WardsAuto Dealer 5
WardsAuto Dealer 5
 

MAY 10, 2021

Hey there. Welcome to the WardsAuto Dealer 5 for Monday, May 10. We've put together items from WardsAuto.com and across the Internet. So let's go:

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Consumer Preferences Shifting Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

The challenges of the past year tested the strength and resiliency of the automotive industry. But while initially hit hard by the effects of COVID-19, the industry is recovering.

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Future Mobility Solutions Must Be ‘Tailor Made’

Consumer acceptance of connected and autonomous vehicles and mobility-as-a-service over the next decade will be slow without a change in customer attitudes.

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3.

Best-Selling Pickups Sit Along I-71 While Wall Street Watches

The microchip nightmare crippling auto factories globally is hitting Ford's operations the hardest, specifically Super Duty trucks built by UAW members at the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, the Detroit Free Press reports.

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GM Expanding Canada Ops For EV Delivery Vans

GM will build electric vans for Federal Express in Ingersoll, ON, for its Bright Drop commercial vehicle venture. The Oshawa plant now being renovated will begin building fullsize pickups late this year rather than in the first part of 2022, Barra says.

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Houston Car Dealership Owner Beaten With Crowbar, Dragged

Police are searching for the suspect who was captured on camera beating the owner, tying him up and dragging him from one office to another, reports ABC 13 News.

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That’s our WardsAuto Dealer 5 for today. We’ll be back soon with more high fives.

And to reach the editor for whatever reason (i.e. comments, complaints, questions, directions), contact Tom Murphy at [email protected]

OK, finally... Forward this alert to dealership colleagues. The more in-the-know people at your place, the better it is. Over and out.

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