Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Tesla Motors has, once again, been blocked from selling its electric cars directly to customers in Michigan. Over the past couple of years, Tesla has been engaged in a battle with Michigan's franchised car dealers who—like dealers in several other states—view Tesla's direct-sales model as a threat.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2012

Ford Motor Company has certified the first 67 dealers in California, New York and New Jersey to sell the battery-electric 2012 Focus Electric. Those three states represent markets that account for a large percentage of electrified vehicle sales and will begin seeing the Focus Electric later this spring. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Earlier this month, an application for a dealer license submitted by Tesla Motors was denied by the state of Michigan. It was the final decision in a process that kicked off in October 2014.

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Teslarati

JUNE 2, 2022

Ford Motor Company announced it delivered 201 units of the new F-150 Lightning all-electric pickup in May, highlighting a substantial 221.5 percent increase in EV sales compared to the same month in 2021. The automaker said “many more” F-150 Lightning units are in transit to dealers as deliveries continue.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 12, 2015

Tesla Motors' direct sales business model has met considerable opposition from auto-dealer associations in several states. Yet while Tesla has its detractors, often found among lobbyists for auto dealers, it also.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

General Motors and Isuzu announced a $175-million investment through their DMAX joint venture to build an all-new, diesel engine components plant in Brookville, Ohio. Heavy-duty trucks make up about 25% of full-size pickup sales in the US. 2017 Duramax 6.6L V-8 Turbo Diesel (L5P) for Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Tesla Motors continues to fight for the ability to sell its electric cars directly to customers in Michigan, home of the rest of the U.S. The Silicon Vallery automaker has been banned from doing so for about two years, thanks to subtle changes made to the state's franchise laws to prevent direct sales. auto industry.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

His latest stunner came last week, when he deemed auto-dealer efforts to ban all direct sales by Tesla Motors state by state "unnecessary protectionism." In doing so, Jackson broke ranks with the vast array of auto-dealer organizations and lobbyists who have spent five.'

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 11, 2016

Tesla still isn't allowed to sell its electric cars in Michigan, owing to a ban on direct sales signed two years ago. All carmakers in the state must sell new cars solely through franchised dealers, something Tesla has fought against with no success so far.

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Teslarati

JUNE 16, 2021

General Motors has increased its electric vehicle investment by 75%, from $20 billion to $35 billion through 2025, the company announced on Wednesday. GM manufactures its fuel cells in Brownstown Charter Township, Michigan, in a joint venture with Honda.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 5, 2015

Tesla Motors can't sell its electric cars in the home state of the Detroit Three automakers, but it's long wanted to change that. Last October, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed a bill prohibiting carmakers from selling vehicles directly to customers in the state.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Tesla Motors is not legally allowed to sell its electric cars directly to customers in Michigan, thanks to subtle changes made two years ago to the state's franchise laws. But Tesla now has one store in the home state of the Detroit Three automakers.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Tesla is currently banned from selling its electric cars directly to customers in Michigan. Last year, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed a bill requiring all new vehicles in the state to be sold exclusively through franchised third-party dealers.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Electric-car maker Tesla Motors is the fourth-largest U.S. In Michigan, Tesla is banned by law from selling cars directly to buyers, and from opening Tesla Store retail locations. car maker, but its home in California's Silicon Valley is far from the heartland Detroit base of GM, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Local conversion to right-hand drive could be the way the Ford F-150 Lightning electric pick-up truck makes it on-sale in Australia. The E-Transit electric van is already on-sale, the Mustang Mach-E electric crossover is soon to launch, the E-Transit Custom and the Puma EV will arrive in 2024. Have we have had some preliminaries?

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The Hyundai Motor Group has made a $10 billion investment to build and sell electric vehicles in North America; the first is the 2023 Electrified GV70 built at the new manufacturing facility in Montgomery, Alabama. Genesis is on schedule to have 100+ dealers across the country in the coming years.

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Electric Vehicles India

JULY 9, 2021

The Italian design Pininfarina partners with Detroit, Michigan Hercules electric vehicles company to design Detroit automaker the Hercules Alpha electric pickup and also the other products that will be announced in the coming years. The motors will provide independent torque control for amazing stability and ultimate high-performance.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 10, 2023

Cadillac isn’t new to electric vehicles as the 2023 Lyriq is in dealers now, and has shown the concept for the 2025 Celestiq , which is scheduled to start its bespoke production soon. The Escalade IQ settles one frequent question we get at Clean Fleet Report of when a full-size, three row electric SUV will be available.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2010

Due to what it termed “ strong public interest ” in the Chevrolet Volt, General Motors will increase US production capacity of the Volt by 50%, from 30,000 units to 45,000 units, in 2012. The announcement came as US President Barack Obama toured the Detroit-Hamtramck facility, where the Volt is being produced now for sale later this year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2021

