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Todd Lawrence and Jim Pernas from Subaru discuss service department challenges while covering Honda's discontinuation of the electric Prologue and other industry news.

Subaru’s Todd Lawrence and Jim Pernas talk service department challenges. Honda will discontinue the electric Prologue next year. Foxconn postpones the U.S. release of a midsize EV crossover due to tariffs. Plus, tough competition in China derailed Volvo’s sales in the first half of the year.

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