WardsAuto Dealer 5
 
WardsAuto Dealer 5
 

MARCH 16, 2022

Hey there. Welcome to the WardsAuto Dealer 5 for Wednesday, March 16. We've put together items from WardsAuto.com and across the Internet. So let's go:

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Incoming, Outgoing NADA Chairmen Have Their Say

“Rather than letting seismic shifts rock us to the core, let’s make this a defining moment and create our own destiny,” says 2021 NADA Chairman Paul Walser.

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Dealers React to Ford Creating Separate EV and ICE Units

“It was standing-room-only with people lined against the back wall, something I’ve never seen before at a franchise meeting,” says Tim Hovik, chairman of Ford’s National Dealer Council.

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NADA Show Roundup: TIME Dealer of the Year, EV Education & More

Electric vehicles were discussed so much at NADA Show 2022, a portion of the shiny, new Las Vegas Convention Center was rebranded as Electric Avenue, Auto Remarketing reports.

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Mercedes-Benz Plants Luxury BEV Flag With EQS SUV

Our brief encounter with a prototype of the new 7-seat EQS on the frozen surface of Mercedes-Benz’s winter testing facility has taught us that performance and dynamic finesse will be among the BEV’s stronger attributes.

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Auto Dealers to Become EV Experts

NADA announces a dealership electric-vehicle education program with the Center for Sustainable Energy and Plug In America, The Auto Channel reports.

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

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