CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Electric cars are now being discounted by dealers as supplies have caught up with demand after Covid supply chain issues.

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Electric Cars Dealers Cars Supplies 124

Electrek

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The CEO of Mazda, a company that makes one very mediocre electric car , is still trying to make electrification sound like some strange one-off consumer fad. In an interview with Fortune , Masahiro Moro basically says that if an EV isn’t a Tesla, it’s sitting unsold on a dealer lot somewhere in America.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 12, 2021

By David Waterworth Before I bought my Tesla Model 3, I anticipated that I would inevitably be asked the question: why an unknown brand and not a more established brand like BMW, Renault, Hyundai, or Jaguar? I list these brands because that was the extent of available BEVs in Australia at that time. Plus, I […].

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Green Car Reports

MAY 19, 2017

Electric-car owners and advocates have a tenuous relationship with the franchised independent car dealers who are the only legal way to buy a new vehicle in the U.S. Tesla excepted, if you want to buy a new car, you have to go to a dealership over which the carmaker has only limited control.

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Dealers Electric Cars Cars Legal 107

Teslarati

MARCH 20, 2023

Ford dealers are beginning to push back and drop out of the Model e electric vehicle sales program. It featured two “tiers,” one called “Certified,” which would give Ford locations the ability to service the company’s electric cars and would not require as much of an initial cost, which was $500,000.

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Dealers Ford North Carolina Sale 95

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Since Tesla began selling electric cars directly to customers throughout the U.S., the electric-vehicle maker has had to play franchise-law whack-a-mole in multiple state courts.

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Missouri Dealers Tesla Electric Vehicles 103

CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Last year, Cadillac started offering its dealers cash in return for giving up their franchise rights if they didn’t want to be a part of the new automotive industry that includes electric vehicles. In other words, invest the funds to modernize your dealerships or get out of the industry. Many chose to take the money […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 31, 2021

A few weeks ago, Ken Ortiz, the president of the New Mexico Auto Dealers Association, penned a letter to the editor of the Albuquerque Journal. The letter, which came 2–3 weeks after Tesla opened its first facility in the state, defended auto dealers’ practices and claimed that they’re actually better for the EV transition.

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New Mexico Mexico Dealers Albuquerque 108

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Today, we got January sales updates, Tesla Model S racing, some thoughts on taking back cities from cars, and dealers getting worried over electric cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports. A racing.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 8, 2019

The Connecticut Supreme Court is scheduled to take up the case of whether Tesla should have been allowed to operate stores in the state.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Auto-dealer groups are fighting Tesla Motors'' direct-sales model in a state-by-state battle, fostering legislation to outlaw the electric-car maker''s company-owned stores, and claiming they''re bad for consumers. However, that doesn''t mean these dealers aren''t also learning from Tesla.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 25, 2023

In this article, I go to 2 dealers and shop 3 brands so that you don’t have to. I know many people would rather have a root canal than visit a car dealer, but I actually enjoyed it (yeah, I’m weird like that). I was visiting my daughter in Denver this weekend and wanted to […]

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Denver Dealers Nissan Electric Cars 104

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Sometimes you almost have to feel sorry for car dealers--or, more specifically, their ineptness at the public-relations end of their fight against electric-car maker Tesla Motors and its direct Internet sales to car buyers.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

State and national auto-dealer groups have been battling Tesla Motors for four years now. The dealers want to stop Tesla from selling its electric cars directly to buyers, and are working to change state laws so Tesla will have to conduct all sales through independently-owned third parties--which is to say, car dealers.

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Dealers California Tesla Price 148

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

In the state-by-state war between Tesla Motors and car-dealer associations, the electric-car maker has now added another victory to its tally. Massachusetts'' highest court ruled this week that the state dealer association does not have standing to sue Tesla for operating one of its company-owned stores there.

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Dealers Store Legal Massachusetts 151

CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 13, 2023

Most dealers have reconciled themselves to the fact that EVs are important to the growth of their dealerships. Now they need to come up to speed on what it means to own an EV so they can be gentle guides for a whole new consumer base.

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Dealers Auto Sale Electric Vehicles 98

Teslarati

APRIL 1, 2021

Lucid Motors and Rivian were sued by the Illinois Automobile Dealers Association, the Chicago Automobile Trade Association, and some individual franchised auto dealerships in the state for selling vehicles directly to consumers. The costs are the same for everyone, a strategy that has alleviated a lot of stress from the car buying process.

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Illinois Dealers Motor Motors 95

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 20, 2021

New York is considering legislation (S1763/A4614) that would remove the restriction on direct sales of electric vehicles. That is, if it can summon the political will to overcome the objection of America’s least-favorite interest group: car dealers.

