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How have our expenditures on motor vehicles changed during the pandemic?

Green Car Congress

In this study, I examined the relative expenditures on motor vehicles in the United States from March through June 2020—the first four months of the current pandemic. That was followed by analogous comparisons for the sales at motor vehicle dealers. Motor vehicle dealer sales, relative to February 2020.

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Ford Dealers & Ford Fund Invest $2 Million to Train Future Auto Techs

CleanTechnica EVs

DEARBORN, Michigan — Ford dealers and Ford Fund, the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company, are investing $2 million in. continued] The post Ford Dealers & Ford Fund Invest $2 Million to Train Future Auto Techs appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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GM exec shares strategy to “catapult General Motors” to EV leadership category

Teslarati

General Motors CEO Mary Barra has been pretty open about her desire to surpass Tesla and become the global leader in electric vehicles (EVs). We know that’s going to catapult General Motors to a leadership category in EVs,” Hassani said in a segment at Yahoo! GM has also expressed its goal to become all-electric by 2035.

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GM Launches Its Dealer Community Charging Program

Electric Cars Report

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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Ford Scales Back Michigan Battery Plant Investments

The Truth About Cars

Ford has said it will restart construction on the electric vehicle battery facility it’s building in Marshall, Michigan, after pausing work when the UAW strike kicked off a couple months ago. As stated previously, we have been evaluating BlueOval Battery Park Michigan in Marshall.

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Ford dealers are opting out of Model e EV certification program

Teslarati

Ford’s Model e EV certification program, which was announced last year, has attracted its own fair share of critics from the automaker’s dealers. Since the program was announced, hundreds of dealers have reportedly opted out of the Model E program despite initially opting in for the initiative.

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GM aims for rural EV drivers with vast Level 2 charging network

Green Car Reports

General Motors is about to undertake what it claims is the largest deployment of Level 2 EV chargers in North America. The automaker this week announced the official launch of its Dealer Community Charging Program with the installation of the first charging stations in Wisconsin and Michigan.

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