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This seems like a 'one off' deal. Tesla can come in, zero emissions exception, but conventional competition against the franchised dealer model is still prohib
by geofffox 12y ago
This seems like a 'one off' deal. Tesla can come in, zero emissions exception, but conventional competition against the franchised dealer model is still prohibited. This is solely because of embarrassment, but it doesn't right the real wrong.
- bsilvereagle 12y agoIf I remember correctly, a lot of deals Tesla has struck with other states are "one off" deals just for Tesla.
- stephen_g 12y agoHmmm... Surely it would be better to do something like "a car manufacturer can not have a store within x miles of a franchised dealer licensed to sell that manifacturer's cars" rule, so Telsa can come in and do what they do (since there are no dealers to protect), dealers are happy because they are still protected (which I think is wrong, but their lobby groups are probably to strong and hopefully this way does pave the way to dealers dying out because of market forces)