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$3.2 Million From The Volkswagen Emissions Settlement Will Pay For ChargersThe New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection recently announced it was allocating $3.2 million from the Volkswagen Mitigation Trust to install approximately 827 electric-vehicle charging stations at 533 locations around New Jersey in 2019. New Jersey currently has...

NJ CAR Is Also Addressing the Shortage At The State Level The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Foundation has launched a website (www.nadafoundation.org) aimed at addressing the ongoing shortage of technicians in the automotive retail industry. Technical schools and training programs currently graduate about 37,000 technicians each...

https://secure.njcar.org/secure/images/uploadedimages/TeslaGraphic.jpg" alt="" width="300" hspace="10" vspace="10" border="0" align="right"> 02/15/2019 State Legislators representing Englewood and the surrounding communities in Bergen County, yesterday, introduced legislation to expand the size and scope of the special exemption under New Jersey law that allows Tesla -- and Tesla alone -- to bypass state laws...

https://secure.njcar.org/secure/images/uploadedimages/2019-Nielsen-Eric.jpg" alt="" width="300" hspace="10" vspace="10" border="0" align="right"> 02/08/2019 NJ CAR is proud to announce that Eric Nielsen, the Dealer Principal of Dover Dodge Chrysler Jeep, Inc., was named one of five regional finalists for the 2019 TIME Dealer of the Year award at the NADA Show in San...

NJ CAR recently launched a grassroots campaign, asking New Jersey legislators to supportamendments to Electric Vehicle (EV) legislation that would provide funding for consumerincentives and infrastructure expansion. Already, hundreds of letters and dozens of tweets have been sent to New Jersey legislators.New Jersey’s franchised dealers are fighting tooth...

https://secure.njcar.org/secure/images/uploadedimages/GoodDeeds.jpg" alt="" width="300" hspace="10" vspace="10" border="0" align="right"> 02/06/2019 New Jersey’s franchised auto retailers support hundreds of worthy causes, from national charities to local pee-wee sports teams and everything in between. They support sports, health and social organizations that benefit the individuals in the communities in which they operate.But...