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North Carolina Wants To Make It Illegal For Tesla To E-Mail Customers
How far will state car-dealer associations go to prevent Tesla Motors from opening its electric-car showrooms and selling cars over the Internet? A long, long way. In North Carolina, a new law passed by the state Senate would apparently make it illegal for Tesla to e-mail its customers. In other...
Tesla Gets Green Light To Open Store In Natick, Massachusetts
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... December 11, 2012 by John Voelcker 10
Injunction To Shut Tesla Store Denied In MA, Dealers To Fight On
Score one for startup carmakers trying to do things differently. Last Friday, a judge denied a request by the Massachusetts State Automobile Dealers Association for an... November 21, 2012 by John Voelcker 12
Auto Dealers' Fight Against Tesla Stores: Elon Musk Weighs In
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... October 25, 2012 by John Voelcker 46
Toyota Dealers Not Interested In Selling Electric Cars, Prefer Hybrids
Thanks to its ever-expanding range of hybrids, including the well-known Prius liftback, Toyota Toyota dealers have a wide range of green cars to sell. You may think that... October 15, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 14
Auto Dealer Groups Escalate Battle Against Tesla Stores
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... October 10, 2012 by Richard Read 27
Weakest Links In Electric Car Sales: Local Salespeople, Dealers
Plug-in car sales hit a new record in September--more than 5,500 sold in a single month--and there will likely be more records to come. But plug-in hybrids and battery... October 3, 2012 by John Voelcker 15
2013 Chevrolet Volt: Already At Dealers (If You’re Lucky)
Sometimes, automakers mark the switch between one model year and the next with some pomp and ceremony, especially if the new model year is significantly better than the... July 24, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 15
Life After Death: What Happens When Your Prius Battery Dies
Believe it or not, the humble Toyota Prius has been on sale in the U.S. for 12 years. While many of these original 2000 Priuses are still giving their owners the same gas... January 6, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 10
Five Reasons Why The Chevrolet Volt Isn’t Losing Popularity
According to a recent research article by CNW Marketing Research, the 2011 Chevrolet Volt isn’t as cool as it once was. As reported by USA Today, the research firm... August 17, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 13
2011 Nissan Leaf: Free Recharging At Dealers, Except When They Balk
EDITOR'S NOTE: We received the article below on July 6th from Nissan Leaf owner Bill Schwartz, and asked Nissan Americas for a comment before we published it. Brendan Jones... July 25, 2011 by Bill Schwartz 13
2011 Chevrolet Volt: Air Dam, Display Issues Fixed By Dealers
The first 2011 Chevy Volt was delivered in December 2010, and GM’s rollout of this engineering achievement has seemed quite smooth thus far. Still, after six months... July 6, 2011 by george parrott 7
Are Volt Dealers Really Pocketing Federal Rebates? Maybe Not
It doesn’t take a scientist to figure out that the 2011 Chevrolet Volt is in high demand right now--despite its May sales numbers, which are behind those of the 2011... June 1, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 2
Chevy Volt Price-Gouging Pushes Buyer Into Honda Insight Hybrid
For all the media furor over the 2011 Nissan Leaf and the 2011 Chevy Volt, you'd think that tens of thousands of them were flooding onto our streets each month. Not so. As of... March 21, 2011 by John Voelcker 1
How Are Car Dealers Getting Ready to Service Electric Cars?
As we've discovered, some car dealers are less than enthusiastic about the prospect of selling and servicing electric cars. Luckily, others are more game. Either way, what... January 26, 2011 by Antony Ingram 1
First 2011 Nissan Leaf To Be Delivered To Customer on Dec 11
Just days after Nissan confirmed that customer deliveries of the 2011 Leaf would commence in Japan on December 20, Nissan USA has confirmed that the very first customer... December 7, 2010 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 4
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