Dealership

Few people love car dealerships. They’re stressful and sprawling, and it’s hard to shake the feeling that someone is getting a raw deal. But as the auto industry increasingly goes electric and moves online, companies like Honda are rethinking every aspect of the purchase process—including the spaces in which it happens.Honda announced today that it’s rolling out a new dealership design, one that takes up less square footage and is modular and flexible; what was once showroom space, for example, can be transformed into…

Capistrano Volkswagen/Mazda, a car dealership in San Juan Capistrano, California, has partnered with San Diego-based solar and battery installation company Stellar Solar to offer EV customers solar, battery storage, and EV connectivity to power their cars with clean energy. Car dealership + solar Stellar Solar says the partnership is the first of its kind between an auto dealer and solar company in Orange County. (We at Electrek are wondering whether it’s the first of its kind in the United Stsates – let us know…

Volkswagen will launch the Virtus mid-size sedan on 9th June in the Indian market. The manufacturer has started dispatching the new Virtus to its dealership. Here, are some images of the Virtus parked at a dealership. The pre-bookings for the sedan are already open. You can book your Virtus through Volkswagen’s website or by visiting a dealership. The images are shared on Facebook by Sathya Sachien. As we can see in the pictures, the Virtus is finished in a nice shade of blue. Volkswagen calls this shade “Rising Blue…

Hyundai Creta is one of the most popular mid size SUV in its segment. It has been ruling this segment for years. Hyundai launched the current generation Creta in India back in 2020 and is now due for a facelift. Before the facelift arrives in India, Hyundai has launched an all-black Knight Edition of Hyundai Creta in the market. The Hyundai Creta competes with cars like Kia Seltos, Tata Harrier and lower variants of Mahindra XUV700 in the segment. The Hyundai Creta Knight Edition has already started reaching the…

Electric two-wheeler manufacturer Okinawa Autotech on Monday said that the fire at its dealership in Tamil Nadu was due to an electric short-circuit in the building.Okinawa, which recalled 3,215 units of its ‘Praise Pro’ scooters on April 16, just before the dealership was engulfed in flames in Tamil Nadu, said in a statement shared with IANS that no EV scooter or battery fire started the incident.“The fire was due to an electric short-circuit in the panel wiring in the building. The dealership has also confirmed the…