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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. Though EV sales seem to be dragging, hybrids and plug-in hybrids are hot commodities.

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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. The collective dismay was probably best reflected in the question: “Is the Biden administration pushing the industry to move too fast on EVs?”

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Toyota President takes dig at self-driving cars while criticizing the electric vehicle transition

Teslarati

Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda recently shared a subtle dig at self-driving cars during a meeting with the company’s dealers. The Toyota executive argued that the electric vehicle transition would take longer than expected. This may be one of the reasons why Toyota only expects to sell 3.5 billion to $3.8

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Toyota releases new defense of lagging EV strategy

Teslarati

Toyota has released a new defense of its EV strategy, which some have criticized for being too slow or conservative. Despite Toyota’s leadership in hybrid vehicle technology in the early 2000s, the company has not followed through with focusing on pure EVs, like many of its competitors have begun to.

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Leviton launches industry-first 40A EV charge connector assembly

Green Car Congress

Leviton has introduced an industry-first 40A Electric Vehicle Charge Connector Assembly: the Evr-Green 400 Charging Station. —Manoj Karwa, Senior Director of EVSE Programs for Leviton’s Commercial and Industrial Business Unit. Rated to 40 amps of current or 9.7

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A stack of lies you could drive a Toyota HiLux through | Opinion

EV Central

I was going to ponder politicians for a moment and ask whether there is any other industry where lying is so warmly and widely rewarded. Speaking of the folks in that industry, boy, aren’t they welcoming the proposed fuel efficiency like a long, tall glass of bear vomit? READ MORE: It’s a green light for electric vehicles!

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Toyota Launches a Few Recall Campaigns

The Truth About Cars

Toyota is in the middle of a sizable recall relating to the 10-speed automatic transmission from Aisin used on several of its larger models. The campaign encompasses roughly 280,000 vehicles split between the 2022-2024 Toyota Tundra (including the hybrid variant), 2023-2024 Sequoia, and 2022-2024 Lexus LX 600.

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