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EV Repair Costs 29% Higher Than Traditional Vehicle Repair Costs in Side-by-side Model Comparison

EV Repair Costs 29% Higher Than Traditional Vehicle Repair Costs in Side-by-side Model Comparison

WESTLAKE, Texas--Solera Holdings, LLC, the global leader in vehicle lifecycle management, today announced groundbreaking global research looking at repair cost trends of electric vehicles (EVs) in comparison to internal combustion engine (ICE) repair costs. The comparative study considered aggregate international analy ... Continue reading

OVERCHARGED EXPECTATIONS: UNMASKING THE TRUE COSTS OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES

OVERCHARGED EXPECTATIONS: UNMASKING THE TRUE COSTS OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES

By Kenneth Schrupp Special to The Auto Channel The Center Square The complete costs of ... Continue reading

EVs and Digital Used Car Dealers Are Only Made On Wall Street

EVs and Digital Used Car Dealers Are Only Made On Wall Street

You can't find any EV or Used Car Lot news without a salivating focus on Tesla's stock price and how other car companies building EV's will see their stock value soar, that is until the dealers report the unsold inventory sitting on dealerships lots across the U.S. and every car maker goes into the digital used car biz ... Continue reading

Latest Official EV Welfare For Rich People From Your Friends and Neighbors

Latest Official EV Welfare For Rich People From Your Friends and Neighbors

October 6, 2023 Starting in January Inflation Reduction Act Provision Will Allow Consumers to Transfer Credit to Car Dealer, Reducing Purchase Price of New and Previously Owned Clean Vehicles at Time of SaleWASHINGTON – As part of Bidenomics and the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S ... Continue reading

JD Power Report - Are Mass Market Buyers Being Priced Out of EVs?

JD Power Report - Are Mass Market Buyers Being Priced Out of EVs?

Key Findings Premium EVs Far More Affordable than Mass Market EVs, on Relative Basis: The extra cost that premium automobile buyers are paying to own an electric vehicle (EV) vs. a comparable internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle is significantly lower than that paid by mass market buyers. ... Continue reading

ALL-NEW MINI COUNTRYMAN ELECTRIC MAKES NORTH AMERICA DEBUT ON THE OCCASION OF CLIMATE WEEK NYC.

ALL-NEW MINI COUNTRYMAN ELECTRIC MAKES NORTH AMERICA DEBUT ON THE OCCASION OF CLIMATE WEEK NYC.

Brooklyn, N.Y. – September 18, 2023 – MINI USA is marking Climate Week NYC, the largest annual climate event of its kind, with its North American debut of the new all-MINI Countryman Electric, which makes its first appearance in the U.S. following the World Premiere earlier this month at IAA Mobility in Munich. Exp ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weeky Auto News Wrap-up September 3-9, 2023

Nutson's Weeky Auto News Wrap-up September 3-9, 2023

Here are Larry's picks among the past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories, presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive universe news nuggets for Nutsons Auto News Weekly Wrap-up September 3-9, 2023 ... Continue reading

Buying An Electrified Vehicle? Soon Get Your Green New Deal Baksheesh Directly From Your Local Dealer

Buying An Electrified Vehicle? Soon Get Your Green New Deal Baksheesh Directly From Your Local Dealer

Get a tax credit of up to $7,500 for new vehicles purchased in or after 2023! Get a credit of up to $4,000 for used vehicles purchased from a dealer for $25,000 or less! The amount equals 30% of purchased price, with a maximum credit of $4,000. Other requirements apply. ... Continue reading

Dodge muscle cars once again top HLDI’s list of most-stolen vehicles

Dodge muscle cars once again top HLDI’s list of most-stolen vehicles

Arlington VA September 4, 2023; Two Dodge muscle cars, the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat and Dodge Charger HEMI, once again top the Highway Loss Data Institute’s list of the most-stolen vehicles for model years 2020-22. Meanwhile, a viral trend targeting Hyundai-Kia vehicles propelled four Kia models into the top 20. ... Continue reading

Automobile Study 2022-23 Do You Get No Satisfaction?, Thanks Mick

Automobile Study 2022-23 Do You Get No Satisfaction?, Thanks Mick

Following last year’s dip, customer satisfaction with automobiles improves 3% to a score of 79 (out of 100), according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI®) Automobile Study 2022-23. Luxury vehicles continue to outpace their mass-market counterparts, but the gap is shrinking, as the latter increases 3% ... Continue reading

Your Federal Taxes Going To Support Tesla And Electric Car Builders

Your Federal Taxes Going To Support Tesla And Electric Car Builders

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 16 Reuters reported that Texas on Wednesday approved its plan to require companies to include Tesla's (TSLA.O) technology in electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to be eligible for federal funds, despite calls for more time to re-engineer and test the connectors. The decision by Texas - the bigges ... Continue reading

Truthful Information From IIHS: Safer Cars and Trucks: A guide for new and used vehicle buyers

Truthful Information From IIHS: Safer Cars and Trucks: A guide for new and used vehicle buyers

IIHS: Whether you are in the market for a new or used vehicle, here are key things to consider: Size and weight Smaller, lighter vehicles generally offer less protection than larger, heavier ones. There is less structure to absorb crash energy. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Auto News Weekly Wrap-up July 23-29, 2023

Nutson's Auto News Weekly Wrap-up July 23-29, 2023

* The sleeping giant is awakening! Seven of the world’s leading automakers – BMW Group, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz Group, Stellantis NV – are creating a joint venture to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles in North America, by making EV charging more convenient, accessible and r ... Continue reading

New EV Battery Safe Handling & Storage Guidance Developed by Global Automakers and Suppliers

New EV Battery Safe Handling & Storage Guidance Developed by Global Automakers and Suppliers

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 26, 2023 -- In a collaborative effort to enhance safety measures and promote responsible handling of electric vehicle (EV) batteries, today at its 2023 Innovation Summit in Columbus, Ohio, the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) announced the publication of a new guidance document on Ele ... Continue reading

The EV Baby and Its Bathwater Gone

The EV Baby and Its Bathwater Gone

(Reuters) - For many electric vehicles, there is no way to repair or assess even slightly damaged battery packs after accidents, forcing insurance companies to write off cars with few miles - leading to higher premiums and undercutting gains from going electric.And now those battery packs are piling up in scrapyards in ... Continue reading

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