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

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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Dealers Tesla Store Tesla Motors 164

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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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.

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Dealers Tesla Michigan Tesla Motors 164

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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National Green Transportation

MARCH 11, 2014

On Tuesday, the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (NJMVC) approved a new rule requiring that all new-car dealers have a franchise agreement in order to sell cars in New Jersey. This effectively blocks Tesla Motors, who directly.'

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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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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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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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Michigan Dealers Sale Tesla 164

Green Car Reports

JUNE 5, 2015

Tesla Motors' business model of selling cars directly to customers without franchised dealers has earned it the ire of many a car-sales mogul. Viewing Tesla's online sales as a threat to their franchise model, quite a few state auto-dealer associations have undertaken campaigns against the carmaker.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2014

A study by researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis finds that buyers of plug-in vehicles (PEVs) are substantially less satisfied with the dealer purchase experience than buyers of conventional vehicles—with the notable exception of Tesla buyers. In some cases, dealers outright discouraged PEV purchases.

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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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Dealers Store Virginia Tesla 60

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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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 8, 2016

For the past few years, Tesla Motors has fought battles with franchised car dealers over its direct-sales model on a state-by-state basis. Feeling threatened by Tesla's company-owned stores, state auto dealer associations have campaigned against the carmaker, in some cases pursuing legislation to outlaw direct sales.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 25, 2015

Fast forward to the ongoing state-by-state battles between Tesla Motors and lobbyists for state and national car-dealer interests, who are trying to get franchise laws modified. Green Dealership NADA New car sales Politics Tesla Motors dealers sales state laws'

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 23, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: What owners want from the next-generation 2016 Chevrolet Volt, a ride in an ell-electric BYD K9 electric bus, and auto dealers try charm in their battle against Tesla Motors'' direct-sales model. General Motors offers a free fix for a battery-coolant issue in certain 2012 and 2013.'

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Dealers Volt 2016 BYD 118

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Plus a crack in the dealer opposition to Tesla Motors, and some encouraging news on wind and solar energy. What happens to sales when electric-car.' 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.

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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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Dealers Michigan Tesla Tesla Motors 60

Green Car Reports

MARCH 27, 2015

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. Politics sales dealers Chevy Volt Tesla Motors New car sales Dealership plug-in cars state laws'

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Dealers Volt Store Tesla 60

Green Car Reports

MARCH 20, 2014

That may be what''s happening in Arizona, where a new bill in the state legislature would legalize the direct-sales model of electric-car maker Tesla Motors--to the intense dismay of state car dealers who want it made.'

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

You''ve probably heard of electric-car maker Tesla Motors. What you may not know is that several states ban the company from opening its Tesla Stores and selling you its Model S electric luxury sedan.

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Tesla Sale Dealers Tesla Motors 167

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

The battle between Tesla Motors and car-dealer groups has flared up again on two familiar fronts. Both Texas and Arizona have seen skirmishes before between Tesla and groups representing franchised car dealers.

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Arizona Dealers Texas Tesla 60

Green Car Reports

MARCH 10, 2015

The topic of Tesla Motors and its direct-sales model continues to roil state legislatures, with bills for and against the practice under debate in several states. Justice Department issued a paper that looked at the economic effects of state bans on such direct sales. Now it turns out that one example of direct sales.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 16, 2015

Well, add one more to the list of states where Tesla Motors can legally sell its electric cars--and do so without having to use franchised dealers. The Maryland General Assembly has reversed a ban on direct sales by Tesla, which displays its cars in Tesla Store and "gallery" facilities it operates.

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Maryland Legal Electric Cars Sale 60

Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2015

Last week, barely minutes before it adjourned, the Maryland House of Representatives passed a bill authorizing Tesla Motors to sell its electric cars from up to four stores in the state. Politics sales dealers Tesla Motors New car sales state laws Maryland'

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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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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

Broadly, Navigant expects expansion in both the higher end of the market (thereby putting competitive pressure on Tesla Motors), as Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Mercedes, Saab, and Volvo introduce their first plug-in cars. Tesla Motors will have a bumpy year. PEV makers pursue revenue beyond vehicle sales.

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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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Utah Dealers Tesla Tesla Motors 104

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

His latest stunner came last week, when he deemed auto-dealer efforts to ban all direct sales by Tesla Motors state by state "unnecessary protectionism." In doing so, Jackson broke ranks with the vast array of auto-dealer organizations and lobbyists who have spent five.'

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Michigan Dealers Tesla Tesla Motors 157

Green Car Reports

JUNE 4, 2014

The guerilla warfare between auto dealers and Tesla Motors continues, with the latest skirmish happening tomorrow in New Jersey. Perhaps war analogies are overstating the case, but certainly Tesla has had to fight in numerous states for the right to sell its cars directly to buyers through the Internet.

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New Jersey Tesla Dealers Tesla Motors 156

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Tesla Motors of course, continuing to create headlines with its.' It''s always interesting hearing one automaker''s opinion of another, and even more so when a huge global company has to concede that a young upstart is worth keeping an eye on. The huge global automaker in question is Audi, part of the massive Volkswagen group.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 27, 2014

Tesla looks set to be allowed to keep selling cars in the US state of Ohio, it was confirmed on Wednesday after the electric car marker struck a deal with the state’s car dealers. Electric cars Tesla Motors'

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Ohio Dealers New Jersey Tesla 54

Green Car Reports

MAY 13, 2015

Tesla Motors has had varied success in its efforts to fight state laws making its direct online-sales model illegal. The electric-car maker lost a round in Michigan last fall, but now a government agency has weighed in on Michigan's revision to its franchise law. Let's just say that the U.S.

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Michigan Dealers Tesla Tesla Motors 60

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Earlier this month, an application for a dealer license submitted by Tesla Motors was denied by the state of Michigan. It was the final decision in a process that kicked off in October 2014.

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Michigan Electric Cars Dealers Tesla Motors 60

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Apparently, you can learn a lot about Tesla Motors at a Ford seminar. Tesla''s unusual sales model--which eschews traditional franchised dealerships for direct-sale retail stores--could change the way people buy cars, a former strategic planning leader for Apple said at a Ford panel on global trends last week.

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Store Ford Dealers Tesla 111

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2013

California Auto Outlook is sponsored by the California New Card Dealers Association. Tesla Motors took 0.6% On the electric vehicle side, Tesla Motors posted 2,308 units of the Model S in California during the second quarter of 2013, representing 44.8% Electric (Battery) Hybrids Sales' Despite a 0.9

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports: Tesla Motors continues its battle with car dealers, this time in Ohio. plug-in electric-car sales numbers for November, and some numbers for Norway, where 12 percent of new cars sold last month turned out to be electric. We''ve also got U.S. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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