Teslarati

JANUARY 11, 2024

We decided we would rather give that money to a dealer so that we could expand faster,” said Henrik Fisker, the CEO, President, and Chairman of the EV startup. In September 2023, Fisker shared that it ramped production of the all-electric Ocean crossover SUV to 300 units per day.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 20, 2024

Ford is shifting its production strategy toward two gas vehicles, with the automaker this week reiterating plans to reduce production of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup. Last month, Ford initially announced its plans to cut F-150 Lightning production by around half.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 21, 2023

However, a new report shows that dealers have had difficulty keeping up with inventory levels for the automaker’s EQ lineup, with sales times for the EVs exceeding the luxury segment average. ” Credit: Automotive News A Mercedes spokesperson declined to comment on internal discussions with its retailers.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 30, 2023

Recent dealer markups of popular. Tesla will stay on top for U.S. EV sales for years, a study estimates. And some hybrids are getting marked up past the gas money they’ll save. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 1, 2024

Ford has announced its new dealership training platform for the United States , noting that it will utilize artificial intelligence to better familiarize sales teams with product knowledge, corporate history, while likewise making them better at engaging with customers. The video is then graded by A.I.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Last week, Ford CEO Jim Farley asked a group of dealers for some open and honest feedback while promising to spend the next few weeks visiting showrooms. However, the latest from the North American Dealers Association (NADA) meeting makes it sound like the relationship may still be dicey. This isn’t exclusively a Ford problem, however.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Moneyed types in this country who’ve been pining for the spiritual successor to Land Rover’s old-school Defender will be gratified to learn the first series production Grenadier models for North America have started rolling off Ineos Automotive’s factory floor. They’ll be sourced from the company’s production line in Hambach, France.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A recent survey, conducted by Automotive News , has indicated that automotive dealerships are still broadly dissatisfied with the Biden administration’s strategy to force the United States to pivot toward all-electric vehicles. As for dealers, there’s some amount of disagreement as to what’s holding EVs back.

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Electric Cars Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Alfa Romeo announced the official start of retail production for the all-new 2024 Tonale PHEV. Alfa Romeo’s first plug-in hybrid is built at the Giambattista Vico Stellantis plant in Pomigliano d’Arco, Naples, Italy – one of the company’s most advanced production sites. The Tonale will begin arriving at dealers in June.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 19, 2024

After facing significant challenges ramping up production and meeting customer demand for the F-150 Lightning, Ford recently announced layoffs that will drastically cut volume at its electric vehicle factory in Michigan. That leaves Rouge with one shift a day, down from two last year. Image: Ford] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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Baua Electric

MAY 21, 2024

With changes to its EV certification program coming soon, Ford is asking dealers to pause investments. Ford plans to update dealers on new changes amid a “rapidly changing EV market.” Ford spokesperson Marty Gunsberg confirmed this past December that several dealers have opted out of the program. billion loss last year.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 24, 2024

dealer network , giving it stores in several new areas and growing its footprint to 18 dealerships in seven states. VinFast added 12 stores, with new dealerships in Connecticut and Kentucky, five new locations in Florida, and four in Texas. The company recently announced an expansion to its U.S.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 28, 2023

Automakers never talk about future products with the media, but dealers often get previews of upcoming models and lineup changes. Automotive News recently reported that Nissan showed off a next-generation Armada SUV, and the changes are said to make the full-size family hauler more “Range Rover-like.”

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 2, 2022

Toyota and Lexus held their annual new product showcase the first week of June at their Plano, Texas, headquarters. The bigger news is that the Corolla Hybrid, which gets 52 mpg on the highway, will have the option of electronic on-demand all-wheel drive that has a rear-mounted electric motor. The changes begin with the 2.0L

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Ford said today it would suspend F-150 Lightning production for another week after identifying issues with battery cells provided by supplier SK. However, Ford will continue the halt in production “through the end of next week,” it told Teslarati in a statement. .

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Baua Electric

MAY 15, 2024

Commercial EV manufacturer Mullen has scored a $150 million capital infusion that will allow it to expand its domestic and international sales efforts – and put Bollinger’s beefy electric trucks into series production. The Bollinger B4 is a cabover-style chassis cab with a 15,500 lb. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 10, 2024

While the Durango SRT 392 and Durango SRT Hellcat will still be on offer for another year, Dodge has decided to limit production and change some names on the sendoff models. The first of the last extra-special V8 Durango SUVs will be called the “SRT 392 AlcHEMI” and production will be capped at just 1,000 units.

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Baua Electric

MAY 23, 2024

The company says the new infusion of cash will allow it to fund operations over the next 13 months, including putting Bollinger’s B4 electric truck into production. Mullen’s THREE and ONE commercial delivery vehicles are in production and available for delivery now. Mullen has announced several tidbits of good news of late.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Volkswagen is suing a German car dealer for importing the China-exclusive ID.6 In 2022, German car dealer Gregory Brudny offered the Volkswagen ID.6 6 vehicles built by FAW-VW from an authorized VW dealer in China. 6 vehicles built by FAW-VW from an authorized VW dealer in China. 6 electric vehicle (EV) into Germany.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

VinFast signed its first dealer sales agreement with Bahwan Automobiles Trading LLC (BAT) in the Middle East. Under the agreement, VinFast electric vehicles (EVs) will be distributed in the Oman market through its official dealer, BAT. The post VinFast signs first dealer agreement in the Middle East appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Baua Electric

MAY 21, 2024

Last fall, GM and Ford gave the anti-EV crowd (which includes many of their dealerships ) an early Christmas present, announcing that they would push back EV production plans in response to slower sales (actually a slower rate of increase in sales). US automakers just can’t seem to make up their minds about EVs. Okay, glad to hear it.

