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Ford dealers are opting out of Model e EV certification program

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Ford’s Model e EV certification program, which was announced last year, has attracted its own fair share of critics from the automaker’s dealers. Since the program was announced, hundreds of dealers have reportedly opted out of the Model E program despite initially opting in for the initiative.

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Toyota agrees to fund a settlement valued up to $1.4 billion for unintended acceleration cases

Green Car Congress

The settlement includes direct payments to consumers as well as the installation of a brake-override system in an estimated 3.25 Terms of the proposed settlement include: Toyota will install a brake-override system in vehicles subject to floor mat entrapment recalls. million vehicles. —Steve Berman.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part XVIX)

The Truth About Cars

We spent our last installment reviewing the special and sometimes troublesome engineering that was standard on the Brougham. Since then, I discovered this April 1957 edition of The Cadillac Serviceman , GM’s in-house magazine publication for its dealer service centers. In 1958 the hot new ticket was quad headlamps.

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Toyota to pay $180M penalty for Clean Air Act reporting violations

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Clean Air Act regulations require manufacturers to notify EPA by filing an Emissions Defect Information Report (EDIR) when 25 or more vehicles or engines in a given model year have the same defect in an emission control part or an element of design installed in order to comply with emission standards and other EPA regulations.

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NY Judge Pauses Ford’s EV Dealer Requirements

The Truth About Cars

Ford introduced its tiered dealer program nearly twelve months ago, splitting stores interested in selling electric into “Model e Certified Elite” and “Model e Certified.” It also requires an additional investment of $300,000 to have a third charger installed by 2026. But they are not guaranteed allocations nor any demo models.

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Flash Drive: 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N

Clean Fleet Report

We reviewed the Ioniq 5 when it was all-new in 2022 and later in a more lengthy drive. Hyundai N vehicles are aimed at performance enthusiasts wanting a street-legal car they can take to the limit on and off the track. The 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is a purpose-built performance EV, based on the Ioniq 5. Story by John Faulkner.

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Volkswagen’s Electrify America supplement discusses ZEV charging investments in disadvantaged California communities

Green Car Congress

ARB is initiating its review of the Supplement; the Board will conduct a public hearing later this summer to consider the approval or disapproval, in whole or in part, of the full Investment Plan, which now includes the Supplement. Specifics on key decisions and planning processes.

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