Government money paves the road beneath EV sales

When Washington Pulls the Plug on EVs: Is There a Market Beyond Federal Incentives?

Edmunds has published an analysis of the eventual end of the Federal $7500 incentive program (200,000 vehicles sold per manufacturer). As great as EVs are, it’s a good question whether consumers will buy them in enough volume without the costly government incentives. “… it’s hard for investments to be made without seeing consumer acceptance. So

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Sit back and let your car drive itself.

Autonomous Vehicles: On the Horizon? Or In Your Store Now!

Whether autonomous vehicles (AVs) are a good thing or bad won’t be decided until public has the product. But their technology is already blowing like a Nor’easter into the dealer community, promising a blizzard of legal issues that may affect the nature of the OEM franchise. I’m concerned that the next great disruptor – the autonomous vehicle – may “jump the

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FCA Fails With Extra Points

FCA Fails With Extra Points I grew up in the Chrysler family. Gale Motors Dodge-Plymouth-DeSoto of Fall River was my childhood playground, and after graduating from college, I went to work for the factory as a District Sales Manager. In my time, Chrysler has had more thrilling ups and downs than the Coney Island Cyclone.

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Big changes to Cadillac’s Pinnacle Program – Threatens Trunk Money

Cadillac has proposed big changes to its Pinnacle or “trunk money” program, announced at the recent NADA convention, The changes include opportunities for dealers to earn partial bonuses for coming close to their monthly sales targets, plans to make some payments sooner and the relaxing of some standards. Cadillac also said it has created an

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GM Sells 10M cars worldwide

Despite slowing sales at home, GM sells 10 million cars worldwide in 2017 for the first time, lifting it to record profits thanks to China.  Strong sales in China more than made up for slower sales in the United States. The milestone led GM, the largest American automaker, to record profit. General Motors Co. said Thursday its sales in China

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