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The NJ CAR Courier WILL NOT pick up or deliver Motor Vehicle work on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 22, 2018. In order to accommodate dealerships that normally receive Courier Service on Tuesday and Thursday (B Schedule), the Courier will pick up and deliver Motor Vehicle work on Friday,...

https://secure.njcar.org/secure/images/uploadedimages/LennyDatelloPortrait.jpg" alt="" width="300" hspace="10" vspace="10" border="0" align="right"> 11/01/2018 Leonard R. Datello, Managing Member of Cumberland Auto Group in Millville, assumed the New Jersey Coalition of Automotive Retailers (NJ CAR) Chairmanship, effective November 1, 2018. He succeeds Robert J. Larson (Larson Ford, Inc.) as Chairman. Mr. Datello began his...

A number of dealers have recently been elected to serve on the NJ CAR Board of Trustees with terms of office beginning November 1, 2018. Attached to this NewsLetter is a list of the entire NJ CAR Board of Trustees with newly elected...

Senator Dean Heller today proposed legislation that would lift the current cap on electric vehicles (EVs) eligible for the $7,500 federal tax credit. Under current law, once a manufacturer hits 200,000 EV sales, the tax credit phases out starting in the following quarter. This new bill would eliminate...

Bill S2252, which will establish a Statewide public plug-in electric vehicle charging system was voted out of the Senate Environment & Energy Committee this morning. The bill would require a working group to develop a plan for installing at least 600 fast-charging and Level 2 stations at 300...

The Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology and Assembly Commerce and Economic Committees held a joint hearing on October 11, 2018 to hear testimony regarding the benefits of hydrogen fuel cells to power microgrids, the State’s ports and, of course, consumer vehicles. The Committee heard testimony about how greater...