January 30, 2023

Dealerships are, in many cases, pillars of their communities and many have been in their local area for decades. Dealers are some of the most generous contributors to their local communities and WVADA is proud to highlight some of our members’ activities.

Edward John Thomas, 95, of Parkersburg, passed away Oct. 22, 2022. He was born October 13, 1927, a son to the late Louis and Sadie (Kantoush) Thomas.

NADA’s political action committee, NADA PAC, is a critical part of NADA’s advocacy on Capitol Hill. NADA PAC receives voluntary, personal contributions from dealers and managers of NADA-member dealerships and contributes to pro-business candidates for the U.S. House and Senate.

WVCar is the West Virginia Automobile and Truck Dealers Political Action Committee, and your support is vitally important in order for us to have a voice at our state capitol in Charleston. WVCar is the best platform for our message to be heard by legislators and signify our value in West Virginia communities.

By now, many of us have seen a TikTok video filmed at someone’s workplace – a “day in the life” video, someone complaining about their co-workers, supervisors, or customers, or someone talking about an unrelated subject while at the office. And a relatively new platform, BeReal, goes a step further
by encouraging users to provide an unfiltered view into their “real” everyday life at random moments throughout the day. Of course, such organic social media clips can be a valuable tool that helps market your brand and build stronger employee relationships – but where do you draw the line?

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 introduced a complex set of requirements for obtaining the tax credit for clean vehicles. We will focus on electric vehicles, other clean vehicles (fuel cells) and commercial clean vehicles beyond the scope of this article.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our recent eTitle and Registration Seminars. We are excited for this next step of progress in transitioning to e-titling!

In keeping with the overall goal of
providing the best customer service possible, the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles has made reducing customer wait times in the regional offices a priority in recent years.