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Automakers seem to have collectively moved on to a new measuring contest with which to extol their own virtues: third-row real estate.
More than 5,000 fake employers have appeared on auto loan applications over nearly three years, according to the fraud screening firm Point Predictive.
Carvana has been pressed in recent months by waning used-car demand, cash burn, a crashing stock price and regulatory challenges in several states.
Nissan has launched a low-mileage service called SignatureFLEX that has customers start with 5,000 miles per year and add more as needed through the life of their contract. The flexible lease is available on the Rogue and Rogue Sport crossovers and the Pathfinder SUV.
Autonomous vehicle companies and suppliers have collectively spent about $75 billion developing self-driving technology, with scant sign of meaningful revenue emerging from AV services after all that investment.
Toyota, Honda and Nissan want to be players in the growing EV market, but halfway through 2022, all three automakers are still overhauling the offerings in their existing lineups.
The scarcity of EVs in 22 noncoastal states from Nevada to West Virginia will change as more mainstream models hit the market and charging infrastructure improves, S&P Global said in a November report.
Roughly one-third of the 30 or so EV models for sale in the U.S. have supersized the front trunk feature in recognition of its novelty and utility — after all, a "frunk" is one of few things EVs offer that a gasoline-powered vehicle cannot.
