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Aston Martin to renew DB11, Vantage, DBS sports cars in 2023

LONDON — Aston Martin will reveal the first of its overhauled sports-car range at the end of this month, Chief Financial Officer Doug Lafferty said. The automaker has promised to reveal new versions of its three core sports-car models –… Continue Reading…

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Study reveals drop in customer satisfaction for independents

Recent numbers from research firm Ducker Carlisle showed growing dissatisfaction with franchised dealership service departments. This week, JD Power released its 2023 US Aftermarket Service Index Study that showed an overall decline in satisfaction with independent repair facilities as well.… Continue Reading…

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2025 Ram 1500 REV pickup targets 500-mile range

Stellantis is joining the electric pickup race later than its rivals, but executives say this has given the automaker time to gauge them and work to surpass them in key areas such as range, towing, payload and charge time. The… Continue Reading…

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Car dealers see drop in per-franchise sales in 2022

Throughput fell for 30 franchised brands and increased to 11, not counting Polestar which was new to the list. Mitch Phillips, global director of data at Urban Science, a consulting firm that also tracks dealership counts, attributed the industry’s decline… Continue Reading…

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Carvana settles a long-running regulatory dispute with Illinois

An Illinois regulatory official said Tuesday the state has agreed to settle a long-running regulatory dispute with Carvana Co. Per the settlement agreement, Carvana can continue to operate in the state, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said in a… Continue Reading…

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Nio joins Tesla in cutting prices and ends free battery swapping

Nio has been offering the battery swapping service for free at least four times per month to existing owners. It is among only a handful of EV makers betting on battery swapping as a way to power electric cars. Rival… Continue Reading…

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NHTSA’s Sluggishness Issuing Recalls Is Getting On Some Nerves

A photo of an airbag seen after deployment, inside a car interior. It’s Friday, June 2, 2023 and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are… Continue Reading…