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Iowa Dealers Shut Down Tesla Test Drives As Rep Humiliates Them

Green Car Reports

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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Wrecked Tesla, Dopey Dealers, VW Passat Plug-In Hybrid, Sakti3 Batteries: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

We''ve got two Tesla stories--one in which a car-dealer rep says something really dumb--plus a debate over green transport, VW''s second plug-in hybrid, and the emergence of a secretive battery startup with ties to GM. While Iowa.' All this and more today on Green Car Reports.

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Minnesota Tesla Owners Show Banned Model S To Iowa Electric-Car Shoppers

Green Car Reports

Suppose auto dealers in a neighboring state pressured their DoT to make Tesla Motors stop giving test drives of its Model S electric car--the same kind it now offers in more than a dozen other states. What would you do? If you were you a group of Tesla owners in Minnesota, you might just take matters into your own hands.

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REE’s P7-C becomes first ‘x-by-wire’ EV certified in US, may qualify for up to $100k in incentives

Baua Electric

REE completes first deliveries of P7-C EV This morning, the EV startup shared that demonstration models of its P7-C chassis cab, equipped with REE’s proprietary REEcorner and x-by-wire technology, have begun making their way to its authorized dealer network, starting with Pritchard EV in Iowa.

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SEA Electric got massive order for 1,150 new electric trucks

Electric Vehicles India

The Hino M5 EVs are equipped with Sea Electric patented electric truck powertrains that will deliver to GATR EVs that operates in Iowa and Minnesota in the US as part of GATR Truck Centers. SEA Electric will supply its first 40 trucks in huge order by the end of 2021 and the remaining will be delivered in 2022.

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kWh Billing and New EV Charging Tax Policies: What You Need to Know

Blink Charging

In Iowa , the kWh tax has already been in effect since July 1, 2023. Similar to Iowa, Montana introduced a $0.03 This tax is remitted by dealer-users, with reports and payments due monthly for fuel sold or used in the preceding month. Kentucky will implement the kWh tax starting in January 2024. kWh tax begins on July 1, 2025.

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Are Republicans Really Behind Tesla Sales Bans? Data Offers Clues

Green Car Reports

It seems to be a common assumption among Tesla Motors supporters: State auto-dealer lobbyists work with Republican legislators to enact laws banning direct sales of Tesla''s electric cars to retail buyers. DON''T MISS: Iowa.' But is it true?

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