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Survey Shows Auto Dealers Still Annoyed With Biden EV Strategy

The Truth About Cars

About half of all dealerships also said they never bothered to register with the IRS to more easily facilitate EV tax credit exchanges. stated Mike Aus, dealer principal of Durango Motor, which sells Ford, Lincoln, Kia and Toyota vehicles out of Colorado. Only 8 percent of respondents said no, with 9 percent claiming they were unsure.

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Fiat Chrysler investing additional $266M in Kokomo to increase capacity for 8-speed transmissions

Green Car Congress

Currently, the eight-speed transmission is available on the Jeep Grand Cherokee, Chrysler 300, Dodge Challenger, Dodge Charger, Dodge Durango and Ram 1500. That number has more than doubled to nearly 700,000 in the first 11 months of 2014. The Company sold more than 800,000 of these models in the US through November 2014.

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Under US pressure, Mexico refuses to offer incentives for Chinese EV makers – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Now the US government is reportedly pressuring Mexico not to smooth the Chinese automakers’ path by offering incentives such as low-cost public land or tax breaks. Durango, Jalisco, Mexico State and Nuevo Leon have offered incentives to Chinese automakers. Last December, Nuevo Leon approved $153 million in incentives for a Tesla plant.

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