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WASHINGTON – General Motors, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, is joining 12 other companies as founding Partners of the DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge. The goal is to increase the number of employers with workplace chargin

Overland Park, KS – NCM Associates (www.ncm20.com), a leading provider of automotive 20 group, retail operations consulting, training, and operations Benchmark® analysis services to franchised and independent auto dealers, today announced it h

It’s hard to argue that the Internet has created a more educated automotive customer. But while some see challenges in the new paradigm, savvy marketers realize that the Internet also has launched many proven ways to engage, attract, and retain cus

Dealers share many ongoing challenges like how to effectively reach the right customers with the right message, bring those customers into their showrooms and service bays, and keep them coming back again and again. As consumer shopping habits have s

According to Forbes, shoppers are not deterred by recent Toyota recalls. Just as Toyota Motor returned to the top spot among automakers worldwide, the company issued another recall, this time involving 752,000 Corollas and 270,000 Lexus IS vehicles i

PONTIAC, MI – General Motors will invest $200 million into its Global Powertrain Engineering Headquarters to build a new 138,000 sq.-ft. test wing, which is expected to be completed during the second half of 2014. The plan is part of GM’s previou

CARMEL, IN – Shoppers at Clay Terrace in Carmel, Ind. not only can choose from an exciting array of stores and restaurants, but now they also have the opportunity to minimize their carbon footprint. Simon Property Group, Toshiba Corporation, Du

FRANKLIN, TN – With the recent additions of the Infiniti JX and Nissan LEAF and the future addition of the Nissan Rogue to its vehicle assembly lines in Smyrna, Tenn., the company today announced the opening of its most advanced paint plant in the

David Kelley, GM and partner at Nissan of McKinney, is a man on the fast track. In the last quarter of 2012, Nissan of McKinney’s Internet sales, which had accounted for 39% of the dealership’s business, increased dramatically month over month to