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Safety Institute: auto manufacturers fail to meet NHTSA deadline for replacement airbags

Green Car Congress

A study of Vehicle Owner Questionnaires from April through July 2016 shows that the agency has received 155 complaints from consumers with vehicles registered in hot and humid states, who attempted to have their recalled driver and passenger-side airbags repaired, only to be turned away by dealers for lack of parts.

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GlobalData: Coronavirus leads to nosedive in global vehicle sales with lowest January registrations since 2012

Green Car Congress

Driving the drop in sales was the emergence in December 2019 of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China. compared with the same month in 2019, it is positively disastrous in China itself. compared with January 2019 to just 1.66 million compared with January 2019—a notably faster rate than the modest 0.8%

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Future Cars: Concept EVs for 2023 and Beyond

Clean Fleet Report

Stellantis, which sells Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, Fiat, Ram, Maserati and Alfa Romeo in the United States, announced on March 1, 2022 they will be releasing 25 all-new all-electric models across these brands by 2030. The first to make it to dealers will be the 2023 Jeep EV. Jeep will be jumping into full-EV mode soon.

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EV Tax Credit: The Guide Your Car Dealer Doesn’t Want You To Read

EV Life

However, dealers are much less likely to educate you about the fine print that may prevent you from accessing the full $7500 credit. For example, if you buy a Tesla Model Y with a $7500 tax credit in 2023, but you only owe the federal government $3000 in taxes in 2019, the maximum credit you can use is $3000. Not listed.

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Here are all the used EVs that qualify for a $4,000 tax credit

Baua Electric

Per the IRS: Beginning January 1, 2023, if you buy a qualified previously owned electric vehicle (EV) or fuel cell vehicle (FCV) from a licensed dealer for $25,000 or less, you may be eligible for a previously owned clean vehicle tax credit under Internal Revenue Code Section 25E. As long as they fit certain criteria.

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EV Tax Credit: The Guide Your Car Dealer Doesn’t Want You To Read

EV Life

However, dealers are much less likely to educate you about the exceptions that may prevent you from accessing the full $7500 credit. For example, if you buy a Nissan Leaf with a $7500 tax credit in 2019, but you only owe the federal government $1500 in taxes in 2019, the maximum credit you can use is $1500.).

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Seres 3: Why this Chinese SUV is the worst EV I’ve driven

EV Central

I’ve a few worst nominees on the combustion front – the Tata Xenon ute, Honda City sedan and Chrysler Crossfire spring to mind – but I’ve now got a sole champion on the EV front. Seres is a subsidiary of Chinese auto giant Dongfeng, and the Seres 3 has sold in China as the Fengon E3 since 2019. The Seres 3 SUV.

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