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Ford Revises Dealer EV Requirements

The Truth About Cars

In what could be a tacit admission the transition to electric vehicles is going approximately as smoothly as a Michigan secondary road, it is being reported that suits at the Blue Oval are rolling back some of the requirements demanded of dealers in order to shill EVs to customers. Of course, our readers in the B&B know the difference.

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Ford unveils F-150 Lightning electric pickup; starting at $39,974; arriving in 2022

Green Car Congress

Arriving in spring 2022, F-150 Lightning will be available in four series and two battery options at more than 2,300 EV-certified Ford dealers across the country, with the option for fleet customers to access Ford’s complete ecosystem of connected data and telematics services via Ford Commercial Solutions. America’s No.

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VW Adds Basecamp Accessories to Atlas Cross Sport

The Truth About Cars

Volkswagen is taking a different tack, choosing to offer a raft of accessories instead of installing items on the assembly line. Several automakers have decided to ‘offroadify’ some of their crossovers – Mazda with the CX-50, Honda with their Trailsport trim, and Subaru’s new Wilderness packages to name a few.

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Fast Food, Fast Charge

Cars That Think

And since even the speediest DC chargers take roughly 30 minutes to juice up an EV, drivers and passengers have time to kill, including enough time for a bite. Aside from balky chargers, or stations that dispense juice at lower-than-expected rates, other notorious issues include cords that are too short to easily reach EV charging ports.

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Is Your Dealership Ready for EV Buyers?

Blink Charging

Here are a few steps your dealership should take to ensure it is ready to sell EVs: Install EV infrastructure Perhaps the most obvious step is to install EV charging stations at the dealership to ensure EVs are always topped up with juice for test drives and so buyers can leave the lot with a full battery.

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2024 Jeep Wrangler Review: A Refreshing Refresh

The Truth About Cars

Four doors and toplessness seem to be mutually exclusive outside the offroader realm, so to the Stellantis dealer we went. liter turbo with electric motors) will be the final gasp of dino juice in a Wrangler. & The Rubicon can be specified with a first for Wrangler - a factory-installed winch. If you want the 3.6-liter

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Udaipur to Himachal : 923 km in an electric car

Plug In India

The team at the Chambal Motors, the Tata Motors Udaipur dealer was quite helpful. We had to run a diagnostic tool after connecting a Panasonic laptop provided by Tata Motors to the dealer. Stuck at dealer to diagnose the critical error issue. Stuck at Tata Motors Dealer Decided to have a leisurely breakfast. It did not.