Dealer Fight

Two Audi execs say that they respect what Tesla has done to encourage EV sales, and that its sales and dealer model is something worth following.

As happened in Virginia, California auto dealers have asked the state DMV to crack down on Tesla's referral program, citing a state law banning unlicensed dealers.

Tesla's $2,000 incentive program makes state officials none too happy, so automaker tweaks it.

Tesla executives will keep lobbying in Michigan to try to pass direct-to-consumer automobile-sales legislation.

Tesla Motors has announced a new $1,000 referral bonus for current Model S drivers who talk their friends into buying one.

Texas governor reaffirms the state's position against Tesla's direct-to-consumer electric vehicle sales.

Tesla says it will continue the fight to sell direct to customers in Connecticut next year, after failing to get a bill passed this year.

Texas again rejects bill that would allow Tesla Motors to sell direct to customers without third-party dealerships.

A piece of legislation that would allow Tesla to sell vehicles in Texas did not make it to the full chamber. This is now unlikely to pass this year.

Three FTC staff say, again, that laws restricting Tesla or other automakers from selling vehicles direct to customers is a bad idea. An 'anomaly,' in fact.

The governor of West Virginia has signed the bill banning direct sales by automakers into state law. It means that Tesla is not able to open stores there.

Tesla electric vehicle sales will now be legal in New Jersey, thanks to a measure signed into law Wednesday by governor Chris Christie. Christie had 45 days to act on the bill but chose to sign it in just two.

The New Jersey state Senate Commerce Committee has voted to allow Tesla to sell its EVs directly to customers.

Tesla agrees to some compromises to get a direct sales bill established in Connecticut, and it seems like they're not that damaging to the company's plans.

Some Texas lawmakers step up efforts to allow Tesla to sell electric vehicles directly to customers without third-party dealerships.

Conservative Koch Brothers, liberal Sierra Club agree that Tesla Motors should be allowed to sell direct to consumers.

Connecticut legislators discuss allowing Tesla to directly sell electric vehicles within the state.

Arizona legislators take one small step closer to allowing Tesla to sell cars in the state.

Connecticut may be the next state to allow Tesla Motors to sell its electric vehicles directly to the public and without third-party dealerships.

Like the fire that forced Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara to flee Atlanta in Gone With the Wind, the battle between Tesla Motors and Georgia's auto dealers is heating up. In late August, the Georgia Automobile Dealers Association (GADA), which represents about 500 dealerships, filed a petition to prevent Tesla from selling