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Weekend Car Buying Roundup March 23, 2024

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A sucker walks into a new car dealership every minute. Dealership showroom floors are practically delivery rooms for freshly-born suckers. There are shiny new cars on the floor, and rapacious young sales professionals just waiting to lure you into something you can’t afford , don’t need, or otherwise shouldn’t own.…

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'They Want To Be The Gatekeepers': Car Dealers Are Stopping Customers From Buying EVs

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As it turns out, car dealers seem to know even less than buyers do when it comes to electric vehicles , and they don’t really seem too keen on learning about them. The Washington Post spoke with a number of customers who said dealers tried to redirect them to gas cars or gave them unclear or downright incorrect answers … Read more.

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EV Rentals Failed Due To Crashes, Parts Delays And Poor Charging

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Good morning! It’s Tuesday, July 16, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift , your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more.

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4 Job Opportunities To Explore After Hybrid And Electrical Mechanic Training

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Promote Widespread EV Adoption in Marketing and Sales Canada aims for 60% of vehicle sales to be hybrid and electric by 2030. Car dealerships that comply with this federal goal by producing EVs are rewarded for contributing to the EV shift. As a result, many automakers have ramped up their marketing and sales efforts.

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Fiat Gains 119 Percent In Sales Over Last Year While Toyota Slips Slightly

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Good morning! It’s Wednesday, July 3, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift , your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more.

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Fisker Fire Sale And Amazon Electric Delivery Vans On Literally On Fire In This Week's News Roundup

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Fisker officially filed for bankruptcy last month, and despite a “going out of business” sale that saw prices of its Ocean EV slashed by thousands , the automaker still has a few thousand leftovers that didn’t sell. Fisker may have found a buyer for all those EVs and, as TechCrunch reports, it’s willing to let them go… Read more.

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Elon Musk Pitches EVs To Disinterested Republicans During Trump Interview

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Good morning! It’s Tuesday, August 13, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift , your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more.