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Ford Revises Dealer EV Requirements

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In what could be a tacit admission the transition to electric vehicles is going approximately as smoothly as a Michigan secondary road, it is being reported that suits at the Blue Oval are rolling back some of the requirements demanded of dealers in order to shill EVs to customers. Images: Ford] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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Ford Scales Back Michigan Battery Plant Investments

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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

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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 Launches Its Dealer Community Charging Program

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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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Complainer’s Corner: Dealers Now Whinging About Rail Logistics

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After weathering pandemic-related shutdowns, chip shortages, and barren lots, some dealers are complaining our nation’s rail system is suddenly no longer up to the task of delivering new cars. A few are saying they have a point, whilst others muse it is a bit of karma for three years of price gouging and “additional dealer markups”.

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Buick dealers in rural areas move toward buyout instead of EV adoption

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Buick dealers in rural areas are moving in favor of buyouts from General Motors instead of shifting toward EV adoption, dealerships said. Dick Garber, who runs Garber Buick in Michigan, also said in the report that GM made him a “generous and fair” offer and doable in terms of the sales figures his dealership pulls in. .

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Tesla eyes new Michigan facility, but it needs to clear hurdles first

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Tesla is eyeing a facility in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan. The Michigan space spans 42,600 square feet and was formerly a Barnes & Nobles. The former bookstore site seems like an ideal location for a new Tesla shop. .” It is located on the west side of Orchard Lake Road.