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New York Dealers Tesla Sale 113

EV Central

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

However, the Solterra’s cheapest pricing still can’t match the market-leading Tesla Model Y, which kicks off at $65,400 for the rear-wheel drive. Subaru has confirmed cars are already on the ground and the first demonstrators will be popping up in dealers for test drives in the coming days ahead of customer deliveries.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 5, 2023

When I decided last year to buy an electric car, the first one I considered was the Tesla Model 3. ”) I test drove one at the dealer and took notes. See “My First EV – Part I.”) After trying the Kia Niro EV, Hyundai Kona EV, and VW ID.4, 4, I ended up buying a Chevy […]

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Once more into the fray: Another state''s car dealers are pushing for legislation to ban Tesla Motors from selling its electric cars directly to buyers. And legislators have unexpectedly moved up a hearing on the new law to today, according to a letter from Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA]. This time it''s Ohio.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 11, 2017

Today, a rare Porsche plug-in hybrid surfaces, we've got the month's green-car deals, Tesla is battling car-dealer lobbyists (again!), and advocates take electric cars to Washington, D.C. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Ten years ago last month, the U.S.

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Green Cars Dealers EPA Green 79

Green Car Reports

JUNE 21, 2013

Well, this is a new tactic we haven''t seen before in the fight between franchised auto dealers and Tesla Motors, the Silicon Valley electric-car startup. The bills, now.'

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New York Dealers Store Auto 165

Green Car Reports

JUNE 1, 2020

The top-selling car in California is now an electric car, and it’s one that was designed, engineered, and built there: the Tesla Model 3.

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California Tesla Honda Dealers 193

CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 14, 2021

Much has been made of the battle between Tesla’s direct sales model and the franchise dealer network used by the “legacy” automakers.

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Dealers Tesla Sale Auto 145

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 25, 2014

Car dealers often come in for criticism, especially among electric-car advocates and Tesla Motors supporters who have watched state dealership lobbying groups make Tesla''s direct-sales model illegal in a number of states.

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Dealers Tesla Motors Cars 2010 161

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Tesla Motors is facing a formidable opponent it may not have sufficiently appreciated: the auto dealers of America, and their state associations. Tesla, you may remember, is selling its electric cars online, not through franchised, independently owned dealers, and delivering them directly to buyers from the factory.

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Dealers Store Auto Tesla 148

Green Car Reports

MAY 24, 2018

After going practically dark for years, the first Apple self-driving car has finally broken out into the light, and it's not what Apple fans may have expected. Dealers turning buyers away from electric cars isn't an American problem, it turns out. Electric cars are the cleanest way to drive.

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Dealers Electric Cars Cars Light 64

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Electric cars worry traditional car dealerships. Tesla sells cars nationwide without dealers—even if buyers have to drive over state lines to get them in some cases. And traditional dealerships have.

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Dealers Oil Plug-in Electric 92

Green Car Reports

JUNE 5, 2015

Today, find out whether it's worth buying a used electric car, why some car dealers may support Tesla's direct-sales model, and what California legislators want to do to combat climate change. All this and more on Green Car Reports. It turns out that not all car dealers hate Tesla's direct-sales model.

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Climate Change Dealers Climate Electric Cars 60

Green Car Reports

JUNE 23, 2014

The battle between Tesla Motors, which sells its electric cars directly to buyers over the Internet, and the nation''s auto dealers--who want to make that practice illegal--is now in its fifth year. With a.'

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

When I was on a podcast with Connecticut State Senator Will Haskell and Will Cross from Tesla Owners Club of Connecticut, the senator said something that helped me understand exactly why dealerships are fighting so hard against Tesla and other EV manufacturers.

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Connecticut Tesla Dealers Manufacturer 145

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 2, 2021

In the first part of this two-part interview for CleanTech Talk, I talked with Vice President of Public Policy at Rivian James Chen for our CleanTech Talk podcast series.

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Parts Dealers Auto Tesla 145

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2018

Tesla can now add another notch to its sales board. Rhode Island will allow the direct sale of Teslas and has issued a state dealer license to the company to open a dealer in Warwick.

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Rhode Island Dealers Tesla Electric Cars 105

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 24, 2016

With the notable exception of Tesla Motors' company-owned stores, electric cars must compete against internal-combustion models for space and attention on dealer lots. But what if a dealership sold only electric cars, covering multiple brands?

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Dealers Canada Iceland Electric Cars 60

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The battle between Tesla Motors, which sells its electric cars directly to customers over the Internet, and the nation''s car dealers--which want to make that practice illegal--has raged for four years. Now, it seems to be starting to breed a wider conversation about the role of franchised dealers.

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Dealers Cars Tesla Motors Conversion 149

Teslarati

JULY 11, 2023

A survey from Cox Automotive estimates that electric vehicle sales in the US auto market could surpass 1 million units for the first time in 2023. Electric cars currently account for about 6.5% Such a trend, however, seems to be largely pushed by Tesla and the popularity of the Model 3 sedan and Model Y crossover.

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