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Tesla Motors is Now Open For Business in New Jersey!

Benji Jerew — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 21:20:36 +0000

Tesla Motors’ direct sales model has repeatedly drawn fire from the ADAs (automobile dealership associations), which has led to prohibition in a number of states. Tesla Motors can’t sell any cars in Texas, for example, and buyers have to jump through hoops to get one delivered to them, and that’s not the only state with […]

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Tesla Motors Might be Able to Sell Direct in New Jersey After All

Benji Jerew — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 19:15:46 +0000

We’ve been covering the Tesla Motors direct-sales approach in depth, but a big blow came from New Jersey lawmakers in March. Tesla Motors’ direct-sales models has lawmakers, automobile dealers, and even some other automaker, up at arms. In the United States, the only country in which these laws exist at all, automakers are not allowed […]

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Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk Addresses New Jersey – Who’s Got Your Back?

Benji Jerew — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:02:46 +0000

After a recent decision to ban the direct-sale of automobiles to consumers in New Jersey, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk published an open letter explaining just what’s what. We’ve been covering Tesla Motors’ success and failure with its direct-sales model for a while now, and it’s pretty easy to see who the automobile dealer associations […]

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“Unexplained Delays” Mar Approval of Tesla Motors Direct Sales in New Jersey

Benji Jerew — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 14:14:13 +0000

The Tesla Motors direct-sales approach has gathered a lot of criticism across the Nation, not from consumers, but from special-interest groups. Those special-interest groups, of course, are only interested in maintaining the status quo, the monopoly that the automobile dealers have over the products they sell. For the most part, the laws state that automobile […]

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New Jersey Considering Supposed Electric Vehicle Tax, Is It Really Unfair?

Benji Jerew — Mon, 06 May 2013 15:47:18 +0000

I saw this story on another site and my gut reaction was to man the defenses and shout, “No New Taxes!” but think about it, are electric vehicles [EV] getting a free ride on the nation’s highways? State legislators seem to think so, and one after another, states are looking to tax EVs. Because EVs […]

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New Jersey Expanding Renewable Energy and Grid Storage

Benji Jerew — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:50:05 +0000

By 2020, New Jersey has a goal of having 22.5% of renewable energy generation and could be funding storage solutions in the near future. Big goals are fine, and New Jersey is actually just 3rd in the nation, behind California and Arizona, in the number of solar installations. It may seem counterintuitive to cut funding […]

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