Of the people willing to wait, those from the Midwest were most likely to wait more than 12 months, with 43 percent saying they would do so. Northeast consumers were the least likely to wait that long.
Raimondo said that she believed Tesla had better navigated the chip shortage that has badly impacted auto manufacturing because of its origins as a technology company.
Automotive tech supplier Aptiv and Audi plan to invest a combined $285 million in vehicle software company TTTech Auto.
Steele Auto Group, of Nova Scotia, said it has acquired two Hyundai dealerships in Texas from Roger Beasley Auto Group. The Canadian dealership group now has five dealerships in the state.
The Spark, introduced in 2012, is GM’s smallest and lowest-priced nameplate.