Tesla has established its first showroom in Connecticut, breaking through a nearly decade-long struggle against state regulations by opening its new showroom and Service Center at the Mohegan Sun Casino located on tribal land. By […]
Days after Tesla announced its first sales and delivery centre in Connecticut, traditional OEM dealers are raising alarm bells. Similar to state laws in New Mexico, Connecticut requires automakers to sell vehicles through dealerships. However, […]
Ford is in the middle of transitioning to an EV company. However, its treatment of dealerships that want to sell EVs has become a cause for concern for lawmakers in the US. Senator Richard Blumenthal […]
Connecticut Senator Will Haskell believes his proposed bill that would overturn the state’s ‘franchise law’ and allow Tesla and other EV manufacturers to sell their cars directly to consumers will once again fail to become […]
Connecticut’s “franchise law” has been around since 1972 and stipulates that auto manufacturers must sell their cars through third-party dealerships. After five attempts in as many years to pass legislation that would allow the direct […]
Tesla and other EV automakers were hopeful Senate Bill 127 in Connecticut would finally give them the ability to sell cars directly to consumers. They will have to try again as the legislation died on […]
Tesla got a big boost on Wednesday in Connecticut as the Transportation Committee passed Senate Bill 127. If passed by the House and Senate, which is expected, it would finally allow electric vehicle (EV) makers […]
