Motor Trader

MARCH 28, 2024

For the UK, challenges include investment in the battery supply chain and retaining confidence in the charging network – which according to New AutoMotive is. This story continues at UK electric hurdles reflected in contribution to global BEV sales Or just read more coverage at Motor Trader

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Motor Trader

JULY 30, 2024

GSF Car Parts has expanded its network with New Branches in Chessington and Stockport. The Chessington branch spans 6,422 sq ft and supports the network with four new vans and three bikes. Steve Horne, CEO of GSF Car Parts, said: “We are excited to introduce our newest branches in Chessington and Stockport to the GSF network.

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Carscoops

MAY 25, 2024

retail network. retail network rather than limiting it to stores. Speaking to Auto News , Lisa Drake, vice president of EV programs and energy supply chain, noted: “What we’re finding is more dealers want to be involved in it, and we don’t want to be exclusive to just a handful.

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CarExpert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

A growing network surpassing 60 dealerships has been established in the region, although Chery might focus its manufacturing expansion elsewhere initially. You also need to look at the market itself; education, because you need good talented people such as engineers and factory workers; there’s also supply chain, logistics.

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Autocar

APRIL 1, 2024

In the medium term, Blundell said he’d like to see BYD “established as a credible brand, with an established infrastructure and dealer network and to be part of the landscape” in the UK. “We We’re switched onto supply chain and logistics and ‘build our own’“ when it comes to components. We control what we can control,” he said.

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Drive.com

OCTOBER 23, 2024

“The innovative technology enables us to recover valuable raw materials from the battery with the highest possible degree of purity,” Jorg Burzer, Mercedes-Benz board responsible for Production, Quality and Supply Chain Management said in a statement. This turns today’s batteries into tomorrow’s sustainable mine for raw materials.

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Carscoops

MARCH 9, 2024

.” advertisement scroll to continue Read: Rivian Suspends $5 Billion Georgia Plant, Shifts R2 To Illinois Scaringe says the brand is applying the lessons it learned from the launch of the R1 during the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain shortages with its new models.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Canadore received $108,825 from the Ontario government through the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network’s (OVIN) Regional Future Workforce – Critical Minerals Pilot Program to teach students about these subjects. The secondary students that attended the event came from Nipissing, Parry Sound, and West Nipissing.

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Carscoops

JANUARY 19, 2024

“We see a bright future for electric vehicles for specific consumers, especially with our upcoming digitally advanced EVs and access to Tesla’s charging network beginning this quarter.” Conversely, Ranger production has struggled to gain momentum, partially due to a UAW strike and supply chain challenges.

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AutoSuccessOnline

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Vehicle Service & Warranty Lifecycle Summit Series is back, poised to bring together leading automotive, powersport, bus, truck, construction and agricultural OEMs, parts and equipment suppliers, their retailers, dealers, distributors, logistics and services providers for networking, benchmarking and insights. Set to take place on Oct.

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Autocar

JUNE 9, 2024

But they also present new challenges around training, safety, infrastructure and supply chains. One of the biggest challenges our dealer network is facing is having to manage electrified vehicles alongside ICE models and all of our other products,” she explained on our exclusive Autocar Business webinar.

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Autocar

JANUARY 14, 2024

Inoue said the wider roll-out of FCEV cars will be possible once the infrastructure exists to support it, along with the supply chain and market demand, which is why Honda is first focusing its hydrogen efforts on the commercial vehicle and industrial sectors.

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Autocar

OCTOBER 14, 2024

But the £15k Spring is built in China, which significantly dents its profitability in Europe, and moving production here would be a "complicated thing to do" because of the huge work needed to rebuild the supply chain and logistics network.

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Motor Trader

MAY 28, 2024

The company said that despite high inflation and supply chain issues it had benefited from steady growth and consumer demand but was impacted by falling used car values late in the year. “We In May 2023 it closed its Diss branch as part of the Ford network rationalisation with all staff offered positions at Ipswich or Lowestoft.

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Carscoops

JANUARY 26, 2024

Additionally, they express reservations about the limited practicality of EVs in cold-weather conditions and describe the public charging network as ‘woefully inadequate’ for those unable to charge at home. Wait for the battery supply chain to develop outside the control of China.

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AutoSuccessOnline

JULY 1, 2024

Meanwhile, David Sickels, Babcox Media editor, will delve into the aftermarket and the significant contributions of independent companies within the supply chain. He’ll travel the country to chart the history of the aftermarket, the key players, and the processes involved in manufacturing automotive parts.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Car dealerships are becoming prime targets for cybercriminals in part because they handle sensitive customer data, high-value transactions and operate with complex supply chain networks. The automotive industry has recently experienced a surge in cyber attacks, posing significant challenges for dealerships.

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Shawn Ryder

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

Each block in the chain contains a list of transactions, a timestamp, and a cryptographic hash of the previous block, ensuring that once data is recorded, it cannot be altered without consensus from all network participants.

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Auto Remarketing

OCTOBER 24, 2023

However, with the current erratic economy brought on by the vagaries of supply chain disruptions and the looming labor strikes, embracing the power of data can be the difference between success and struggle for dealerships.

