Georges NB Auto Repair Connects With Facebook Community

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PRESS RELEASE Published March 24, 2023Fairfax, VA based Georges NB Auto Repair would like to invite social media users to connect with their Facebook page. The company is family owned-and-operated and provides quality service and repairs at a fair price. Find them here: We Are On Facebook. While the company can be reached via other means, such as phone or email, social media remains one of the most convenient ways to get in touch. Quick questions can be directed to the company here, and customers can learn more about their overall services as well.For example, they may discover…
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Are You More Likely To Crack Your Windshield in Arizona?

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Arizona is known for its sunshine and heat. As a result, many vehicles succumb to the extreme temperatures with auto glass damage. In fact, drivers in Arizona are more likely than drivers in any other state to need their windshield repaired. Why does Arizona fall into first place when it comes to windshield damage? Read on to find out why and how you can minimize the impact. Four Reasons Why AZ Windshields Crack 1.The 101 This highway is known for construction and is responsible for many broken windshields in Arizona. During construction, all sorts of debris flies from the road,…
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Hoping for a deal on a new pickup truck? Inventory is piling up, and discounts could make a comeback.

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An old, unwritten rule of car sales tells dealers and factories to work together to keep about a 60-day supply of each new vehicle on hand for sale, with another 15 days on order or in transit. That, the pragmatism says, means that dealers have the most color and feature combinations a buyer could want in easy reach. But they won’t have so many that they’ll need to discount them to sell them. Ram currently has more than a 100-day supply of Ram 1500 full-size trucks on hand.Ford F, -0.80% has more than a 90-day supply of its F-150…
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Ford sales rise 10% in the first quarter as inventory improves

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Ford Motor Co.’s US light-vehicle sales rose 9.9 percent in the first quarter, driven by increasing supplies and strong demand for new products. Sales by the Ford brand jumped 10 percent, making it the bestselling US brand in January through March. Lincoln sales fell 1.1 percent on fewer deliveries of the Corsair compact crossover. In March alone, the company’s sales rose 7.5 percent, with an 8.2 percent gain for the Ford brand and a 6.9 percent decline for Lincoln, according to the Automotive News Research & Data Center. Ford’s electric vehicle sales in the first quarter rose 41 percent from…
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Nikola battles for scarce funding as it launches its first truck

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Like every other startup, Nikola is in search of funds to continue its mission to deliver zero-pollution cargo-moving trucks. Last week, it floated a $100 million stock offering that underwhelmed Wall Street. The company’s cash is being spent in three major areas: building trucks, creating a network of hydrogen fueling stations and developing software for autonomous driving. Any one of those pursuits would be a huge project for a startup. Perfecting all three seems like a moonshot. But Lohscheller has been able to sign up partners to help defray some of the costs. And thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act,…
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Car dealership retail tech still draws investor interest

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Retail auto technology startups can count at least one thing in the months ahead, according to Daniel Hoffer: Venture capitalists are still pursuing investments and making deals. That’s worth noting in the wake of the recent failure of Silicon Valley Bank, which used to support much of the innovation industry. Inflation and rising interest rates already had made access to capital more difficult, and some predict SVB’s collapse will make things worse. But Hoffer, a managing director of Autotech Ventures in Menlo Park, Calif., insists venture capitalist investment continues to be business as usual. “Neither auto tech nor any VCs…
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Renault’s Alpine Brand Is Developing Two Electric Crossovers for the US

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Alpine Developing Two Crossovers for the USGREG PAJORenault performance sub-brand Alpine is developing two electric crossovers for the United States market, the company’s CEO confirmed Thursday. Alpine boss Laurent Rossi told journalists on a roundtable phone call the “US is the main destination for these cars,” reports Automotive News. The first will be a mid-size electric crossover, followed by a similarly designed full-size version, meant to compete against cars like the Macan and the bigger Cayenne. They’ll be the first Renault-built cars to be officially sold in the US since the early Nineties. The new crossovers are a part…
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Nikola, once the ‘Tesla of trucking,’ sells stock at a discount

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Nikola Corp.‘s planned move to ramp up production of semitrucks powered by electric batteries and hydrogen fuel cells will be costly. The Phoenix company is expected to raise $100 million for “working capital and other general corporate purposes” through a secondary stock sale of roughly 90 million shares. The sale is expected to close by the end of the day at $1.12 a share. That’s a 20 percent discount compared with the stock’s closing price of $1.40 per unit March 30, the day it announced the offering. Nikola, one of the first EV companies to go public via a special…
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