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Accelerating Action: Key Takeaways from Women Automotive Network’s International Women’s Day Event

Women Automotive Network

This International Womens Day, the Women Automotive Network brought together industry leaders, Employee Resource Group (ERG) champions, and aspiring professionals to celebrate progress and drive meaningful change. Oxana Grishina, named Mentor of the Year at Women Automotive Network, emphasised that mentorship is not a one-way street.

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Ford terminates over 50 retailer dealers at start of 2025

Motor Trader

Ford terminated more than 50 retail dealers in January as part of its restructuring of the network. Back in 2020 Ford announced that it was going to reduce its network of sales outlets in half over the next five years. Light commercial vehicle sales have been growing in importance for the network and Ford.

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Porsche To Shut 30% Of Its Dealerships In China After Sales Tumble

Carscoops

The carmaker isn’t just consolidating its network of dealers but will also optimize its local investments, abandoning areas where it can’t achieve long-term profitability and doubling down on regions that perform well, including Shanghai and Beijing. It is only sensible to adjust the dealer network respectively.

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Automaker-backed Ionna charging network to challenge Supercharger dominance

Auto Blog

Filed under: Green , Electric Continue reading Automaker-backed Ionna charging network to challenge Supercharger dominance Automaker-backed Ionna charging network to challenge Supercharger dominance originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 12 Feb 2024 13:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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'Challenging backdrop' of low private EV sales hits charging firms

Autocar

In real terms, it said this meant fewer private buyers were choosing EVs, resulting in a drop in sales of its chargers during 2024. CEO Melanie Lane said that although Pod Point achieved a lot in 2024 against a difficult market backdrop, it proved to be a transitional year in terms of our financial performance.

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Used Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo 2024 long-term test

Autocar

There are other perks: our car came to us with a contract to use the Porsche Charging Network- it's not offered as standard with a used Taycan, but you can buy access. Using an RFID card, your key fob or the My Porsche app, you get one-touch access to any charger part of that network.

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America's EV charging network is growing but not fast enough

Auto Blog

Filed under: By the Numbers , Government/Legal , Green , Driving , Ownership , Electric Continue reading America's EV charging network is growing but not fast enough America's EV charging network is growing but not fast enough originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 7 Sep 2024 07:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.