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Related: About this forumCalifornia new car dealers claim Tesla violates advertising laws
The trade group for Californias new car dealers wants the state Department of Motor Vehicles to investigate Tesla Motors advertising practices, alleging that the upstart automaker is violating various state and federal laws in marketing its electric cars.
The California New Car Dealers Assn. claims that Tesla inflates the savings customers accrue from various federal and state incentives to encourage the purchase of electric cars and from other perquisites, such as a permit to drive solo in most California carpool lanes.
Tesla, a Palo Alto auto company that only makes electric cars, declined to comment on the complaint.
We would like the DMV to investigate whether Tesla has violated the law, said Brian Maas, president of the California New Car Dealers Assn. At the minimum we would hope they would get Tesla to stop issuing advertisements in the form they are currently doing.
http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-california-dealers-claim-tesla-violations-20130916,0,3708769.story
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)Safest car on the market. They have passed safety tests with higher scores than have ever been issued to any automobile.
Sounds like someone is unhappy with their success.
Also, I think Brian Maas needs to stop issuing grammar in the form he is currently doing... now.
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)Tesla has a better car.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Butthurt car dealers in NC and TX have already tried to muscle Tesla out of the market.
Mother Muckraker
(116 posts)It is deceptive because almost no one will be able to own a Model S for $579/month
http://www.teslamotors.com/models/design
This is the kind of advertising subprime mortgage lenders engage in.
Tesla has had a slew of misinformation directed at boosting their share price. One of the latest is their claims about setting up their Supercharger network which they expect to cover 98% of the U.S. The actual number of Superchargers operational shows Tesla will not be able to achieve their stated goal.
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1086987_sorting-out-the-superchargers-doing-tesla-math-for-forbes
The only reason why TSLA shares are sky high is because people believe the lies. One of the big lies is the "safest car" lie. The highest score is 5 stars and nothing more. Other cars have achieved a 5-star rating. ".4" was added to the 5-star by Tesla themselves giving themselves a "5.4 star" rating.