Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Lightning worked with their motor coach dealer-partner ABC Companies to deliver a single-deck motor coach to All Aboard America! It keeps the chassis and premium bus body out of the scrapyard and enables the move to zero-emissions with a dramatically lower cost than buying a new motor coach, diesel or electric.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Kia Motors Corporation previewed its global electric vehicle (EV) business strategy; the brand will launch seven new dedicated BEVs by 2027 across several vehicle segments. Kia intends to establish a leadership position in the global EV market by responding to fast-growing global consumer demand for EVs.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2020

The outbreak of COVID-19 has already impacted the automotive industry significantly, according to JATO Dynamics, a leading provider of global automotive data and insight. Global vehicle sales totalled 5.55 —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. million units in March 2020, down by 39% from March 2019. million units.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In fact, the dealerships that take buyouts for their Buick and Cadillac franchises could end up selling Chevys exclusively, GM global vice.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The SAIC MAXUS range is currently available in 73 countries and regions globally. The brand has more than 400 sales dealers across Europe; last year the SAIC MAXUS brand achieved sales of almost 183,000 units globally. The MIFA Hydrogen van seats seven.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2023

Starting Q4 2023, they will be distributed in the United States through an exclusive agreement with Velocity, an established name in the commercial vehicle industry with around 80 global outlets.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

—,Eric Cin, global director, Vehicle Personalization, Accessories and Licensing. Globally, the vehicle performance parts and accessories industry generates approximately $50 billion annually; that covers hardware for everything from hot rods to off-road vehicles, and from mobile electronics to vehicle accessories.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2020

The platform also includes shopping tools such as a range estimator, payment tool and dealer selection to assist shoppers with finding an ID.4 4 to arrive at their preferred local VW dealer. At that time, the customer can transact with their dealer and complete their purchase. 4 in a few simple steps.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 10, 2024

CDK Global has been accused of systematically bogarting the market for dealership management services by California-based rival Tekion, with the latter having launched a lawsuit alleging that CDK is intentionally attempting to curtail any legitimate competition by withholding data. CDK's technology is outdated.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The next-generation BMW 5 Series is entering market availability globally, including the new i5 EV. more… The post BMW i5 will arrive at US dealers starting this month appeared first on Electrek. The US will see the i5 Sedan arrive for sale in just a matter of weeks, before October’s end.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

will open a new facility in Herten, Germany, which will initially focus on the assembly of fuel cell systems for global transportation leader Alstom’s hydrogen trains. Four testing stations will supplement existing global fuel cell and hydrogen production research and development capabilities. Cummins Inc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2022

With a 20-year lease agreement, Volkswagen Group of America aims to improve vehicle logistics efficiency further and to increase importation capacities to serve nearly 300 dealers in the United States. Our new hub at Port Freeport will allow us to serve nearly one-third of our US dealer network more efficiently and more sustainably.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2020

The port, which will serve roughly 302 dealers in the mid-Atlantic region, marks an approximately $150-million investment in the Baltimore-area and the creation of about 100 new jobs. This is a key building block in Volkswagen Group’s global strategy to become carbon neutral across its business by 2050.

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Electrek

AUGUST 1, 2022

As part of a new partnership with European dealer group Hedin Mobility, BYD expects to begin delivering EVs in the new EU countries before year’s end. The post BYD continues global expansion, announcing EV deliveries coming to Germany and Sweden in Q4 appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2021

The companies are currently fulfilling their first order from Allen Global Enterprises (AGE) to develop and produce 30 tactical Mobile Detection Systems (MDS) vehicles. Since 1967, Matthews has been a staple and one of the strongest dealers in the school bus industry.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2020

Lightning Systems, a global developer of zero-emission drivetrains, announced an order from the California Department of State Hospitals for 12 zero-emission, all-electric Ford Transit 350HD models. The Lightning Electric models are being provided to the hospital system by Wondries Fleet Group, a leading fleet dealer in California.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2020

IHS Markit cut its forecasts for global light vehicle sales and production as the impact COVID-19 impact has depressed demand. According the new analysis, global light vehicle sales are now forecast to be 69.6 IHS Markit forecasts a similar decline for global light vehicle production, falling to 69.3 million units. Production.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 16, 2024

While best known for its commercial trucking services, Penske has been ramping up dealer acquisitions, buying out trucking rivals and trying to expand its already sizable footprint in both Europe and Australia. The above global expansion has been made possible thanks largely to its share price absolutely exploding after 2020.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

