Biden has spent billions to push Americans to adopt electric vehicles despite charging challenges Alec Schemmel August 18, 2023 Ford CEO Jim Farley said he faced a “reality check” while attempting to charge his electric truck during a road trip across the American West, an admission that comes as President Joe Biden spends billions to spur electric vehicle adoption….
BY STAFF/WIRE REPORTS ON AUGUST 16, 2023 / Aftermarket Matters New vehicles are critical to the aftermarket in at least five significant ways, ranging from the average age of vehicles to the annual miles of different vehicle age groups Fort Wayne, Ind.—At the beginning of 2023, 9 million fewer cars and light trucks 5 years and under were on…
Thursday, August 17, 2023 / By Oregon Business and Industry, With Oregon’s paid family and medical leave insurance program, Paid Leave Oregon, only weeks away from implementation, experts with the Oregon Employment Department provided an overview of the program, discussed updates and answered questions from webinar attendees. Follow the links below to watch a recording of the webinar and download the slide presentation. This webinar…
Their Portland Bridge office will close for business at 3pm on Friday, September 1. On Tuesday, September 5, they will reopen for regular business hours at our new location in Tualatin. Go visit them at their new Portland Metro office located at: Commerce and Compliance DivisionOregon Department of Transportation18277 SW Boones Ferry Road Please note: The move is occurring…
BY STAFF/WIRE REPORTS ON AUGUST 4, 2023 EV demand increased 350% from 2020 to 2022, according to Consumer Report’s recent analysis Tysons, Va.—Franchised dealers have sold 1,034,592 electric vehicles (EVs) since 2012. This year — through July — franchised dealerships have sold 227,632 new EVs, an increase of 72% compared to the same period last year. In 2023, franchised dealers have…
August 7, 2023 / Oregon DMV Dealer Services will be distributing the Weekly Processing Report each week. This report shows the status of transaction processing by Oregon DMV Dealer Services. We hope you find this information helpful. Please review the attached report. Thank you, DMV Oregon Dealer Services 503-945-5479DMVDealerServices@odot.oregon.gov
August 5, 2023 OVDA’s lobbyist, Darrell Fuller, advocates aggressively for dealers both when the Legislature is in Salem, and directly with DMV all year long. His recently successes include convincing DMV to schedule appointments with dealers and dismantlers for routine inspections, rather than just showing up, and to have DMV send missing information notifications just to dealers, rather than…
August 1, 2023 Oregon DMV Dealer Services will be distributing the Weekly Processing Report each week. This report shows the status of transaction processing by Oregon DMV Dealer Services. We hope you find this information helpful. Please review the attached report. Thank you, DMV Oregon Dealer Services 503-945-5479DMVDealerServices@odot.oregon.gov
Thanks to some strategic last-minute lobbying by the franchised new vehicle dealer’s association, OADA, the final omnibus transportation fee increase bill (House Bill 2100) includes an amendment which will increase the doc fee starting in January. This is a win for all dealers! From Section 9, subsection (4) of House Bill 2100: “(a) $250, if the vehicle dealer…
July 26, 2023 During the quarterly ODAC (Oregon Dealer Advisory Committee) meeting in July, DMV Business regulations provided an update on new dealer applications and renewals.
