[EVDL] Michigan Denies Tesla Dealership license

2016-09-16 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
Michigan denies Tesla request for dealership licenseSep. 15, 2016 6:28 PM • SA Editor Carl SurranTesla's (NASDAQ:TSLA) request for a new dealership license to sell its all-electric vehicles in Michigan is rejected by state officials.The license was denied because the company’s business model of

Re: [EVDL] Michigan Denies Tesla Dealership license

2016-09-16 Thread Collin Kidder via EV
I wonder that as well. I'm sure that they're trying to be ideologically pure but sometimes you have to be willing to play the game. They could easily find people to run dealerships who will be cooperative. To some extent the dealerships could be just a formality. And, anyway, it doesn't hurt to

Re: [EVDL] Michigan Denies Tesla Dealership license

2016-09-16 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
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[EVDL] Prejudice& discrimination: MI Denies Tesla Dealership license

2016-09-16 Thread brucedp5 via EV
Lee asks: >why Tesla doesn't just set up dealers like the other car companies< The same dealership cartel that is blocking Tesla direct (non-dealership) sales, also has a (lobbied/paid-off) say if an automaker is 'approved'. Coming or going, Tesla is being stopped every which way to Sunday.

[EVDL] EVLN: EV-newswire posts for 20160916

2016-09-16 Thread brucedp5 via EV
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[EVDL] EVSE @Shell.uk stations> radical departure for ice fuel giant

2016-09-16 Thread brucedp5 via EV
https://www.carkeys.co.uk/news/shell-stations-to-introduce-electric-car-charging-points-to-forecourts-next-year Shell stations to introduce electric car charging points to forecourts next year 14/09/2016 [image

Re: [EVDL] Michigan Denies Tesla Dealership license

2016-09-16 Thread paul dove via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Prejudice& discrimination: MI Denies Tesla Dealership license

2016-09-16 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
There may be some component of prejudice or discrimination involved here, but IMO Cor is on target. It's all about protectionism. Business is always for "free markets" as long as those markets benefit their bottom line. When "free markets" harm their profits, suddenly they're all in favor

Re: [EVDL] Ev scooter / bike sound generator

2016-09-16 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Ev scooter / bike sound generator

2016-09-16 Thread Gail Lucas via EV
Ken, Google "scooter lights". Many are available. You could light yourself up like a Christmas tree. You mention a spoke. There are lights that attach to spokes and create patterns as you go. Gail On 9/16/2016 11:15 AM, ken via EV wrote: Being an EV scooter rider, I'm very silent around

Re: [EVDL] Michigan Denies Tesla Dealership license

2016-09-16 Thread Lee Hart via EV
paul dove via EV wrote: Michigan denies Tesla request for dealership license... What I don't get is why Tesla doesn't just set up dealers like the other car companies have done. If they're concerned about price gouging or other sneaky dealer sales tactics, they could dictate terms and

[EVDL] Ev scooter / bike sound generator

2016-09-16 Thread ken via EV
Being an EV scooter rider, I'm very silent around gas cars. I take back streets just to be SAFE. My town has some 2 n 3 lanes in town streets. I'm thinking of getting a head light modualator. but that will not help being seen by those on the sides of me . My idea is an electric engine sound.

Re: [EVDL] Ev scooter / bike sound generator

2016-09-16 Thread Jim Walls via EV
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