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"Texas Bans the Sale of Tesla Vehicles" Title is misleading. Texas didn't ban the sale of Teslas but rather Teslas are incapable of being sold due to legislat
by YooLi 13y ago
"Texas Bans the Sale of Tesla Vehicles"
Title is misleading. Texas didn't ban the sale of Teslas but rather Teslas are incapable of being sold due to legislation that was added back in 2003. Still a problem, but it should at least be presented correctly.
- Dylan16807 13y agoThe legislation is working as designed. I don't see how that part is misleading.
- dylangs1030 13y agoSorry, that's my bad. I read it elsewhere[1], went to Tesla's site for official news, and couldn't find anything other than Advocacy. I'll try to change it. I put up the original title in the spirit of the guidelines, because "Advocacy: Texas" doesn't by itself mean anything in particular. And I haven't seen this story on Hacker News. [1]: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/nightline-fix-abc-news/why-texas-bans-sale-tesla-cars-140842349.html http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/nightline-fix-abc-news/why-texas...
- skaevola 13y agoYou can buy a Tesla in Texas. You have to order it online and (as the page says) it will be delivered by a 3rd party. You can see plenty of them in Austin. Tesla also maintains two "showrooms", one in Austin and one in Houston where you can see the car, but cannot test drive it or discuss pricing. Tesla is not allowed to run its own dealerships in Texas, because the auto dealer's union has laws which prevent car manufacturers from running their own dealerships.
- kvanderd 13y agoTotally misleading. We bought ours through the website. It is the ONLY way to buy one regardless of where you live.