Hyundai Glovis, the logistics arm of Korean conglomerate Hyundai Group, has acquired a family-owned automotive auction in Pennsylvania. It is the first acquisition in a national wholesale to retail business Hyundai Glovis plans to build in the United States. “In Korea, Glovis is the largest auction house. The US is the largest used-car market in the world. Hyundai wanted to be able to tap into it,” Kurtis Johnson, national manager of the used-car business at Glovis America, Inc., tells Auto Remarketing. Hyundai Glovis includes .
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A man receives his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus at the mass vaccination site at Ripken Baseball on May 5 in Aberdeen, Maryland. State and local governments are offering unique incentives to entice residents to get vaccinated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
ACROSS AMERICA Whether it s cash or beer or summer concerts, state and local governments are leaving no idea on the table as they try to entice millions of Americans to get the coronavirus vaccine.
The strategy of offering unique incentives comes as public health experts predict that the United States is unlikely to achieve herd immunity and an alarming number of Americans say they re still unwilling to get the vaccine.
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Health officials across the country are getting creative in how they convince hesitant Americans to get the COVID-19 vaccine. In West Virginia, the state will give residents ages 16 to 35 a $100 saving bond if they get vaccinated.
The incentives come as the amount of Americans getting vaccinated is dropping. According to the CDC, the daily average for vaccinations has dropped 20% since the start of the month, a worrying trend.
Less than one-third of Louisiana s population has received a first dose. The state has mass vaccination sites, including one located in Baton Rouge. But these locations are inconvenient for some.