AD #1235 – Big Trucks Big Sales, Porsche Plans Sales in Africa, EV Rentals Off to Slow Start

Published: Oct. 14, 2013, 6 p.m.

Heavy trucks just had their best month of sales since 2006. In order to boost sales, Porsche will enter 15 new markets by the end of the decade, mostly in Africa. Rental customers aren’t opting for EVs because they fear the battery will die. All that and more, plus ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons has some advice for automakers.