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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. Others likewise said that it should be the market driving EV sales, not pressure from the government.&

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Ford Launches New Dealer Training Program With A.I. Integration

The Truth About Cars

Ford has announced its new dealership training platform for the United States , noting that it will utilize artificial intelligence to better familiarize sales teams with product knowledge, corporate history, while likewise making them better at engaging with customers. But it has gradually been seeping into other industries.

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Dealers Finally Have EV Inventory But Now Lack Buyers

The Truth About Cars

We’ve been hearing about the rise of electric vehicles for years, but while they are growing rapidly in number, there’s still a disconnect between an auto industry hell-bent on electrification and the desires of the people they rely on to buy new cars.

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Blocking Most Direct-to-Consumer Auto Sales

The Truth About Cars

Dealer franchise laws are controversial at best and downright divisive in most cases, but they remain a significant force in the automotive industry despite the political noise surrounding them. & As Inside EVs pointed out, the bill’s language prohibits direct-to-consumer sales by automakers.

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Tata Motors plans a separate sales channel for EVs

Electric Vehicles India

Due to the consumer preference for powertrains, industry-wide sales of electric vehicles tripled in 2022. The move to establish a separate sales channel for electric vehicles is seen as a precursor to the company’s goal of doubling electric PV production between 100,000 and 110,000 in 2024.

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CRU: lithium price downtrend continues, with disappointing EV sales in China the driver

Green Car Congress

With 4G handsets now representing 95% of domestic sales, market saturation has resulted in mobile phone sales through to July dropping by 5% year-to-date. Chinese EV sales through to July totalled 696,000 this year. Portable electronics have long been the mainstay of lithium demand. Although this marks an impressive 41.5%

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UC Davis ITS study suggests hastening consumer adoption of plug-ins will require innovation on the sales side

Green Car Congress

A study by researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis finds that buyers of plug-in vehicles (PEVs) are substantially less satisfied with the dealer purchase experience than buyers of conventional vehicles—with the notable exception of Tesla buyers. In some cases, dealers outright discouraged PEV purchases.

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