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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. About half of all dealerships also said they never bothered to register with the IRS to more easily facilitate EV tax credit exchanges.

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Nepal new budget: removes tax hikes on EVs, waives renewal & road tax for 5 years

Electric Vehicles India

Nepal new budget: removes tax hikes on EVs, waives renewal & road tax for 5 years. Exemption of renewal and road taxes for five years if an existing petroleum vehicle switches to battery power. trillion NPR ($14 billion) for the energy sector in Nepal. The government has set the growth of 6.5

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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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Toyota starts taking orders for soon-to-be-launched Prius PHV plug-in hybrid in Japan; targeting 35,000-40,000 units per year

Green Car Congress

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has begun taking orders through Toyota dealers around Japan for the Prius PHV (plug-in hybrid). The Prius PHV will be sold by all Toyota, Toyopet, Toyota Corolla and Netz dealers in Japan; the sales target in Japan is 35,000 to 40,000 units per year. Prius PHV S. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Smith Electric Vehicles Delivers First Battery-Electric Truck into Ireland

Green Car Congress

As one of new Government incentives in support of the goal, any company buying the Smith Newton can write down 100% of the cost against Corporation Tax, in the first year of purchase. Based in Tullamore, Co.

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Nissan’s Big Gamble

Revenge of the Electric Car

This is before the $7,500 federal tax credit. Battery-powered cars may be the wave of the future, but costs are high; the recharging infrastructure isn’t there, and hefty government subsidies are needed to make electric vehicles competitive. &#. Dealers excited. Ghosn wants hundreds of thousands.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Establishing dealer network. The biggest barrier is the battery." GMs program relies on lithium-ion battery technology that Gioia called "cost, weight and package prohibitive." Batteries powerful enough to achieve that would fill up the trunk of a car, he said. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Detroit News ).

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