Michigan’s Anti-EV Bill Dies
This year has been incredibly challenging for many people. This year also saw the rise of a new anti-EV bill, as many refer to it, in Michigan.
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Tesla’s Success is “A Combination of Thousands of Heroic Feats that No One Knows About”…
This article is an expanded version of material that appears in Tesla: How Elon Musk and Company Made Electric Cars Cool, and Remade the Automotive and Energy Industries, Edition 4.1. This history of Tesla, written by Charged Senior Editor Charles Morris and originally published in 2014, has now been completely revised and expanded, with new chapters on Model Y, Cybertruck, the Chinese Gigafactory and the events of 2020.
Tesla Gallery & Service Center Growth — Small & Big-Picture Views
The Tesla Owners Club of New York State (TOCNYS) landed a victory during the late hours of October 14th. A Special Use Permit (SUP) was granted at the Tesla Henrietta location, providing ability to become a gallery. This will allow Tesla to show potential customers its products at the location for both test drives and educational purposes.
Legal Settlement Allows Tesla To Sell Cars In Michigan (Finally)
A new legal settlement ruled in favor of Tesla in Michigan. Tesla can now sell and service its vehicles in the state of Michigan, according to an anonymous source close to the matter. This agreement will enable Tesla buyers to pick up any new Tesla vehicles they buy within Michigan instead of having to leave the state to do so. But the deal is a bit complicated.
Tesla Withdraws Appeal To Connecticut Supreme Court Regarding Direct Sales Ban
Tesla has adjusted its strategy in Connecticut. It has quietly dropped its appeal of the state’s franchise dealer law and begun leasing cars at its service facility in Milford.
Uber & Starbucks Top US Vendor Business Expenses — What Does That Mean For Tesla?
This is not the freshest data, but I’ve had this story near the top of my list for months, so I think its potential importance and relevance to cleantech are quite high. According to data from the company Certify, an online travel, expense, & invoice software company, the “most common U.S. vendors for business expenses” in the past couple of years were Uber and Starbucks, respective. What’s that got to do with Tesla?
3 Things I Learned While Ordering A Tesla — Tesla Store Was Useful Even For…
As I recently shared, we just procured a Tesla Model 3. Being one of the most obsessive Tesla reporters and editors in the world, I didn’t expect to need the local Tesla store to make this happen. However, I had an impetus to walk in for help almost immediately, and then another. None of this is going to show up in my order — which I quickly placed online after the store visits and after finalizing a couple of other things — but it was important to me as a consumer.
Tesla’s Game Of Pennies Is A Game Of $$Billions$$
Last year, discussing Tesla’s challenge producing a $35,000 Model 3, CEO Elon Musk used the phrase “game of pennies” to highlight their efforts to bring down costs one step at a time, in every little way possible. Those pennies at up when on the scale of hundreds of thousands or even millions of cars per year.
How To Buy A Tesla
The Tesla buying experience is unique compared to the typical car buying process offered by Big Auto. There’s no sitting down, negotiating, and sometimes not even a test drive. More on that in a minute. First, there are a few things you should know before walking into a Tesla store. For starters, it is not a dealership.
Tesla Is Obstructed By Anti-Free-Market Laws In Numerous US States
Tesla has many challenges to overcome. According to David Pogue (via Yahoo Finance), “It’s amazing that Tesla even exists. Before Tesla, the most recent successful American auto startup was Chrysler, over 90 years ago. Tesla has survived the first hard part: designing beautiful, fast, high-tech electric cars that a lot of people want and love. Now come all the other hard parts … [including] getting permission to sell them.”
