automobile dealers Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sun, 14 Jul 2013 07:13:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Tesla Motors vs Minnesota Automobile Dealers, Tesla Wins First Round https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-motors-vs-minnesota-automobile-dealers-tesla-wins-20130315/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-motors-vs-minnesota-automobile-dealers-tesla-wins-20130315/#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:01:55 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=34912 Last week, Tesla Motors won the first round against the Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association, but the fight isn’t over yet. Most states have laws that prevent automakers from selling their own vehicles in competition with franchisers of the same automobile. The laws make sense, since an automaker could seriously undercut pricing on the very same […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-motors-vs-minnesota-automobile-dealers-tesla-wins-20130315/feed/ 0 34912 Minnesota Dealers Oppose Tesla Stores Opening, Propose New Law https://www.greenoptimistic.com/minnesota-dealers-tesla-stores-20130311/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/minnesota-dealers-tesla-stores-20130311/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:25:21 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=34700 Tesla Motors is finding some resistance to its expansion, where Minnesota dealers oppose Tesla Stores opening. The current laws regarding automobile dealers prohibit automakers from opening their own dealerships to compete with franchise dealerships, but the Minnesota Automobile Dealer Association [MADA] wants to amend the law to make it even more strict. Tesla Motors has […]

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