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Ford charges Mustang Mach-E customer $10k in doc fees, but it was a big misunderstanding

Teslarati

One Mach-E owner was excited to pick up his new EV until a $10,000 addition to the taxes and fees summary, labeled as a “Document Fee,” almost stopped the delivery of the car. u/Gonzotiki said his vehicle was a pre-order, and he was aware of “a Ford exec that said to hit him up if dealers attempted shenanigans.”

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MintList public sale platform makes bid for sellers in Ontario

Baua Electric

The method starts with dealers taking a form of pictures and answering a suite of questions that display the situation in their car, Plank stated. The whole idea is to vet the cars enough for the dealers that they can bid comfortably on that car, and they know roughly what their reconditioning [costs] are going to be,” Plank stated.

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NRC report recommends ways to overcome barriers hindering purchases of PEVs; vehicle cost, battery tech and consumer knowledge among others

Green Car Congress

Can travel hundreds of miles on a single battery charge and then be refueled in a time that is much shorter than the additional driving time that the refueling allows. Its small battery can be charged from the grid, but its AER is much less than the average daily US driving distance. Four Classes of Plug-in Electric Vehicles.

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Nissan’s Big Gamble

Revenge of the Electric Car

This is before the $7,500 federal tax credit. Once several thousand people get the opportunity to buy the likes of Nissan’s well made EV, the demand from the early adopters’ friends and family will expand exponentially. Dealers excited. The best thing about the Nissan is the expected price range of $25K- $34K.

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Electric Car Watch #6: FORD's weak 2030 EV plan

Plug In India

This is our biggest opportunity for growth and value creation since Henry Ford started to scale the Model T, and we’re grabbing it with both hands." million vehicles to dealers and distributors worldwide. ICE vehicles will attract carbon taxes in many countries due to the air pollution they cause. million EVs by 2030.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

How Real, How Soon, and What Must Happen Next,” which concludes the costs of creating an automotive market dominated by electric and hybrid cars are prohibitively high for the foreseeable future – as high as $49 billion for Europe alone (along with another $21 billion for battery-charging infrastructure). Volt will survive and prosper,” G.M.’s

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Establishing dealer network. People will likely not buy plug-ins without big federal tax breaks." ( Reuters ) 11/29/06 [In response to GMs announcement at the LA Auto Show], Ford Group marketing manager Cisco Codina said the answer for now is full hybrids, like the latest version of its Ford Escape hybrid SUV unveiled at the show. (

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