article thumbnail

Study: Trust In Dealer Service Departments Remains Surprisingly Strong

The Truth About Cars

Depending on your experience, you may have mixed feelings about your dealers service department, but a recent study from J.D. Power showed that owner satisfaction with dealer service departments remains strong in 2025. Power polled more than 55,000 owners of one- to three-year-old vehicles for the study.

Dealers 103
article thumbnail

Thomas Built Buses has delivered 200 Proterra-Powered electric school buses

Green Car Congress

Thomas Built Buses (TBB), a leading manufacturer of school buses in North America and subsidiary of Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), announced the delivery of TBB’s 200 th Proterra Powered Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley battery-electric school bus to Monroe County Public Schools in Indiana.

Indiana 501
article thumbnail

GM advances Dealer Community Charging Program

Green Car Congress

GM marked the official launch of its Dealer Community Charging Program with the installation of the first community charging stations in Wisconsin and Michigan. Since the program was announced in late 2021, nearly 1,000 GM dealers have enrolled—representing almost a quarter of all GM dealers in North America.

Dealers 284
article thumbnail

Volkswagen significantly expanding charging infrastructure at German sites; first High Power Charging stations with up to 300 kW

Green Car Congress

Some 750 new charging points are planned for next year, including the first High Power Charging stations with up to 300 kW power. The power comes exclusively from renewable energy sources. Volkswagen dealers are also expanding new charging options on a large scale. 3 at a charging station.

Charging 435
article thumbnail

Thomas Built Buses delivers 50th Proterra Powered electric school bus

Green Car Congress

Thomas Built Buses (TBB), a leading manufacturer of school buses in North America; its exclusive Virginia dealer, Sonny Merryman Inc.; Proterra Powered leverages Proterra’s electric vehicle technology and expertise to help commercial vehicle manufacturers electrify their vehicles.

Virginia 435
article thumbnail

Hino to offer electric version of M- and L-Series medium duty trucks; SEA Electric powertrains

Green Car Congress

Hino Trucks will begin production of these new vehicles integrating SEA Electric ’s SEA-Drive power system. SEA Electric’s SEA-Drive power-system is adaptable to most OEM glider chassis platforms from Class 3 to Class 8 (3.5t

article thumbnail

ŠKODA collaborates with IBG ?esko on second-life battery energy storage system; up to 328 kWh

Green Car Congress

The system allows electric vehicles to be charged quickly and flexibly, and dealers can also use the stored electricity for the lighting and air-conditioning in their showrooms and workshops. Following a successful pilot project in Prague, the energy storage units are now available to ŠKODA contract dealers.