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Dealer Groups are Up In Arms About Potential for Scout and Sony Afeela to Sell Cars Directly to Buyers

The Truth About Cars

They warned that federal and local laws could prohibit selling directly to consumers and said that the groups could pursue legal options if they attempted to do so. After two years of asking and getting nothing, frustration is very high,” one person told Automotive News. “If where it’s currently unclear how they’ll be sold.

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This cheap electric half-car/half-truck looks like a botched Alibaba El Camino

Baua Electric

The Chevy El Camino (or Ford Ranchero, Dodge Rampage, or your coupe utility of choice) certainly makes the cut. It’s nice to see that the little truck is even available in a wide range of colors, allowing you to customize it to your own personality. In fact, they’re exactly not street-legal.

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2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale Review — Bada Bing

The Truth About Cars

Unlike its domestic sibling, the Dodge Hornet , Alfa’s Tonale only comes as a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and it will try to lean on the electric motor whenever possible if left to its own devices. But the Alfa continued to offer lively acceleration beyond speeds that would be deemed legally acceptable. I am only human.)

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How Much Privacy Do You Really Have In Modern Vehicles?

The Truth About Cars

Jeep and Dodge), BMW, and Subaru performed marginally better. Our main concern is that we can’t tell whether any of the cars encrypt all of the personal information that sits on the car. If three privacy researchers can barely get to the bottom of what’s going on with cars, how does the average time-pressed person stand a chance?”

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

As for warranties , there is legal precedent that original auto warranties cannot be voided completely by modifications — only the part(s) affected by retrofit will have their warranties affected. A new trend is conversion of internal combustion engine vehicles. Well be providing more information about this in the coming months.

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