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Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford Asks UAW to End Strike

The Truth About Cars

America loses. From AP : The company, he said, builds more vehicles in America and has more United Auto Workers employees than any company, which has increased its costs in a highly competitive industry. I still believe the automobile industry is a major force for good in our country.

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Are Rising EV Inventories Proof Nobody Wants Them?

The Truth About Cars

Those who follow the automotive industry will have undoubtedly noticed that dealer inventories are slowly approaching levels that would have been considered normal before the pandemic. While it would seem that people are losing interest in battery-driven automobiles, industry experts are claiming that all is not as it seems.

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China realizes charging piles, complete vehicles and accessories to go overseas

Setec Powerr

Judging from the customs data for the first eight months of this year, the contribution rate of my country’s new energy vehicle exports to the growth of automobile exports reached 26.7%, becoming a new bright spot in the foreign trade of the automobile industry. Cross-border e-commerce shines in the European market.

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Letting in the Light

Electric Auto Association

It was like the early days of the automobile industry when everything was so scattered,” Smith explained. Any dealer who used the EBMM would have a prayer of getting parts and services for just about any ebike or Light EV that customers needed repaired,” Smith explained. Typically, they return home to train others.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

Cars That Think

President Biden says his EV policies will result in “one million new jobs in the American automobile industry. 2050 net-zero strategy document , which explains how America will get to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Including suppliers, dealers, service centers, etc., One million.”. Neither does the U.S.

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US cash for clunkers scheme ends

Green Cars News

This program has been a lifeline to the automobile industry, jump starting a major sector of the economy and putting people back to work,” Secretary LaHood said. “At The CARS program has recorded more than 457,000 dealer transactions worth $1.9 billion in rebates.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Establishing dealer network. Visionary Vehicles Team w/Malcolm Bricklin (who brought the Subaru and the Yugo to America) aims for luxury PHEV. This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. This is unusual.

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