Car Sales

A Boston-area dealer is optimistic about electric cars.

Tesla opened a "gallery" in Michigan that can show electric cars, but can't sell them.

Virginia auto dealers rally against Tesla's proposal for a second retail store in the state.

Hyundai will offer a subscription-based service for its Ioniq Electric as an alternative to traditional leasing.

Honda still says the 2017 Clarity Fuel Cell will go on sale before the end of the year.

As its new electric car gets closer to public sale, General Motors has apparently made its first allocations of 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EVs to Chevy dealers. The news comes via a posting on the GM-Volt forum from a southern California dealership. Rick Alpern, the general manager of Keyes Chevrolet in...

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. That was when a last-minute wording change in state franchise law foreclosed the electric-car maker's...

A few weeks ago, we asked our Twitter followers how low electric-car prices would have to go for them to succeed in the market. The answers were revealing, because the sweet spot seemed to be around $25,000, the price chosen by half the respondents. Another quarter of the survey participants chose...

The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car will carry a price of $37,495 for the base LT trim level, including the mandatory destination charge, before incentives. The Bolt EV Premier model starts at $41,780 before incentives. The Premier trim includes front and rear heated and leather-appointed...

Michigan denied Tesla's application for a dealership license.

One of the challenges of making and selling electric cars is that their batteries are still expensive. And despite some makers' absorbing losses on the earliest cars, that means they sell for prices higher than those of similarly sized vehicles with combustion engines. Sure, owners will save money...

Buying a car isn't easy, even for someone who trains car dealers.

Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to locate and purchase or lease a Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid somewhere in the heart of Texas oil country. Hoping to make Tom Cruise proud, I accepted the mission. But first, a bit of perspective: in 2005 I had set out to purchase a Mercury Mariner...

EVEN Electric plans to sell electric cars through multi-brand dealerships.

The 2017 Honda Fit enters the new model year virtually unchanged.

The Sierra Club has recommendations for automakers, dealers, and policymakers on improving the electric-car sales experience.

Tesla opens its largest North America store as part of an overall retail push.

Dealers may be an obstacle to increased electric-car adoption, according to a Sierra Club report.

The Michigan Treasury Department increased its stake in Tesla in the second quarter.

Karma Automotive plans to use both franchised dealerships and company-owned "brand experience centers."