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Iowa Dealers Shut Down Tesla Test Drives As Rep Humiliates Them

Green Car Reports

Sometimes you almost have to feel sorry for car dealers--or, more specifically, their ineptness at the public-relations end of their fight against electric-car maker Tesla Motors and its direct Internet sales to car buyers.

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Bollinger Motors adds TEC Equipment dealerships to its commercial network – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

US electric truck manufacturer Bollinger Motors , a subsidiary of EV maker Mullen , has named truck and trailer dealer TEC Equipment as a Bollinger Motors dealer. TEC is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

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Bollinger adds 20 West Coast dealers, TCD to its commercial EV sales network

Baua Electric

It’s been a big week for Bollinger and its Class 4 commercial EVs as the upstart electric box truck brand picked up twenty new TEC dealers and scored a strategic solution partnership with Texas consulting firm, TCD. Texas-sized collaboration Source: Bollinger Motors. SOURCE | IMAGES : Bollinger Motors , via IBN. GVWR, 7,425 lb.

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Minnesota Tesla Owners Show Banned Model S To Iowa Electric-Car Shoppers

Green Car Reports

Suppose auto dealers in a neighboring state pressured their DoT to make Tesla Motors stop giving test drives of its Model S electric car--the same kind it now offers in more than a dozen other states. What would you do? If you were you a group of Tesla owners in Minnesota, you might just take matters into your own hands.

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REE’s P7-C becomes first ‘x-by-wire’ EV certified in US, may qualify for up to $100k in incentives

Baua Electric

Around the same time as that news, REE stated that EPA certification and confirmed Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) certification-feasibility of its x-by-wire system in the P7 platform was underway, and it remained on track to begin its first EV deliveries before the end of 2023. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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SEA Electric got massive order for 1,150 new electric trucks

Electric Vehicles India

The Hino M5 EVs are equipped with Sea Electric patented electric truck powertrains that will deliver to GATR EVs that operates in Iowa and Minnesota in the US as part of GATR Truck Centers. The package features a 1,106lb-ft electric motor in combination with a 138 kWh battery pack.

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Are Republicans Really Behind Tesla Sales Bans? Data Offers Clues

Green Car Reports

It seems to be a common assumption among Tesla Motors supporters: State auto-dealer lobbyists work with Republican legislators to enact laws banning direct sales of Tesla''s electric cars to retail buyers. DON''T MISS: Iowa.' But is it true?

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