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Nissan Dealership Handed Over 400 Charges

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On this Friday afternoon, we find ourselves adding yet another post to our ‘Dealers Behaving Badly’ tag. This time, some former employees at a Nissan dealer in North Carolina are on the hook for more than 400 charges. The title ‘all-new’ pops up in all caps throughout the dealer comms as well.

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At CES, legacy automakers scramble to keep up in AI arms race – ET Auto

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Digital technology companies often test technology on customers before it is ready for sale. We’re also changing how our dealers are doing it and everything,” Oestberg said. 22 stopped sales of its newly launched Chevrolet Blazer EV after customers complained of software-related glitches. General Motors on Dec.

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Toyota Snags a RAV4 EV

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As GM talks up the Volt, it ensures EV1s at museums and universities not be returned to the road as electric cars. The leaseholder chose not to buy out the lease, and returned the electric car to the dealer. Very few RAV4 EVs have been returned to the dealer when the lease ends. You'd be wrong. But Toyota refused.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

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With the combination of requiring all new light-duty vehicles sold in New York State be zero-emission by 2035, investments in electric vehicles charging stations , and state and federal EV rebates, “ you’re going to see that you have no more excuses ” for not buying an EV, according to New York Governor Kathy Hochul.

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Are Rising EV Inventories Proof Nobody Wants Them?

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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 alleged experts have certainly proven their fallibility in recent years, there are reasons to buy into the claim.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Establishing dealer network. Expected deposits in 2009 and first sales in CA in 2010. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

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As a comparison , in 2011, there were only two battery electric and 29 hybrid electric vehicle models offered for sale in the US. It's not relevant for a buying decision," argues BMW Group CEO Oliver Zipse. For example, GM and VW see no future for hybrids, but Toyota , Ford and BMW disagree and see a market for both.