Tesla delivered 497,099 units to U.S. buyers and lessees in Q3, setting a single-quarter record as the clock ran out on the $7,500 federal EV tax credit. +
Protective Asset Protection has launched a new comprehensive program that refreshes and streamlines its Paint and Fabric product with broader coverage and new benefits. +
Edmunds’s Q3 auto finance report shows the average down payment for a new vehicle fell to $6,020 while $1,000-plus monthly payments, loan terms and interest rates remain high. +
Automotive News reports Ford and General Motors have been working with dealers to secure an unknown number of $7,500 federal tax credits for EV shoppers before they expire. +
RouteOne has adopted machine learning and optical character recognition to identify and process “not electronically originated” documents included with econtracting packages. +
CDK’s 2025 F&I Shopper Study finds most car buyers trust their F&I managers and believe they are tuned to their needs, but long wait times are hurting CSI and repeat business. +
A gust of wind and negligence are to blame for damage to vehicles parked on a Vancouver dealership lot, according to a lawsuit leveled against two studios and a rental company. +
California Gov. Gavin Newsom now says there will be no state-funded replacement for the expiring $7,500 federal tax credit for EV buyers, reneging on a promise he made in November. +
Under pressure from the White House and troubling inflation reports, the Federal Reserve Board voted to reduce its target lending rate by a quarter-point to 4% to 4.25%. +
Chief Warrant Officer Shane Sprague is suing Doral (Fla.) Volkswagen more than two months after being arrested for stealing a truck he had purchased from the dealership. +
