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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. Fisker would also require auto dealers to buy signage and tools and pay for technician training. The post Fisker scraps direct sales and turns to auto dealers for sales appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Plenty of Electric Vehicles Available for Sale

Green Fleet Magazine

EV inventory is stacking up on dealer lots as consumers spooked by high prices and sparse charging stations second-guess or resist buying them.

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Elon Musk, Twitter reach agreement for sale of social media platform

Teslarati

Twitter confirmed the sale to Musk in a statement on Monday. Musk also appeared on a TED Talk with Head of Ted Chris Anderson on April 14, where the Tesla CEO stated the platform was an “ inclusive arena for free speech ” when answering why he decided to offer to buy Twitter. “Twitter, Inc.

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It’s a buyers’ market! Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y dominate  rapidly growing used EV sales in Australia

EV Central

That’s the findings from the Automotive Insights Report analysing March 2024 used car sales compiled by AutoGrab and the Australian Automotive Dealer Association. EV sales grew more than 13 per cent in March, which was substantially faster than petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles. READ MORE: We buy a used Porsche Taycan!

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Hertz continues to feel EV losses, plans to dump more from its fleet

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Hertz said it incurred a $195 million charge to vehicle depreciation to write down the EVs held for sale. 119 of the $339 was related to EVs held for sale. In October 2021 , Hertz said it intended to buy $4.2 The losses continued in Q1. billion in Tesla EVs from the company. It then expanded to Polestar and other manufacturers.

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Buy Bugatti, get Rolls-Royce for free: US dealership offers insane deal

Baua Electric

A dealership in Florida is offering an astounding ‘Buy-one-get-one’ deal and has put up a 2021 Bugatti Chiron up for sale, throwing in a 2018 Rolls-Royce Wraith with it. Customers also have the option of just buying the Wraith at the above-mentioned price but hey, where is the fun in that, right?

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Hertz is selling EVs, including Teslas, to buy gasoline models

Baua Electric

rental fleet to buy gasoline cars. The company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the sales of these vehicles, which represent about one third of its global EV fleet, began in Dec. EVs held for sale will remain eligible for rental during the sale process, the company noted.

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