Some General Motors Dealers Are Repairing Tesla Cars
CleanTechnica EVs
NOVEMBER 19, 2022
General Motors president Mark Reuss told investors this week that GM dealers have serviced more than 11,000 Teslas.
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GM dealers are working on Teslas, claims thousands of repairs
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
General Motors dealerships have repaired thousands of Tesla electric cars, GM claimed in its annual investor day presentation. First spotted by Barron's, a slide in the presentation simply reads "11,180 repairs on Teslas" without elaboration.
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Tesla becomes the target of Chevrolet National Dealer Council chairman’s EV goals
Teslarati
MARCH 7, 2022
Keith McCluskey, the Chevrolet National Dealer Council chairman, has his sights aimed high as the veteran automaker increases its efforts to break into the growing electric vehicle sector. “We want to beat Tesla on EVs. The volunteers were tasked to inquire about electric vehicles.
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Lucid Motors, Rivian sued by Illinois car dealers for direct sales
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. Sander represents more than 700 auto dealers that operate over 2,300 franchises across the state.
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Ford dealers push back and drop out of Model e EV sales program
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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Dealer Chains May Still Hate Tesla, But Now They're Learning From It
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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Iowa Dealers Shut Down Tesla Test Drives As Rep Humiliates Them
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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Judge sides with Tesla, slams dealer association in Missouri
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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Tesla Wins Dealer Battle In MA: Direct Sales, Stores Are Legal
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. The ruling by the state Supreme.'
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California Car Dealers Slam Tesla For Website Pricing Tricks
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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Tesla Faces Off Against Car Dealers In Another State: Ohio
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].
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New York Auto Dealers Try To Make Registering Tesla Stores Illegal: BREAKING
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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The Videos Car Dealers Hate: Is It 'Haggling' Or 'Negotiating'?
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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Auto Dealers' Fight Against Tesla Stores: Elon Musk Weighs In
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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Electric Vehicles India
JULY 5, 2021
Electric vehicles motors. Electric vehicles have some important component which helps them to operate. The motor is also one of the important components. It is the propulsion system, converts the electric power and converts into physical energy for movement. Different Types Of Electric Motors.
Auto Dealers Try Charm: Why Tesla Direct Sales Hurt Buyers, They Say (Video)
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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Minnesota Tesla Owners Show Banned Model S To Iowa Electric-Car Shoppers
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 27, 2014
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. If you were you a group of Tesla owners in Minnesota, you might just take matters into your own hands.
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Car Dealers Fire Back: Why Negotiating Is Good For Car Buyers (Video)
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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Hyundai Motor, including Kia top Ford and GM in US EV market with affordable EVs
Baua Electric
APRIL 5, 2024
Hyundai Motor Group, including Kia, is using affordability to gain market share in the US. With low-cost electric cars, Hyundai Motor , along with Kia, surged past American automakers Ford and GM in the US EV market in the first three months of 2024. Tesla’s Model 3 was the next closest to hitting the mark.
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VA to deny Tesla a store license; dealers say they want to sell Teslas
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016
Tesla Motors recently had another setback in its fight with Virginia's franchised car dealers over direct sales of its luxury electric cars. Over the past several months, Tesla has battled dealers and their lobbyists in the state over plans to open a second company-owned store.
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60 Multi-brand electric-car dealer to open in Canada after Iceland test
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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Tesla pokes fun at Ford F-150 Lightning in Cybertruck Powershare video
Teslarati
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Tesla seemed to poke some fun at the Ford F-150 Lightning in its Powershare promotional video. In its highlights for the new feature, Tesla depicted a Cybertruck owner helping out an F-150 Lightning that needed some extra range on the road. Tesla’s Powershare is a unique feature for the Cybertruck.
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Voro Motors accepts Bitcoin & Ethereum as a payment methodÂ
Electric Vehicles India
DECEMBER 11, 2021
Voro Motors accepts Bitcoin & Ethereum as a payment method . Voro Motors a California-based electric mobility company has announced that it has now accepted Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) as a payment method. Read further to know more about Voro Motors accepts Bitcoin and Ethereum as payment methods. .
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Will Tesla Try For Federal Rule Permitting Non-Dealer Stores?
Green Car Reports
APRIL 18, 2013
Several thousand Tesla owners have now purchased their cars by ordering and paying for them online after visiting a Tesla Store showroom. No franchised dealers are involved. That''s a model that Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] feels is crucial to getting its electric cars into the mainstream.
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Tesla Testifies In Texas, Takes On State's Auto Dealers Over Stores
Green Car Reports
APRIL 11, 2013
Texas is tough, and Texas car dealers are no exception. But electric-car startup Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA], in the person of its CEO Elon Musk, testified yesterday at a hearing in the Texas legislature on a bill that would allow it to sell its cars directly to Texas buyers.
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136 VA auto dealers sue Tesla, DMV over hearing to 'hide' proposed store
Green Car Reports
MARCH 18, 2016
The state-by-state battles between electric-car maker Tesla Motors and lobbyists for state auto-dealer interests often take unusual twists and turns. But the situation in the state of Virginia may be among the odder episodes in Tesla's eight years of selling cars online directly to buyers.
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Green Commuter receives $750K to support electric car sharing service in Chattanooga
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 10, 2016
Green Commuter, an LA-based startup introducing a vanpool and car share service there with a fleet of Tesla Model X vehicles ( earlier post ), has received a $750,000 grant from the Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) to launch an electric car sharing service in the Tennessee city.