General Motors said that it will offer all of its Buick franchise dealers in the U.S. Global Vice President of Buick and GMC, Duncan Aldred, told WSJ that shifting to EVs will require significant investments by Buick dealers. Buick franchise dealers buyouts appeared first on TESLARATI. DTC is happening.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2021

one of the world’s leading independent global bus manufacturers, have announced a partnership to electrify ARBOC Freedom low floor buses with the XL Hybrid (XLH) electric propulsion system. XL Fleet Corp. and ARBOC Specialty Vehicles, a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

—Gerald Johnson, GM’s executive vice president of Global Manufacturing. GM’s launched its all-new family of Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra HD pickups earlier this year and began shipping the all-new HDs to dealers in July and will build dealer inventory levels through the first half of 2020. liter V-8 turbo-diesel.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

This is part of a global recall for the issue. Any authorized Toyota dealer will perform a software update to the Motor Generator ECU and Power Management ECU at no charge. Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., Toyota has received no reports of accidents or injuries associated with the condition.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Working with its 2,600-plus dealers, the company is focusing on the dealership transition to electric-vehicle sales and service, offering consulting and on-site evaluation of electric-vehicle (EV) integration needs within every area of the dealership business. —Phil Langley, head of network development, FCA – North America.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2019

The ecosystem will build on the joint Global Communications Platform announced by Toyota and KDDI in 2016 to support car connectivity. Toyota Motor North America, KDDI and AT&T will collaborate to enable 4G LTE connectivity for all new model Toyota and Lexus cars and trucks.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2020

The company also announced an in-kind donation of 65,000 COVID-19 real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests developed by Seegene , a South Korea-based global leader in multiplex molecular diagnostics. Source: Seegene. —José Muñoz, President and CEO of Hyundai Motor North America.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2014

In addition, the Group’s dealer network will see significant growth and increase by 50% from the present approximately 2,400 dealerships to more than 3,600. More than 500,000 people will then be employed by the Volkswagen Group’s Chinese dealer organization.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Reservations for the 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ Debut Edition EV ( earlier post ) sold out in just over ten minutes, according to Rory Harvey, vice president, Global Cadillac. While 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ Debut Edition reservations are full, more vehicles will be available to order through the Cadillac dealer network starting summer 2022.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 31, 2024

new vehicle market this month, S&P Global Mobility has predicted. The market share of EVs won't increase dramatically over the previous month, as automakers, dealers, and consumers digest new federal tax credit rules brought on by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that went into effect with the start. EV sales will reach 8.0%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2021

With global headquarters in Los Angeles, SEA Electric currently has operations in five countries and more than one million miles of independent OEM testing and in-service operation in all markets. SEA-Drive 120b Power-System. SEA Ford F-59 EV with SEA-Drive 120b.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Among other activities, Volkswagen and diconium intend to launch a global online sales platform allowing Volkswagen customers to purchase and manage all the upcoming “We” services and on-demand functions for their connected vehicles. —Christoph Hartung, Head of Digital & New Business / Mobility Services of the Volkswagen brand.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The new E-Transit will join the all-electric F-150 announced in September and the all-electric Mustang Mach-E, which begins arriving in dealers’ showrooms next month. Electric vehicles are a key part of Ford’s commitment meet the requirements of the Paris Accord and achieve carbon neutrality globally by 2050. arrives in mid-2022.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Based on Daimler Trucks’ global platform strategy, the companies’ joint venture Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive Co., The new heavy-duty Mercedes-Benz tractors for China will fully capitalize on Daimler Trucks’ platform strategy and will be powered by a state-of-the-art engine from Daimler Trucks global powertrain unit.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2019

The 2020 LiveWire is now available for US dealer pre-order at h-d.com/LiveWire with an MSRP of $29,799. Deliveries are expected this fall; select global markets will be announced at a later date. At CES 2019, Harley-Davidson announced pricing and pre-order availability for LiveWire, its first electric production motorcycle.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2020

30kW Wall-Mount DC Fast Charger shown on a stand.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Volkswagen is suing a German car dealer for importing the China-exclusive ID.6 In 2022, German car dealer Gregory Brudny offered the Volkswagen ID.6 6 vehicles built by FAW-VW from an authorized VW dealer in China. 6 vehicles built by FAW-VW from an authorized VW dealer in China. 6 electric vehicle (EV) into Germany.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2021

An important part of Volvo Trucks’ sustainability strategy is to reduce CO 2 from our own operations globally and putting the Volvo VNR Electric to work, servicing our NRV operations. The Volvo VNR Electric model entered serial production at NRV earlier this year. Volvo VNR Electric NRV zero-emissions logistics transport vehicle.

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Teslarati

JUNE 16, 2024

Following the departure of four high-profile executives at Stellantis North America, some dealers are growing concerned about the company’s direction. Considering these factors, the departures have raised additional questions from dealers. “That is no cut on some of the people that are coming into the roles behind them.

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