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Motability takes £565 million blow as costs soar

Autocar

Motability Operations, the company behind the Motability charity, buys cars and leases them to people with a qualifying disability allowance for 75.75 million pre-tax loss for 2024, a huge drop from the 748m profits it recorded in 2023. Despite a 15% rise in the number of people joining the scheme last year, the firm posted a 564.6

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Australian Government aims to boost EV uptake with low-interest loans

CarExpert

The $55,000 cutoff would mean only one brand-new Tesla would qualify: the base Model 3 RWD. Most Australians buy used cars instead of new ones, but the pre-owned EV market is still developing so targeted financial incentives and support is required to boost uptake and create a self-sustaining market.”

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Skilled Trades Bill 190 up for vote in Ontario

Canadian Auto Dealer

The bill was introduced by David Piccini, Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, with the goal of cutting red tape. That’s up from about 1,500 pre-pandemic. The MVRO believes STO is best equipped for this responsibility as they are the one-stop shop for licensing and regulating the trades,” they said.

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Your Local Dealership Marketing Solution in Catawissa, Pennsylvania

Shawn Ryder

Some examples might include new cars for sale in Pennsylvania, certified pre-owned dealerships in Catawissa, or affordable car maintenance in Columbia County. Ad Creatives: Develop engaging ad content that highlights promotional offers or unique selling points of your inventory.

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Honda Offering to add Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto Integration for 2018-2022 Accords

Automotive Addicts

Jay Joseph, Vice President of the Sustainability & Business Development Division at American Honda Motor Co., Notably, this upgrade comes at no extra cost for qualifying Accord models sold as Honda Certified Pre-Owned vehicles, thereby adding further value to the certified program.

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Ford to reignite electric car demand with affordable EV platform

Autocar

We developed a super-talented skunkworks team to create a low-cost EV platform. “It Farley added that the availability of cheap credit pre-Covid and the pent-up demand for cars amid the semiconductor chip crisis, as well as the rapid rise in early adopters of EVs, “gave us too optimistic a demand signal”. It was a start-up.

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Fisker Pauses Production And Raises $150m, Holds Out For OEM Rescue

Carscoops

based startup says it’s still holding talks with the unnamed automaker in the hope of securing either a large investment in the company, a partner to help it develop one or more EV platforms, and possible access to manufacturing in North America.