Category: Global

Advanced tech drives the automobile’s renaissance

Passenger vehicles today are more than a mechanical means to move people from Point A to Point B. They have evolved into a new species: powerful computational devices that are truly mobile. The

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Chinese electric-car shares boosted by Volkswagen investment in Xpeng

Receive free Electric vehicles updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Electric vehicles news every morning. Shares in Chinese electric-vehicle makers rose sharply on Thursday after Volkswagen

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Fed’s rate hike isn’t hurting this Byron auto dealership

BYRON, Ga. — You hear it all the time: “Things have gotten more expensive.” So, to help fight inflation, the Federal Reserve, the U.S.’s Central Bank, plans to raise interest rates again.  That

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VW takes 5% stake in China EV maker Xpeng

Volkswagen Group plans to invest $700 million in Xpeng and jointly develop electric vehicles in China as the German automaker fights to halt a sales slide in its most important market. VW Group

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AutoNation Down But Far From Out

  AutoNation is using several tools, including its newly acquired captive finance company and a gradually expanding used-car networkto try and recapture “lapsed” customers – those who disappear after their new-car warranty expires

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I Sold Electric Cars for a Decade. I’m Frustrated Some Dealers Still Don’t Get It.

Nigel Zeid is an independent EV educator. Nigel Zeid Nigel Zeid is a former Nissan EV specialist who now educates dealers about electric car sales. Dealerships often don’t have the answers customers need

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TEST ND ND ND ND – Ward's Auto

The news that prices of used electric vehicles are in freefall, with no end in sight, has dragged down revenue through the entire used car segment, says iSeeCars executive analyst Karl Brauer. Plus,

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Colorado EV sales flatten but hybrid cars are popular

Electric vehicle sales in Colorado flattened out in the second quarter of 2023, but the state’s growing affinity for hybrids like Toyota’s RAV4 and Highlander, and the Honda CR-V, continued to push overall

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BYD widens sales lead over VW in China

BYD extended its lead over Volkswagen Group as China’s top-selling automaker, with its wide range of electric vehicles proving hugely popular among local buyers. After dethroning the German giant for the first time

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Japan gov’t to hold Bigmotor hearings over excessive car repair fees

Japan’s transport ministry said Monday it will conduct hearings with major used car dealer Bigmotor Co. over the company being suspected of charging excessive vehicle repair fees and making alleged fraudulent insurance claims,

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