“So if they want to exit the Buick franchise, then we will give them monetary assistance to do so,” Aldred told the Journal.
“The future dealer requirements are a logical and necessary next step on our path towards electrification to ensure our dealers are prepared to properly sell and service these unique vehicles,” a GM spokeswoman told Reuters Friday.
Last year, GM’s Cadillac brand said it had thinned its dealer network as it shifts to EVs, saying it has nearly 40 percent fewer U.S. dealers than in 2018.
Buick traces its roots back nearly 120 years — five years before GM’s 1908 founding — to an era when electric cars briefly outsold gasoline models in the United States. All Buicks sold back then were gasoline-powered.
Bayer agreed to pay $40 million to settle claims over its alleged use of kickbacks and false statements related to three prescription drugs, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday.
The settlement arose from whistleblower lawsuits filed in 2005 and 2006 in New Jersey by Laurie Simpson, a former Bayer employee who worked in its marketing department and accused the German company of violating the federal False Claims Act.
In a statement, it said the accord “reflects a business decision by the company that resolution was preferable to continuing already protracted litigation.”
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