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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. Sander represents more than 700 auto dealers that operate over 2,300 franchises across the state.

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Toyota, Ford and Stellantis dealerships promote throughout 4 states

Baua Electric

-area Toyota pack Fletcher Jones Automobile Team has bought a Los Angeles-area Toyota dealership — Carson Toyota, the sixteenth new-car pack within the Las Vegas corporate’s portfolio. The pack used to be renamed Fletcher Jones Toyota of Carson, consistent with DCG Acquisitions, a Dave Cantin Team corporate, which brokered the Feb.

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Opinion: Making Sense of the Stellantis Auto Show Decision

The Truth About Cars

Now, to be clear, that decision is only from the corporate side – local dealers could still participate. Stellantis is planning to invest almost $5 billion in its Belvidere, Illinois plant. That said, it’s obviously going to hurt the consumer days if Stellantis isn’t there – even if local dealers step up.

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

Clean Fleet Report

Feature: The Genesis Experience Son-Nim – “Honored Guest” Corporations are well-known for saying how much they care about and value their customers. The Dealer Son-Nim Experience Our silent, all-electric drive departed New York City and took us over the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge onto Staten Island and then on to New Jersey.

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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

Green Car Congress

Louis, where the reasons for growth in this “New Wave” market include enthusiastic dealer engagement that results in increased community education and awareness, corporate and university outreach and midwestern pragmatism that appreciates the value equation of an EV. Chicago and Denver (tied). Washington D.C.

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

The Truth About Cars

& Location information was more accurate than a few years prior, given increasing civilian and corporate access to military-grade GPS information. It would also mean a visit and payment to your local Oldsmobile dealer if you wanted to use guidance in a part of the country not covered by your car’s current set of maps.&

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Ford, Chevy and Buick-GMC-Cadillac dealerships promote throughout 4 states

Baua Electric

“We are super proud to be owners, and we’re thrilled to be Ford dealers in Marion,” he stated. Sturdy is proprietor of Sturdy Car Vending, a privately owned automobile promoting and advertising corporate in Birmingham, Ala. operates retail outlets in Fresh York, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, South Carolina and Michigan.

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