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Volkswagen and Audi Dealers Are Suing Scout Motors in Florida

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John Forehand, one of the lawyers representing the dealers in the lawsuit, told Automotive News that Volkswagen owns more than 30 percent of Scout Motors. He believes that this is sufficient to settle the matter in court because Florida law states that as the threshold for viewing a business being legally viewed as a common entity.

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Ford Revises Dealer EV Requirements

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In what could be a tacit admission the transition to electric vehicles is going approximately as smoothly as a Michigan secondary road, it is being reported that suits at the Blue Oval are rolling back some of the requirements demanded of dealers in order to shill EVs to customers. Of course, our readers in the B&B know the difference.

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Dealer Group Filed a Lawsuit Alleging That Hyundai Falsely Inflated EV Sales Numbers

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Automakers are locked in a heated battle for EV supremacy in the United States, but one dealer group is alleging that Hyundai’s numbers might not be entirely accurate. That move would make sales figures look better without dealers moving any additional EV inventory.

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CDK Accused of Dealer Monopolization, Rival Tekion Launches Lawsuit

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If true, the broader ramifications of this would be that CDK Global had intentionally forced retailers to pay higher prices while keeping useful information from them likely resulting in those costs trickling down to consumers while ensuring it maintained the lions share of the dealer services market. CDK's technology is outdated.

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Kia is Suing a Former Dealer for Shady Business Practices and Misrepresenting Sales

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In early May, it filed a lawsuit against the dealer , claiming racketeering, fraud, and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in incentives. Kia said that O’Brien’s schemes hurt other dealers because they took inventory away from them when supply was far short of demand.

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NY Judge Pauses Ford’s EV Dealer Requirements

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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.” In exchange, dealers are given access to demo vehicles and a factory guarantee for limited EV allocations.&

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

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Dealers are often the first group to sound concerns when something changes in the auto industry, whether they’re justified in their complaints or not. The group placed an ad in the April 15 issue of Automotive News and has collected support from all 50 state and 21 metro-area dealer associations.

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