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Dealers join the UAW in charging Stellantis with ‘reckless’ decisions

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Many dealers joined the UAW in claiming that Tavares was mismanaging the U.S. arm of the Dodge-Chrysler parent company, causing increased inventory, job cuts, and broken promises to reopen an Illinois factory, as detailed in a report from Automotive News. And we intend to fight like hell to make this company keep their promise.

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Lucid Motors, Rivian sued by Illinois car dealers for direct sales

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Lucid Motors and Rivian were sued by the Illinois Automobile Dealers Association, the Chicago Automobile Trade Association, and some individual franchised auto dealerships in the state for selling vehicles directly to consumers. Sander represents more than 700 auto dealers that operate over 2,300 franchises across the state.

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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. Napleton Automotive Group in Illinois recently filed a lawsuit, saying the automaker pressured them to re-code unsold inventory as part of their loaner fleet.

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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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Ford caves on EV dealer program following IL loss and will cut charger requirements

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Following a loss in Illinois, Ford is easing some aspects of its EV dealer program. more… The post Ford caves on EV dealer program following IL loss and will cut charger requirements appeared first on Electrek. The changes involve reducing the number of required chargers and cutting training costs.

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Illinois Car Dealer Forced to Refund Employees' Retirement Accounts

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Get the latest news, features,& TTAC& takes, and everything else that gets to the truth about cars first by subscribing to our& newsletter. A third party has been appointed to oversee the retirement plan, and Vargason also has to pay for that. This time it was dealership employees, not customers, that got screwed.

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Ford dealers are opting out of Model e EV certification program

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Ford’s Model e EV certification program, which was announced last year, has attracted its own fair share of critics from the automaker’s dealers. Since the program was announced, hundreds of dealers have reportedly opted out of the Model E program despite initially opting in for the initiative.

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