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Tesla Testifies In Texas, Takes On State's Auto Dealers Over Stores

Green Car Reports

Texas is tough, and Texas car dealers are no exception. But electric-car startup Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA], in the person of its CEO Elon Musk, testified yesterday at a hearing in the Texas legislature on a bill that would allow it to sell its cars directly to Texas buyers.

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General Motors has a growing Tesla repair business

Teslarati

General Motors (GM) has started to repair Tesla vehicles at its dealerships, making it a growing new business for the legacy automaker. So far, GM dealers have fixed more than 11,000 Tesla vehicles. As a long-established automaker, General Motors has an extensive network of dealerships that offer repair services.

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VinFast Still Kicking and Planning to Show Vehicles at CES

The Truth About Cars

Also on display will be the full-size VF9 SUV, which the company said will integrate a new streaming service CES attendees can experience personally, and an all-new electric bike. From VinFast: The first group of VinFast dealers consist of Leith VinFast (Raleigh, North Carolina), Smith Haven VinFast (St.

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

Clean Fleet Report

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. Genesis is on schedule to have 100+ dealers across the country in the coming years.

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The Six People You Meet In the Car Business

The Truth About Cars

A rotund enthusiastic person, Perry was one of the best sales people I’d ever seen. The car business being a small, inbred industry would result in me bumping into Perry& several more times, once while he was selling Mercedes-Benz vehicles in Texas in 2003. Their names have been changed to protect the guilty.

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E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California

Cars That Think

The California Motor Vehicle Digital Number Plates bill that California Governor Gavin Newsom signed this month authorizes digital replacements for conventional license plates, stickers, tabs, and registration cards, including the first-to-market Reviver product. Update 14 Oct. states are considering authorization. per month.

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Road Test: 2024 Nissan Leaf SV Plus EV

Clean Fleet Report

The standard Leaf S has a 149-mile all-electric range (AER) with a 40 kWh battery and a 110 kW electric motor producing the equivalent of 147 horsepower (hp) and 236 pound-feet (lb.-ft.) of torque) electric motor, delivers a 45% increase compared to the standard Leaf. Nissan calls this Intelligent Mobility.

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