General Motors will increase its EV and AV investments from 2020 through 2025 to $35 billion, representing a 75% increase from its initial commitment announced prior to the pandemic. GM manufactures its fuel cells in Brownstown Charter Township, Michigan, in a joint venture with Honda. —GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2011

General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant, home of the Chevrolet Volt, will close for four weeks beginning in June for planned upgrades to prepare for a significant increase in the rate of Volt production, along with assembly of the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu midsize sedan.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 4, 2022

As Chevrolet—and the other General Motors divisions Cadillac, GMC and Buick—launch additional electric models , it becomes an overall marketing and sales positioning strategy so these electric vehicles don’t get in each other’s way.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2010

DiSalle also confirmed that the first Volts available for retail sales will be sold in California; Washington, D.C.; Volts are expected to arrive at dealerships in Michigan, New Jersey, Connecticut, as well as the balance of Texas and New York in the first quarter of 2011. The Drive will stop in Little Rock, Ark., Nashville, Tenn.,

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 24, 2024

The slow roll-out for eager consumers follows the Silverado EV WT work truck version that went on-sale in September 2023. The Silverado gets electric motivation Clean Fleet Report had the opportunity recently to drive the Silverado EV RST at an automotive media event in Detroit, Michigan. Next up are the GMC Sierra EV Denali.

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Baua Electric

MAY 12, 2023

“We are super proud to be owners, and we’re thrilled to be Ford dealers in Marion,” he stated. promoting Common Motors manufacturers. operates retail outlets in Fresh York, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, South Carolina and Michigan. with retail gross sales of 12,052 pristine cars in 2022.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2010

Ford Motor Company and Azure Dynamics Corporation have signed a collaborative agreement to begin delivering a pure battery electric version of the Ford Transit Connect van to customers in Europe beginning in late summer 2011. Repair works under the Ford warranty will be provided by Ford dealers.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2014

Ford Motor Company, in conjunction with GE, will supply electric vehicle charging stations at Ford facilities nationwide, beginning with facilities in and around its headquarters. MyFord Mobile is complimentary for five years from the vehicle sale date as recorded by the dealer. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Ford began production of the 2013 C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid vehicle ( earlier post ) at Michigan Assembly in October, and the vehicles are heading for showrooms. Ford has tripled to more than 200 the number of dealers certified to sell its lineup of plug-in electrified vehicles, including the C-MAX Energi that is on sale now.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2023

Here’s what they said: Emad Dlala, Lucid Motors, vice-president of powertrain Upstart Lucid Motors hasn’t built many cars, but it’s built a reputation with the record-setting, 830-kilometer driving range of the Air Grand Touring Performance sedan. “In population lives within 16 kilometers of a GM dealer. The 2021 U.S.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 31, 2024

Just your daily driver with no tailpipe The bottom line: If you are shopping to replace your current gasoline-powered SUV there is no reason for not visiting your Chevrolet dealer to seriously consider the Equinox EV. note: The RS and other trim levels are already showing up at local dealerships and for sale in California.).

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Chevrolet made the radical decision to have the 2021 Corvette, or C8 as aficionados call it, become a mid-engine sports car, abandoning the front engine design that began when the first Corvette rolled off the line in Flint, Michigan, on June 30, 1953. With the low volume of cars on dealer lots, they may not be allowing test drives at all.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A select group of California dealers who complete training on the vehicle can lease and service it – and most likely Honda is targeting the dealers who still service the Honda Clarity Fuel Cell, which sold in California from 2015 to 2021. But it says that BEVs and fuel cell EVs will represent 100% of its automobile sales by 2040.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

And the first plug-in cars mass-produced in the USA in a century will go on sale this fall. As batteries get cheaper and smaller, and motors get light enough to fit inside wheels, we’ll be able to upgrade smaller cars. Meanwhile, we all still need to drive all the time. The US can lead in a new, profitable, global business opportunity.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 23, 2021

Global EV sales. Of total car sales in 2020, electric vehicles account for less than 5% but the segment has grown to 45% to 3.2 The sales seem to continue into 2021, with 1.1 The ICE sales are stalling. million even amid the pandemic. million sold in Q1, up 125% from last year. Lithium-ion batteries .

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Baua Electric

MAY 30, 2024

As of now, every version of both cars qualifies for the $7,500 EV tax credit —now a point-of-sale purchase rebate for eligible buyers. All this differentiates Chevy’s smallest EV from the Tesla Model Y—which last year was not just the world’s best-selling EV but its most popular single vehicle by sales.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 17, 2023

Michigan Governor’s Gretchen Whitmer, for example, claimed that since she took office in 2019, 25,000 new auto jobs were added to the state through her leadership in leading “the future of mobility and electrification.” Including suppliers, dealers, service centers, etc., there are more than 7.25

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 17, 2023

The initial response was to continue producing larger automobiles with large motors re-tuned for efficiency, rather than power. Unfortunately, many of those models are no longer sold in the United States or have become so specialized that they’re subject to extreme dealer markups. Here’s an example from The Washington Post.

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