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.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Hundreds of owners and fans alike turned up for the opening of a new Tesla Store in Palo Alto, California, this past Saturday. They weren''t all there just to see the store, though. Many focused on the store''s centerpiece--the latest prototype of the Tesla Model X crossover, the next car in Tesla Motors'' product plans.

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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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Green Car Reports

MARCH 11, 2013

Like a lot of news from Tesla, this came in the form of a tweet by CEO Elon Musk on Friday morning. It read, in its entirety, "Minnesota auto dealers tried to pass legislation to block Tesla stores. Score one for Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA], at. Bill was just defeated in Senate.

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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. That''s a model that Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] feels is crucial to getting its electric cars into the mainstream. No franchised dealers are involved.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Tesla Motors seeks a Country General Manager Chile to help launch the market. You’ll be the ambassador of our brand in the market and will play a pivotal role in shaping our corporate image while accelerating the transition to sustainable energy,” states Tesla. The job calls for someone fluent in English and Spanish.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Following on from Elon Musk's announcement that Tesla is set to build 80 models this week--slowly ramping up production to hit its 5,000 end-of-year target--Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] has announced it will open ten more stores in 2012.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 24, 2015

For the past few years, Tesla Motors has sold its electric cars directly to customers through stores that resemble high-end retail outlets more than traditional car dealerships. The current.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Lexus operates with the firm belief that hybrids are better than battery-electric cars, but there''s at least one thing about electric-car maker Tesla Motors it wants to emulate. Even as Toyota''s luxury division has lashed out at electric cars in recent ads, its executives are intrigued by Tesla''s direct-sales model.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 27, 2015

So-called popup stores are an increasingly common way for retail brands to get media attention and attract new customers, without the expense of building and staffing a full-time location. Now California carmaker Tesla Motors is extending the concept to bring its luxury Model S electric car to likely audiences in affluent summer resorts.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 31, 2016

Eager buyers have already put down deposits to reserve a Tesla Model 3 in those time zones where Tesla Stores are already open today, including both Sydney and Melbourne in Australia. Meanwhile, lines of Tesla fans and future Model 3 owners are waiting patiently in queues outside dozens of Tesla locations in later time zones.

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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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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Last Friday, a judge denied a request by the Massachusetts State Automobile Dealers Association for an injunction that would have shut down the Tesla Store in Natick, which opened on September 28. If the dealers' request had been granted, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] would have been.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Tesla has opened its four store and third service centre in the UK, this time arriving in Birmingham. The new Birmingham store joins an existing portfolio of London-centric stores which are already open; one near Gatwick, one in the Westfield Shopping Centre and one in West Drayton. Now Tesla [.].

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 19, 2015

A new bill signed by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will once again allow Tesla Motors to sell its electric cars in the state. Green New Jersey Politics Tesla Motors dealers dealerships plug-in cars sales state laws'

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All Cars Electric

JANUARY 21, 2010

When Tesla Motors received a cash infusion from Daimler for less than 10% of their shares, one of their objectives was to begin opening more stores in key markets around the world. Since then, they have opened stores in Colorado, Monaco, Miami and now Chicago.

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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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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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Green Car Reports

JUNE 12, 2017

Tesla's five New York state stores could increase four-fold should a new piece of legislation pass the state legislature. The bill calls for an increase "certificates of registration for entities that manufacture or assemble zero-emissions vehicles."

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Green Cars News

JULY 25, 2014

Tesla has opened its second store in the UK, as the carmaker expands its presence in the country to support sales of the newly launched Model S electric car. The new store located in West London includes a design studio, seven-bay service area and a purpose-built two-bay delivery centre. Electric cars Tesla Motors'

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 11, 2013

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. Texas is tough, and Texas car dealers are no exception.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 10, 2012

If we had to pick one word to describe Tesla Motors, "audacious" would be at the top of the list. Not only did founder Elon Musk decide to build a car company, which in itself is pretty gutsy.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 15, 2016

From the beginning, Tesla has taken a different approach to selling cars than other automakers. Instead of franchised dealerships, it relies on company-owned stores, usually placed in shopping malls. Tesla is now taking that concept even further in a new partnership with the Nordstrom department-store chain.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 11, 2012

After more than an hour of discussion last night, the town selectmen of Natick, Massachusetts, voted 4-1 to grant a license to sell cars to Tesla Motors Massachusetts. The local company, which the Selectmen concluded was legally separate from Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA], will operate out of a property on West Central Street in the town.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 1, 2016

The Virginia department of motor vehicles ruled yesterday that Tesla is eligible to open a second retail store in Virginia, in the state capitol of Richmond.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 21, 2012

By the sales numbers—even if you consider the 20,000 Model S sedans (which Green Car Reports drove this week, with a first drive review and video post) the company hopes to sell annually—Tesla Motors [NYSE: TSLA] is a small niche automaker.

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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 Car Reports

JUNE 22, 2013

European electric car fans will soon get to enjoy the Tesla Model S as much as their American counterparts, when the car is launched in Europe this summer.

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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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All Cars Electric

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

But fans of fast sports cars now have a new sports car to lust after with the official launch of Tesla Motor’s first Italian store. Situated in the heart of Milan’s upper class fashion and shopping district, the store is a few doors away.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2015

Tesla Motors announced 11,507 Model S deliveries worldwide for Q2 2015. The company noted that there may be small changes to this delivery count (usually well under 1%), as Tesla only counts a delivery if it is transferred to the end customer and all paperwork is correct.

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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.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Electric-car maker Tesla Motors has rapidly been opening Supercharger DC fast-charging stations throughout the U.S. DON''T MISS: Tesla To.' and outside the country. But despite its goal of providing solar-generated electricity at those sites, Superchargers thus far have drawn on electricity from the conventional power grid.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Every month, and often more frequently, a new story appears about the state-by-state battle between Tesla Motors and auto-dealer lobbyists. In some states, Tesla is permitted to sell its electric cars online, deliver them to customers, and open as many Tesla Store showrooms as it wants.

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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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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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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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