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Buick Dealerships Taking Buyouts, EV Sales Program Rejected By 47 Percent

The Truth About Cars

The brand lost 47 percent of its American retail locations through the year, which has been attributed to General Motors buying out storefronts that refused to invest in the necessary changes required to sell all-electric vehicles. Whether intentional or not, the end result seems to be mass dealer consolidation. sales, Aldred said.

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Tesla’s software fixes, the NHTSA’s status quo, and an impending need for updated recall terminologies

Teslarati

The dealer was overwhelmed with the number of cars it was fixing that day, and tempers among owners were flaring by the hour — all for a simple fuel pump replacement. There was no dealer visit, no forms to fill out, and no staff to argue with. Compare this with General Motors’ recall last year of 400,000 pickup trucks in the US.

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2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV: Chevy’s lowest-priced electric car gets a big brother

Charged EVs

However, its parent company seems likely to devote at least as much marketing to the GMC Hummer EV coming late this year [and the Cadillac Lyriq that will follow early in 2022] as to the much smaller, much less noticeable and glamorous tall hatchback—regardless of its 250-mile projected range rating. 50 kilowatts: far from fast.