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150 Seattle Honda Dealer Adopts Tesla & Apple Sales Elements, Learns Lessons
Green Car Reports
APRIL 9, 2015
Tesla Motors'' direct online sales model has led to state-by-state battles with franchised dealers and their lobbyists. While Tesla works to sell its electric cars in as many states as possible, dealers decry direct sales as a threat to healthy competition and a danger to consumers.
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Tesla wins another, licensed to sell electric cars in Rhode Island
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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107 Toyota Prius Recall, Georgia Electric-Car Incentive, Tesla Ohio Troubles: Today's Car News
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 12, 2014
Today on Green Car Reports: Georgia may kill its $5,000 electric-car tax credit, Ohio car dealers renew their legislative fight against Tesla Motors, and 2010 through 2014 Toyota Prius hybrids are being recalled. All this and more on Green Car Reports.
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Texas restores $2,500 electric-car purchase rebate, except for Teslas
Green Car Reports
JUNE 14, 2017
Its auto-dealer lobbyists, however, are equally large and powerful. DON'T MISS: Tesla Loses Legal. Its politics is bare-knuckle, its hats are big, and so are its ranches. It also generates more renewable wind energy than any other state in the union.
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125 This Boston dealer is excited about the electric-car future
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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Tesla Owners Take Protest To Michigan; Dealer-Backed State Ban Targeted
Green Car Reports
MAY 12, 2015
Tesla Motors' direct sales business model has met considerable opposition from auto-dealer associations in several states. Lobbying efforts have ensured that there are some states where it's illegal for the company to sell you a Tesla Model S electric car.
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60 Michigan says selling Tesla electric cars in state is illegal, again
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
Tesla Motors has, once again, been blocked from selling its electric cars directly to customers in Michigan. Over the past couple of years, Tesla has been engaged in a battle with Michigan's franchised car dealers who—like dealers in several other states—view Tesla's direct-sales model as a threat.
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60 Michigan Car Dealers Slip One Over On Tesla, Ban Direct Sales
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 16, 2014
Tesla Motors and its supporters have rallied numerous times against attacks on the electric-car maker''s company-owned stores, but a Michigan bill banning its online direct-sales model has made it into law--almost.
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Natural-Gas Stepchildren, Iron Butt Record, Has Tesla Beaten Dealers? Today's Car News
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
If you''ve never heard of the Iron Butt Assocation, you may not be a motorcycle rider--but you''ll be interested in the first electric bike rider to win the honor. Plus a crack in the dealer opposition to Tesla Motors, and some encouraging news on wind and solar energy. All this and more on Green Car Reports.
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107 NJ Hearing Today Could Ban Tesla Stores In State; Electric-Car Maker Cries Foul
Green Car Reports
MARCH 11, 2014
Another battle in Tesla Motors'' nationwide war with car dealers seems imminent. The latest state to oppose Tesla''s direct-sales model is New Jersey, which the company says is on the verge of passing rules that would push its direct-sales model out of the Garden State.
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Tesla loses bid to sell cars in Utah, dealer lobbyists win
Green Car Reports
APRIL 6, 2017
Tesla has once again been denied permission to sell its cars directly to buyers in the battleground state of Utah. Via a unanimous decision, the Utah Supreme Court handed Tesla Motors another setback this week.
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Tesla Store Helpful, Enthusiastic; One Chevy Volt Dealer, Not So Much
Green Car Reports
MARCH 27, 2015
It''s long been known that getting some car dealerships to sell plug-in electric cars can be a challenge. Now, one reporter tested the thesis for himself, by visiting both his local Tesla store--to inquire about the Model S electric luxury sedan--and his local Chevrolet dealer, to ask about the Volt range-extended electric car.
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60 Tesla Motors Buys 35-Acre Test Facility In Fremont, CA
Green Car Reports
JULY 19, 2013
As Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] faces the obstacle of obstreperous dealer organizations, rides the wave of its strong production figures, and quietly welcomes recent evidence that its batteries in the Roadster are lasting longer than predicted, another development: the electric car company has purchased a 35-acre tract adjacent to its Fremont, CA.'
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140 'Numerous' Advantages To Laws Mandating Car Dealers, Tesla 'Inconvenient': NADA Chairman
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 19, 2015
Count on the car-dealer lobbyists of America to keep fighting the good fight on behalf of the state franchise laws that protect their members' businesses by making it illegal for you to buy a car directly from a carmaker.
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Former Ford CEO: Tesla still the EV benchmark, smaller players may be acquired by larger automakers
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Former Ford CEO Mark Fields recently noted that Tesla is still the benchmark in the electric vehicle sector. The auto veteran also stated that as the EV industry becomes more competitive, some smaller players that are producing high-priced electric cars today may find themselves bought out by larger companies.
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119 Dealers save $500 for car buyers, lobby group claims; 'false,' says Politifact
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 20, 2016
Tesla Motors' direct-sales model for electric cars has rankled franchised auto dealers. Dealer associations have attempted to block Tesla direct sales in multiple states, and have undertaken public-relations campaigns extolling the virtues of the franchise model.
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Tesla can no longer sell cars in Missouri stores; dealer lobby lauds victory
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 4, 2017
Just as the new year began, Tesla was dealt a fresh setback in its campaign to make its electric cars directly available to customers throughout the U.S. Tesla's license to sell cars through its Missouri showrooms expired Saturday, following a circuit-court judge's decision that prevented renewal.
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