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Electric car sales boom in California, as plug-in hybrids and small cars sputter

Green Car Reports

Even as sales of small cars drop in California and across the country, sales of electric cars continue to climb, breaking past 5 percent of the market so far in 2019.

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The Challenge For Electric-Car Sales Is Car Dealers, Again

Green Car Reports

Car dealers maximize their profits by selling the highest number of cars at the highest possible prices in the least possible time. Plug-in electric cars are unfamiliar to most buyers, and require more explanation--sometimes a great deal more--along with specific types of support during and after the sale.

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Dealers vs electric cars, cities vs vehicles, Tesla racing series, January sales update: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we got January sales updates, Tesla Model S racing, some thoughts on taking back cities from cars, and dealers getting worried over electric cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports. A racing.

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New York plug-in car sales up 74% April-June with introduction of rebate

Green Car Congress

Cuomo announced that the state has seen a 74% increase in electric car sales over the same time period last year, resulting from the Drive Clean Rebate initiative launched on 21 March 2017. Overall, most people received rebates of $1,100 or more for their new electric cars.

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Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid sales start in Europe; 157 mpg US

Green Car Congress

Audi’s first plug-in hybrid, the A3 Sportback e-tron ( earlier post ), is now available to order for customers in Europe. Approximately 410 Audi dealers in Europe—including 105 in Germany—are selling the A3 e-tron. TFSI gasoline engine and an electric motor, giving the compact automobile a system output of 150 kW (204 hp).

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Advice To Dealers On Green-Car Sales: Focus On Cost Savings First

Green Car Reports

Green cars can''t help reduce emissions or save gasoline if no one buys them. sales of plug-in hybrids and electric cars have been strong in some areas, but weak in others--and it may be because dealers are emphasizing green too much. In the U.S.,

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Car Dealer 101: electric cars that aren't charged won't sell

Green Car Reports

Electric-car owners and advocates have a tenuous relationship with the franchised independent car dealers who are the only legal way to buy a new vehicle in the U.S. Tesla excepted, if you want to buy a new car, you have to go to a dealership over which the carmaker has only limited control. Horror stories abound.

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