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Automotive Addicts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

These vehicles, which now dominate the market, rely heavily on onboard network hardware, enabling them to communicate with external devices and systems, including internet access. This connectivity, while advancing the convenience of modern vehicles, poses potential risks. vehicles rely on Chinese-made parts.

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Shawn Ryder

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Connected Cars Connected cars are enhancing the driving experience by integrating technology that enables communication between the car, the driver, and external networks. Supply Chain Transparency: Enhance trust with customers by ensuring source authenticity and transaction integrity.

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Autocar

JUNE 20, 2024

Just a few days earlier, a top global executive from a western car maker had told me the same thing about BYD and its number of engineers: even if you took away all the labour cost and supply-chain advantages, in addition to the Chinese state support, it still had 10 times the engineering capacity of his company – an amazing fact.

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Drive.com

JUNE 9, 2024

The [car buyer] gets to see the general information, maybe some of the supply chain information and certainly the state of [the car battery’s] capacity and state of health,” she added. . “Not everyone gets to see the same data,” Ms Carey told Autocar. “The automotive [manufacturer] gets to see everything.

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AutoSuccessOnline

JULY 11, 2024

Central Dispatch is thelogistics marketplace driving our clients’ businesses,” said Joe Kichler, vice president of logistics at Cox Automotive. Central Dispatch’s private marketplace solution automates key processes such as negotiations and dispatching, increasing efficiencies for large shippers.

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Autocar

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Efficiency in manufacturing, localised parts sourcing and a broad dealer network are the keys to success in the Indian market, none of which encourages much innovation. Contrast that with China’s successive five-year plans designed to establish a world-beating EV industry – which, after a few false starts, it arguably has now done.

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Motor Trader

OCTOBER 18, 2024

This means that the average number of franchise points per OEM brand is just under 8, which qualifies in my book as deserving a ‘seat at the table’ in any debate about changes in the network. Dealer networks remain much denser than is required to meet customer needs.

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Motor Trader

AUGUST 9, 2024

Geopolitical risks remain, particularly in Ukraine and the Middle East, but in industry terms we (perhaps sadly) have adjusted for that and replanned where necessary with new suppliers and supply chains. Perhaps a new European Parliament and UK Government will find a politically acceptable way to ease the pain before the year is out?

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Dealership Valuations

MARCH 27, 2023

In this article, we explore the potential impact of cyber leaks on your supply chain processes, customer retention, employee turnover, and social marketing strategies, all of which ultimately affect the value of your dealership. The post production supply chain is a crucial aspect of any dealership’s operations.

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AutoSuccessOnline

MARCH 20, 2024

When coupled with supply chain complexities that necessitate cross-state buying and selling, in depth configuration data becomes pivotal for accurate quoting and to ensure safe, high-quality transport. By harnessing precise configuration data and a stable network, dealerships can effectively alleviate transport-related friction.

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Drive.com

MAY 6, 2024

If that car needs to be shipped to a market on the other side of the world, that distribution network also needs to be considered in the emissions life cycle. Beyond Part of Volvo’s sustainability goal includes a ‘circular’ ambition where every element of the supply chain is assessed for its ability to be recycled and reused down the track.

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Drive.com

APRIL 19, 2024

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mobile EV Charging Melbourne (@mobile_evcharging) Though critics of Australia’s public charging network often point to a lack of infrastructure in remote locations, the co-owners say they are often called out to Melbourne’s CBD where there is a large concentration of public chargers. “If

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Fladco

JULY 5, 2024

Leveraging Dealer Trade Networks Dealer trade networks allow dealerships to exchange vehicles with others in their network. Being part of a dealer network is particularly beneficial for Florida dealerships during peak tourist seasons when specific models may be in higher demand.

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Turbo Marketing Solutions

AUGUST 8, 2024

It plays a pivotal role in areas such as vehicle design, testing, autonomous vehicles, and the development of low emission and electric vehicles, ultimately leading to improved sustainability, supply chain management, quality, productivity, marketing strategies, and dealership placement within the industry.

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Dealer World

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Just over half (51%) said gaining better insights would allow them to help supply chain processes for new vehicles, while 46.2% Its industry’s first ubiquitous data management platform is utilized across the Edge and Core Network to its partners including OEMs, Media, Insurers, Fleet Companies and Smart Cities/Municipalities.

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Motor Trader

MAY 31, 2024

We were in discussions with BYD about our network, we were working with offerings in Manchester and Birmingham. “One of the advantages we have is pretty much complete ownership of the vertical supply chain. So, BYD is finally in Britain, building a network of established dealers.

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Autocar

APRIL 4, 2024

That was achievable during the post-Covid supply chain shortages, when no one could build enough cars to meet demand, thereby raising average selling prices. Volumes were sacrificed for increased profit margins, or so the theory went.

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Drive.com

AUGUST 29, 2024

Drive has investigated what it would take to switch from R134a to R1234yf – what it means in terms of cost, the supply chain, and physical maintenance – and the answer is it could be very easy, it purely comes down to cost. We are actually already supplying some R1234yf for the last three, maybe five, years through the same channel.

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