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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.
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.
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].
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.
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?
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.
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 14, 2016
A major challenge for electric-car advocates is finding enthusiastic dealers who are willing to put in the effort to explain and promote them.
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