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Carvana Launches Streamlined Shopping and Checkout Experience for Used EV Buyers

Carvana Launches Streamlined Shopping and Checkout Experience for Used EV Buyers

Carvana , an industry pioneer for buying and selling used cars online, today announced the launch of new features that make shopping for and buying a used electric vehicle (EV) or plug-in hybrid (PHEV) easier and more accessible for its customers. The streamlined process highlights vehicles that qualify for the Clean V ... Continue reading

YAMAHA MOTOR: New Hydrogen Energy Verification Testing Facility to be Established at Morimachi Factory

YAMAHA MOTOR: New Hydrogen Energy Verification Testing Facility to be Established at Morimachi Factory

Japan--Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) is pleased to announce that it will build a new verification testing facility equipped with a melting furnace and heat treatment furnace using hydrogen gas at its Morimachi Factory (Morimachi, Shuchi-gun, Shizuoka Prefecture). From 2025, we will begin development and verifica ... Continue reading

OFFICIAL NHTSA WEEKLY RECALL DETAILS SUMMARY - July 8, 2024

OFFICIAL NHTSA WEEKLY RECALL DETAILS SUMMARY - July 8, 2024

The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles if your vehicle is listed below. Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Wrap-up June 30 - July 6, 2024

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Wrap-up June 30 - July 6, 2024

Here are Larry's top story picks from this past week's important to you, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive news nuggets ... Continue reading

FCA Reports Second-quarter 2024 US Sales Results

FCA Reports Second-quarter 2024 US Sales Results

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., July 2, 2024 -- Continue Reading Jeep® Wagoneer, Grand Wagoneer total sales increased 107% and 24% year over year, respectively. Post this FCA reports Q2 2024 total U.S. sales; Wagoneer up 107% Stellantis posted 4% quarter-over-quarter growth with a Q2 2024 total U.S. sales decrease 21% year over ... Continue reading

Toyota Motor North America Reports U.S. June and First Half 2024 Sales Results

Toyota Motor North America Reports U.S. June and First Half 2024 Sales Results

Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) reported U.S. June sales of 193,120 vehicles, down 1.2 percent on a volume and daily selling rate (DSR) basis versus June 2023. June electrified vehicle sales totaled 84,781, up 64.5 percent on a volume basis and DSR basis, representing 43.9 percent of total monthly sales. ... Continue reading

NIKOLA WHOLESALES 72 HYDROGEN FUEL CELL TRUCKS FOR NORTH AMERICAN CUSTOMERS IN Q2 2024, EXCEEDS SALES GUIDANCE

NIKOLA WHOLESALES 72 HYDROGEN FUEL CELL TRUCKS FOR NORTH AMERICAN CUSTOMERS IN Q2 2024, EXCEEDS SALES GUIDANCE

PHOENIX, July 2, 2024 -- For Q2 2024, Nikola Corporation , a global leader in zero-emissions transportation and energy supply and infrastructure solutions, via the HYLA brand, wholesaled 72 Class 8 Nikola hydrogen fuel cell trucks, above the high end of truck sales guidance of 60 units. For the first half of 2024, Niko ... Continue reading

NHTSA RECALLS - THE WHY BEHIND THESE RECALLS - JUly 2, 2024

NHTSA RECALLS - THE WHY BEHIND THESE RECALLS - JUly 2, 2024

The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles if your vehicle is listed below. Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Wrap-up June 23-29, 2024

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Wrap-up June 23-29, 2024

Larry's top story picks from this past week's important to you, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive news nuggets. ... Continue reading

2024 Toyota Crown Platinum – Review by David Colman +VIDEO

2024 Toyota Crown Platinum – Review by David Colman +VIDEO

An attention grabbing piece of sheet metal art Photos and Story by David Colman Special Correspondent to THE AUTO CHANNEL A gent who lives on my street takes long daily walks with his wife. This couple recently bought a brand new Toyota RAV 4 Prime, so they're presumably up on their Toyotas. ... Continue reading

Goodwill® and General Motors Announce Green Jobs Training Collaboration

Goodwill® and General Motors Announce Green Jobs Training Collaboration

GM will provide grant funding for 10 local Goodwill organizations to invest in workforce training programs for in-demand, entry-level skilled trades jobs, including the new Goodwill Clean Tech Accelerator™. Goodwill and Accenture announced the Goodwill Clean Tech Accelerator™, a co-designed clean energy jobs progra ... Continue reading

2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid Nightshade – Review by David Colman +VIDEO

2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid Nightshade – Review by David Colman +VIDEO

Putting the FUN back in driving Photos and Story by David Colman Special Correspondent to THE AUTO CHANNEL Go figure. You might assume any special edition Corolla called Nightshade would be painted black. ... Continue reading

2024 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited – Review by David Colman +VIDEO

2024 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited – Review by David Colman +VIDEO

Hyundai just completed a mild mid-cycle revision of the Sonata model line. What you'll notice most are updates to the exterior sheet metal: new hood, new grill, new front and rear bumpers, headlights and tail lights. ... Continue reading

Verne: Journey to The Future of Mobility

Verne: Journey to The Future of Mobility

A new innovative concept of urban autonomous mobility was introduced, and it's named after Jules Verne, the author who imagined humanity's potential through amazing journeys. ... Continue reading

2024 Toyota Land Cruiser 1958 4WD Wagon Hybrid – Review by David Colman +VIDEO

2024 Toyota Land Cruiser 1958 4WD Wagon Hybrid – Review by David Colman +VIDEO

It’s the real deal! Photos and Story by David Colman Special Correspondent to THE AUTO CHANNEL Just when you thought the Land Cruiser had disappeared from the face of the earth like a victim of the La Brea tar pits, Toyota has resuscitated their classic off roader from extinction. ... Continue reading

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