Virginia
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Virginia is for lovers—and electric-car advocated had hoped that it would soon be for lovers of electric cars and plug-in hybrids, too. A bill proposed in mid-January by Virginia House Delegate David A. Reid [D-32nd] would have granted a state-tax rebate of up to $3,500 to buyers of plug-in electric cars. On Friday, however, the subcommittee considering the bill voted to recommend "passing by indefinitely" for the bill. According to Lanny Hartmann, who maintains a "Legislation Tracker" page on Plug-In Sites, that "means that the committee reserves the right to reconsider the bill at a...
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Tesla a 'predator,' dealer lobby howls; second VA store OKed anyway
Virginia auto dealers rally against Tesla's proposal for a second retail store in the state.
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VA may deny Tesla a store license; dealers say they want to sell Teslas
Virginia's Department of Motor Vehicles will likely deny Tesla a license for a second retail store.
Stephen Edelstein -
Virginia dealers double down on Tesla attack, demand probe of sales
Virginia auto dealers are calling for an investigation into Tesla's sales practices.
Stephen Edelstein -
VA auto dealers sue Tesla, DMV over hearing to 'hide' proposed store
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. In the...
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Tesla Must Alter Electric-Car Buyer Bounties, State Law Says
Virginia will not allow a promotion that pays Tesla owners for referring others.
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Those states that ban electric-car startup Tesla Motors from opening stores and selling cars online--including Arizona, Colorado, Texas, and Virginia--turn out to have a bunch of other really dumb laws on their books too.
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Virginia Sees Sense, Scraps 2013's Hybrid Vehicle Tax
Taxes are rarely popular, but if they're to be accepted by the populace the bare minimum they have to do is make sense. Virginia's annual tax on hybrid vehicles did not make sense. Proposed and enacted early last year, the tax added a fixed yearly sum to the cost of running a hybrid vehicle, in an...
Antony Ingram -
Diesel Car Owners Won't Like Virginia's Road Tax Plan Either
Last month, Virginia governor Bob McDonnell proposed dropping the state's tax on gasoline, the revenue from which has become stagnant in recent years. To make up for axing the state's gas tax, revenue would have to come from elsewhere--extra sales tax, new car registration fees, and a new $100...
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Virginia’s Hybrid HOV Lane Perks: Anything But Easy
For years, we’ve covered California’s High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane access perks for drivers of ultra-low or zero-emissions cars. Reasonably simple to understand, with a few exceptions, California’s HOV lane rules allows drivers of qualifying vehicles fitted with official HOV...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield