WardsAuto Dealer 5
WardsAuto Dealer 5
 

MAY 5, 2021

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

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Tips for Car Dealers on Best Ways to Get Pre-Owned Inventory

“Without question, inventory supply is the No.1 issue these days,” Bob Grill of Carfax says of auto retailing.

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2.

Link Between Canadian Auto Sales, Money Laundering Probed

“You can ask, ‘Where did they get the cash?’” says Bob Pierce of the Used Car Dealers Assn. of Ontario. “But salespeople are not detectives. We have not trained them to be, and nor should we.”

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3.

GM Says Software Available to Fix Chevy Bolt Fire Issues

After five Bolt BEVs caught fire, GM says engineers developed diagnostic software to look for anomalies in the batteries of 69,000 Bolts worldwide from the 2017 through 2019 model years, the Detroit Free Press reports. If problems are found, the automaker will replace faulty parts of the battery.

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With Eye on Future, MSU Forms Mobility Advisory Council

More than 50 faculty members from seven colleges at Michigan State – including Social Science, Engineering, Communication Arts and Sciences and the Eli Broad College of Business – are collaborating and will be active with the new council.

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Connected Vehicles Could Cost Automakers Billions

Without putting up strong and constant defenses all those marvelous technologies that add to our motoring enjoyment are open to cyberattacks with devastating physical and fiscal results. Without security, there is no safety.

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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 tmurphy@wardsauto.com

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

Now for the legal stuff...