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Fisker scraps direct sales and turns to auto dealers for sales

Teslarati

Fisker is scrapping plans for direct sales to customers. The startup is now turning to auto dealerships for sales and services. “I went to my accounting department and asked what is the cost of selling a car? Fisker would also require auto dealers to buy signage and tools and pay for technician training.

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The Day the U.S. TV Industry Died

Cars That Think

Zenith enters the TV receiver business, buying Rauland of Chicago, a picture tube manufacturer. Admiral buys Cortron, leaving 17 U.S. Sanyo Electric of Japan buys TV business from Warwick Electronics; Andrea Radia, a small New York-area family-owned company, fades from the market.) TV makers left after Philips buys GTE Sylvania.)

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Conference confirms plug-in fever

Plugs and Cars

But neither car, GM execs made clear, will appear for sale on a showroom floor for more that two years. Attesting to consumer desire for plug-ins, hundreds of people flooded the Plug-in 2008 auditorium for the low-cost “public” event, which included Plug In America’s Chelsea Sexton participating in a panel discussion.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Technology upgrades like Full Self Driving remain available to buy, but are not delivered via an over-the-air update. has fully embraced EVs and, after years of teasing with snazzy concepts, the real hardware is for sale–and is selling well. Autopilot remains somewhat controversial. Kia/Hyundai/Genesis – Coming on Strong.

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National Low Carbon Fuel Standard study releases major Technical Analysis and Policy Design reports; providing a scientific basis for policy decisions

Green Car Congress

Including more fuels results in greater GHG reductions and would enable more flexibility in identifying low-cost mitigation options and increasing opportunities for regulated parties to buy LCFS credits from a greater pool of options, the policy report suggests.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

Teslarati

Lars Moravy: I think Elon mentioned in the opening remarks, but, as he mentioned, we’re updating our future people lineup to accelerate the launch of our low-cost vehicles in a more tax-efficient way. And if the company generates a lot of positive cash flow, we could obviously buy back shares. Elon Musk: Yeah.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

More from Fortune No party for Citis owners: You and me Is it time to buy American Express? Wang entered the automobile business in 2003 by buying a Chinese state-owned car company that was all but defunct. operations are small - about 20 people work in a sales and marketing outpost in Elk Grove Village, Ill.,

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