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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CleanTechnica EVs
NOVEMBER 19, 2022
General Motors president Mark Reuss told investors this week that GM dealers have serviced more than 11,000 Teslas.
Teslarati
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
The Tesla Model 3 was the fastest-selling used car in September, averaging just 17 days on dealer lots, as per eBay Motors. Franchised dealers also saw a month-over-month improvement in the average number of days to sell vehicles from 32 to 29 days, their fastest pace so far this year. to £17,536.
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.
The Truth About Cars
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Last week, Ford CEO Jim Farley asked a group of dealers for some open and honest feedback while promising to spend the next few weeks visiting showrooms. However, the latest from the North American Dealers Association (NADA) meeting makes it sound like the relationship may still be dicey. This isn’t exclusively a Ford problem, however.
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Tesla and other companies selling vehicles directly to consumers are under threat in Florida, where two bills may disrupt how the automakers sell their vehicles. Now, Tesla is again facing threats from legislatures as two new bills could derail the company’s sales system in Florida. ” However, this could change.
Teslarati
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022
Ford Motor Company has a tough challenge for its dealers selling electric vehicles. The automaker wants its dealers to match Tesla’s lower selling prices, according to a report from Reuters. Ford told Reuters that it was “excited to meet next week with our North America dealers to grow and win together.”
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.
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 12, 2014
The legislative battle that pits Ohio car dealers against Tesla Motors and its company-owned stores continues. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that the car dealers are once again pushing legislation that would keep Tesla from selling cars in the Buckeye State.
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. We want to meet demand,” McCluskey said. . The volunteers were tasked to inquire about electric vehicles.
Teslarati
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
General Motors (GM) has started to repair Tesla vehicles at its dealerships, making it a growing new business for the legacy automaker. So far, GM dealers have fixed more than 11,000 Tesla vehicles. You can now vote on Tesla Supercharging locations. That’s a growing business for us.
Teslarati
SEPTEMBER 3, 2022
General Motors said that it will offer all of its Buick franchise dealers in the U.S. Global Vice President of Buick and GMC, Duncan Aldred, told WSJ that shifting to EVs will require significant investments by Buick dealers. buyouts,the Wall Street Journal reported. Buick just offered to buy out ALL of its U.S.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 22, 2021
EV technology developer Battle Motors has acquired commercial vehicle OEM Crane Carrier Company. Battle Motors was founded by Michael Patterson, the founder of Romeo Power; Paul Marsolan, co-founder and former CTO of InAuth, Inc.; and Nick Sampson, co-founder of Faraday Future and former head of vehicle engineering at Tesla.
Teslarati
JANUARY 3, 2024
General Motors is sidestepping the loss of the electric vehicle tax credit on its vehicles and will still offer a big $7,500 discount on cars for customers. 4, the Nissan Leaf, a few Tesla Model 3 configurations, and the Mustang Mach-E. In terms of Tesla, the following vehicles still qualify for the $7,500 U.S.
Teslarati
OCTOBER 21, 2023
Department of Justice (DOJ) has backed an argument from Tesla this week during a circuit court appeal of a case with the state of Louisiana over its automotive direct sales ban rules. Lousiana Motor Vehicle Commission attorneys did not respond to Reuters ’ request for comment on the matter, nor did Tesla.
Teslarati
MARCH 20, 2023
Ford dealers are beginning to push back and drop out of the Model e electric vehicle sales program. million and would give dealers two DC fast chargers, priority in replenishing EV models, more exposure on Ford’s company website, and demo units, which could be sold. It has not gone according to plan for some.
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.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 21, 2014
Tesla Motors'' company-owned stores have provoked a bitter response from state auto-dealer associations, who view them as a threat to traditional franchised dealerships. Yet Tesla CEO Elon Musk seems to think the two business models can coexist.
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 4, 2016
In an ongoing battle with Tesla Motors, state auto dealer associations have continually touted the superiority of the traditional franchised dealer model. While surveys have shown that many car buyers are frustrated with the process, dealers claim Tesla's direct sales model does not benefit customers.
Green Car Reports
JUNE 23, 2016
Tesla Motors continues to battle Virginia car dealers over the opening of a second company-owned retail store in the Old Dominion State.
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 7, 2017
Since Tesla began selling electric cars directly to customers throughout the U.S., On Tuesday, Tesla scored a decisive victory when the Missouri Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's ruling that would have left Tesla without a state dealer license.
Teslarati
DECEMBER 19, 2023
The Los Angeles County Sanitation District recently launched its new Tesla Model 3 fleet. The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts’ Fleet Manager, Dave Bolderoff, recently shared on LinkedIn that the agency purchased 22 Tesla Model 3 units. Bolderoff commented on Tesla’s efficient order and delivery process.
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.
Teslarati
DECEMBER 21, 2022
General Motors CEO Mary Barra has been pretty open about her desire to surpass Tesla and become the global leader in electric vehicles (EVs). We know that’s going to catapult General Motors to a leadership category in EVs,” Hassani said in a segment at Yahoo! Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.
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.
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Tesla has once again ruffled the feathers of the California New Car Dealers Association with a new round of referral programs. The Silicon Valley automaker has used referral programs for years; they usually provide perks for current owners who get friends, coworkers, and colleagues to buy a new Tesla vehicle.
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.
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
Have we just seen the first crack in the facade of auto-dealer opposition to Tesla Motors selling cars directly to retail buyers? An opinion piece in auto-industry trade journal Ward''s Auto concludes with the following remarkable sentences: We can keep Tesla busy defending what are basically nuisance suits.
Green Car Reports
APRIL 24, 2014
The ongoing fight between Tesla Motors and car dealers across the country has spilled from the headlines into the legal system, but so far, the outcome is far from certain. Will Tesla be allowed to sell its cars directly to consumers?
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. A pair of bills in the New York State Legislature, backed by New York state auto dealers, would make it illegal to license or renew licenses for Tesla stores within the state.
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.
Electric Vehicles India
JULY 5, 2021
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Green Car Reports
JUNE 27, 2013
Tesla Motors has dodged two big bullets fired its way by New York and North Carolina legislatures and auto dealers. Last week, the New York State Senate and Assembly adjourned until January without acting on two bills pushed by state auto dealers that would have made it illegal to register a Tesla store in New York state.
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 Congress
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Redwood Materials, founded by Tesla co-founder and former CTO JB Straubel ( earlier post ), is launching the most comprehensive electric vehicle battery recycling program, beginning in California, to establish efficient, safe and effective recovery pathways for end-of-life hybrid and electric vehicle battery packs.
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.'
Teslarati
OCTOBER 22, 2022
Louisiana Attorney General, Jeff Landry, who recently just announced he was running for governor next year, defended dealerships that are named in a lawsuit brought by Tesla. . ” Tesla also advocates for the direct-sales approach noting that it’s needed to educate consumers about the benefits of EVs.
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
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.
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.
Teslarati
MARCH 3, 2022
Tesla Service Centers in Oklahoma are in jeopardy following the unanimously passed HB3994 that aims to make manufacturers unable to service or sell cars directly to consumers in the State. HB3994 is a House bill that could end Tesla Service Center locations in Oklahoma as we know it. The bill was passed with a unanimous vote of 11-0.
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 25, 2014
Today we''ve got news of talks between BMW and Tesla Motors, details on the Volkswagen Golf SportWagen hydrogen fuel-cell concept, and the latest rumblings from car-dealer groups over criticism of haggling. All this and more on Green Car Reports.
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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