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2020 Detroit Auto Show cancels amid COVID-19 pandemic; expected conversion of TCF Center to field hospital

Green Car Congress

The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) will cancel its June 2020 show in Detroit in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic sweeping across the world and the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s expected plans to repurpose TCF Center into a temporary field hospital. NAIAS will hold its next annual show in June 2021.

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Hackers demand massive ransom as cyberattack plagues auto dealerships

Teslarati

and Canada’s most commonly used auto dealer management software has rendered over 15,000 dealerships unable to make sales over the past few days, and those who claim to be behind the outage are demanding tens of millions of dollars as ransom. Auto dealerships in the U.S. A cyberattack on the U.S.

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2023 Los Angeles Auto Show Recap -- Stepping in the Right Direction

The Truth About Cars

I am flirting with a cliché here, I know, but the weather seemed to be a metaphor for how the 2023 Los Angeles Auto Show media day drove perception of the automotive industry's health. As I said, the amount of activity at any one given auto-show media day might not provide great insight to the bigger picture.

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Report: Auto Dealers Ask Biden Admin to Slow Down EV Mandates

The Truth About Cars

To be sure, legislation such as 2021's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and 2022's Inflation Reduction Act seeks to address those challenges, with billions in federal funding for building a national EV charging network, boosting domestic battery production and lowering EV purchase costs for consumers.

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Calif. broker exec creates weekly Clubhouse chat for auto retail pointers

Baua Electric

Alex Flores, proprietor of Bravo Auto Staff in Texas, has been within the auto retail trade for just about 3 a long time and learns one thing from each and every episode. carried out Hansel’s playbook on growing a purchase middle and purchased 50 automobiles in his first time, Lengthy stated. ” The post Calif.

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Clean Energy to Acquire BAF Technologies, Natural Gas Vehicle Technology and Conversion Company

Green Car Congress

has signed a purchase and sale agreement to acquire BAF Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of natural gas vehicle systems and conversions in the United States. The purchase price payable at the closing of the acquisition of BAF is approximately $8.3 Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Due to the fact that approximately $3.8

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Oakland school district now has a 100% electric, V2G-capable school bus fleet – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

In May, the Oakland Unified school district announced the conversion of its entire school bus fleet to EVs. With the help of grant money from the EPA’s Clean School Bus Program and the California Air Resources Board , Zum purchased 74 electric school buses and bidirectional chargers.

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