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Survey Shows Auto Dealers Still Annoyed With Biden EV Strategy

The Truth About Cars

According to the 2024 Dealer Outlook Survey, 83 percent of respondents said the government was pushing the transition toward EVs too quickly and mucking up the auto market. The collective dismay was probably best reflected in the question: “Is the Biden administration pushing the industry to move too fast on EVs?”

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Mercedes-Benz Reportedly Rethinking North American EV Strategy

The Truth About Cars

Canadian dealers of Mercedes-Benz vehicles are reporting that the automaker is considering revising its strategy for North America. The dealers attended a market-wide retailers meeting in Vancouver held in May and noted that the automaker was fretting about consumer hesitancy over expensive electric vehicles.

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Biden Administration mulls over reprieve from EV tax credits for automakers

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Automakers have expressed concerns over the Treasury’s guidance , considering the current landscape of the electric vehicle industry. North America and some countries with a free trade agreement with the United States are still building their EV battery supply chain.

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Redwood Materials launches EV battery recycling program; initial partners Ford Motor Company and Volvo

Green Car Congress

To make electric vehicles sustainable and affordable, there need to be pathways for end-of-life battery packs to be collected, recycled and remanufactured into new battery materials. Redwood will work directly with dealers and dismantlers in California to identify and recover end-of-life packs.

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Jeep says a $25,000 Renegade EV is coming to the US, but can it deliver?

Baua Electric

However, industry experts believe the low starting price point may be hard to hit. A new affordable Jeep EV is coming to the US Jeep confirmed plans to launch a new Renegade EV during its Investor Day earlier this month. Jeep will add a new model every year over the next three years to build a 13-vehicle lineup.

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Kia shatters US sales record again with its first three-row electric SUV picking up steam

Baua Electric

As demand for its first three-row electric SUV, the EV9 , continues to build, Kia’s EV sales climbed 27% from last year. Kia’s dealer sales were higher than any month in company history,” Kia America’s vice president of sales, Eric Watson, announced Wednesday.

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Ford unveils F-150 Lightning electric pickup; starting at $39,974; arriving in 2022

Green Car Congress

Arriving in spring 2022, F-150 Lightning will be available in four series and two battery options at more than 2,300 EV-certified Ford dealers across the country, with the option for fleet customers to access Ford’s complete ecosystem of connected data and telematics services via Ford Commercial Solutions.

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