unveiled its first electric car which is the electrified version of the Mazda MX-30 which got the award Car of the year 2020-2021 Japan.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 15, 2024

If the cars don’t need service in the first place, the need for great service is not really required. While franchise dealers benefit from vehicles needing service, since Tesla owns everything, it is better off having minimal service needed for its vehicles. This is something that can be scary for franchise dealers.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 3, 2021

The Toyota debuts its all-new all-electric SUV concept bZ4X for North America at Toyota Motor North America’s headquarters. Every detail of the car is engineered with many details. Toyota debuts all-electric bZ4X Concept. Toyota plans to expand around 70 electrified models globally by 2025.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

But as the EV giant makes inroads outside of China, it is looking to change that, the old-school way, dealer by dealer. It’s a huge challenge for Chinese carmakers to make clear to Europeans that their cars are on par with Tesla, at a better price.”

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