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San Antonio Hyundai Dealer Removes Landmark

The Truth About Cars

Over the weekend, your author happened upon a rural Ford dealership seemingly frozen in time, still using signage from past decades and proudly eschewing whatever cold corporate design is currently being foisted upon dealer principals by The Suits in Dearborn. Texas, ya’ll. It was neat to see a store embrace its heritage.

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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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Leslie Doggett Industries’ car retail arm expands in Texas

Baua Electric

Its companies have places in Texas, Unused Mexico, Louisiana, Arkansas and Northern Mexico. And “with Toyota, we have been partners for more than 30 years and we are extremely excited to be an auto dealer for them,” he added. It’s a immense John Deere building apparatus broker.

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Texas restores $2,500 electric-car purchase rebate, except for Teslas

Green Car Reports

Ah, Texas, the state that was formerly a nation and continues to do things slightly differently. Its auto-dealer lobbyists, however, are equally large and powerful. Its politics is bare-knuckle, its hats are big, and so are its ranches. It also generates more renewable wind energy than any other state in the union.

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Tesla Vs Franchised Car Dealers In Texas, Arizona: Battles Continue

Green Car Reports

The battle between Tesla Motors and car-dealer groups has flared up again on two familiar fronts. Both Texas and Arizona have seen skirmishes before between Tesla and groups representing franchised car dealers.

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Mustang Mach-E EV sales total 3,739 units in first full month

Green Car Congress

Ford and its dealers made good use of the F-150’s onboard electric generator to provide power to residences in Texas. In February 2021, total Ford Motor vehicle sales (163,520 units) were down 14.1% Ford’s estimated retail share in February totaled 12.0%, compared to 11.7% compared to February 2020.

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