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Direct sales should be opened up to all car manufacturers not just Tesla. Tesla is no exception, if GM isn't allowed to do direct sale Tesla shouldn't be able t
by knodi 13y ago
Direct sales should be opened up to all car manufacturers not just Tesla. Tesla is no exception, if GM isn't allowed to do direct sale Tesla shouldn't be able to as well.
- atom-morgan 13y agoRather than worry about whether Tesla is doing something that GM can't, you should be focusing on why Tesla is being stopped for doing this in the first place. It's in the interest of protecting jobs of automotive dealers in an industry Tesla is disrupting. Nothing more.
- cpwright 13y agoIf GM wants to do direct sales, they should buy out the franchisee. Tesla never sold away its franchise rights, so should be allowed to sell direct.
- ctdonath 13y agoAllowed? Question is: by what delegated power does the government have any say in the matter?
- gamblor956 13y agoThe power to regulate commerce at the appropriate level (in a federal system; in non-federal systems this distinction is meaningless), which has been a traditional power of government since the dawn of history.