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Teslarati

APRIL 5, 2024

Ford postponed the launch of at least two electric vehicles (EVs) to focus on hybrid production. The legacy automaker expects to significantly grow in the hybrid sector as it ships more F-150 hybrids to dealers. Ford isn’t the only automaker considering increasing hybrid production. The Ford Maverick was America’s No.1

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Baua Electric

MAY 20, 2024

Launched as a joint venture between Toyota Group and Tier 1 supplier Hexagon Purus , the new Tern brand of heavy duty electric trucks announced Hino Trucks as its exclusive US distributor. Serial production for the Tern RC8 is scheduled to begin later this year. Electrek’s Take Tern RC8 electric semi truck; via Hino Truck.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 24, 2024

The additions will give the company 18 franchised dealerships in seven states—North Carolina, New York, Texas, Florida, Kansas, Connecticut, and Kentucky—since the start of a pivot to a dealer model last year. 2023 Vinfast VF 8 Vinfast’s first product for the U.S. is the VF 8 electric SUV.

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Teslarati

MAY 9, 2023

NASDAQ: NKLA ) said it would pause production of the Tre BEV after it posted a big loss for the first quarter of 2023. Nikola said it produced 63 units of the Tre BEV in Q1, with 31 making their way to dealers. After we resume production in Coolidge, the battery electric Tre will remain in our lineup as a build-to-order product.”

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Update 1:46 PM EST: paragraph 3 updated with quote from Ford Ford is halting production and shipments of the F-150 Lightning, its all-electric version of the best-selling pickup truck in the United States, citing potential battery issues. The stop shipment order and production halt were issued early last week, Ford spokespeople said.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 2, 2023

There's a dealer -- 62-year-old Steven Hickman -- in the West Midlands, United Kingdom, who was convicted of selling an "unroadworthy" Subaru Forester (the model year is unclear) to a customer last March. The United States doesn't have a monopoly on shady car dealerships. He sold the car through his store, Shelby's of Netherton.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2024

Fisker has paused production of its Ocean electric SUV for six weeks as it seeks to draw down inventory and secure additional financing. The production pause at contractor Magna’s Graz, Austria, factory is intended to give Fisker time to sell some of these vehicles.

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Baua Electric

MAY 24, 2024

Nissan is preparing to begin production of the next-gen LEAF , which could happen as early as next March. Although work is already underway for the new EV, “a real challenge” awaits at Nissan’s Sunderland plant. First up is the next-gen LEAF, which is expected to begin production trials in August.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Ford said today that its F-150 Lightning production halt would continue through the end of next week. Yesterday, Ford said it would pause production of the F-150 Lightning due to a vehicle battery problem. There is no stop-sale, only a stop-shipment and a temporary halt on Lightning production. What do you think of the article?

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Baua Electric

APRIL 15, 2024

California-based EV startup Fisker signed a new dealer in Miami and several in Europe as it fights to turn things around. After announcing massive price cuts on its Ocean electric SUV last month, Fisker looks to grow its dealer network. Fisker told Automotive News it has received a large number of leads following the price cuts.

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Teslarati

MARCH 2, 2023

Ford said it would restart production of the all-electric F-150 Lightning at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center on March 13 after a multiple-week manufacturing stoppage. At least one vehicle displayed a battery issue, but Ford had found the root cause of the problem just one day after announcing the production stoppage, it said.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 28, 2023

Scanning the news today, I came across a story about Infiniti's plans to unveil four new models, and while this could've been a standard news post, I decided it also worked as a QOTD. It seems a new QX80, based on the next-gen Nissan Patrol, is in the works. Expect an available air suspension. Or is it not enough?

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Teslarati

JULY 31, 2023

Sustainable trucking company Nikola, whose vehicles were once considered a rival to the Tesla Semi, has announced that it is finally starting the production of its hydrogen fuel cell electric truck. “The Nikola hydrogen fuel cell electric truck, with a range of up to 500 miles, is officially in production,” the automaker wrote.

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Teslarati

MARCH 20, 2023

Ford dealers are beginning to push back and drop out of the Model e electric vehicle sales program. million and would give dealers two DC fast chargers, priority in replenishing EV models, more exposure on Ford’s company website, and demo units, which could be sold. It has not gone according to plan for some.

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The feature-packed, two-door, battery-electric vehicle sold out its first dealer allocation in less than a week. An all-new, all-electric take on the FIAT brand’s most storied and iconic model, the […] The post Fiat 500e production for North America begins at the Mirafiori Plant appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Electric Vehicles India

JULY 29, 2021

Chinese university develops new material to increase solid-state battery production. Read further to know more about solid-state battery production. . Solid-state battery production. The biggest barrier for solid-state batteries is the means of cost-effective mass production and the competition with lithium-ion batteries.

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