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Tesla Loses Legal Battles To Texas, North Carolina Dealers

Win some, lose some. Tesla's had a very good year thus far, but it was recently dealt legislative defeats in two states where it had hoped to sell its electric cars. In Texas, the state legislature declined to make an exception to existing rules that make it illegal for automakers to sell cars to...

June 6, 2013 by John Voelcker 30

North Carolina Wants To Make It Illegal For Tesla To E-Mail Customers

May 16, 2013 31

Will Tesla Try For Federal Rule Permitting Non-Dealer Stores?

April 18, 2013 16

Tesla Testifies In Texas, Takes On State's Auto Dealers Over Stores

April 11, 2013 10

Tesla Model S with DISRUPT license plate, March 2013 [photo: Sam Villella]

Tesla Wins One In Minnesota: Bill To Ban Its Stores Defeated

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... March 11, 2013 by John Voelcker 3

GM engineer fits structural reinforcement to distribute crash energy away from Chevy Volt battery.

Does $5K Tool Really Cause Chevy Dealers To Drop Volt Electric Car?

If you were a car dealer, would you decide not to sell a plug-in electric car because you had to buy a $5,000 tool to service it? We didn't think so. Late last year, trade... February 5, 2013 by John Voelcker 23

Nissan Leaf Electric-Car Buyers Really ARE Different, Says Dealer

So who buys a Nissan Leaf? Not, as you may be unsurprised to learn, the sort of person who doesn't really care what they buy, says one Nissan dealer. As Nashville Business... December 18, 2012 by Antony Ingram 13

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

Should I Buy A New Suzuki (Now That It's Leaving The U.S.)?

There's nothing like a bargain price on a brand-new car. And since Suzuki has announced that it'll stop selling cars in the U.S., there are bargains galore on new Suzuki... November 8, 2012 by John Voelcker 1

Tesla Motors gallery in Houston Galleria, opened October 2011, with Model S on display

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 48

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

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

Tesla Dodges Traditional Dealerships—And Questions Remain

Tesla Motors [NSDW: TSLA], by nearly all accounts, is an automaker that’s doing things differently. It’s based in Silicon Valley, not Detroit. And it’s... July 27, 2012 by Bengt Halvorson 41

Tesla Motors: Three New Stores Opening In North America

No sooner has Tesla announced a new "gallery" in the heart of oil country, than the Palo Alto-based electric car company has now revealed plans for three more retail stores... November 4, 2011 by Antony Ingram 2

Tesla Motors Opens Gallery In Oil Country

Palo Alto-based electric auto maker Tesla Motors doesn’t sell cars in its new Houston showroom, sales lot, dealership uh… “gallery” now open in... October 31, 2011 by Earth Techling 2

2011 Chevrolet Volt on test in Little Rock, Arkansas, July 2011

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

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