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Nope. That "coming soon" is wrapped in an Elon-style reality distortion field and should be interpreted as "we intend to have one there one day." What they don
by brianstorms 12y ago
Nope. That "coming soon" is wrapped in an Elon-style reality distortion field and should be interpreted as "we intend to have one there one day."
What they don't tell you is they cannot open it. And that there is NO WAY it is opening soon.
How do I know? Well, I contacted the Governor of New Mexico's office, and I contacted the Global VP of Sales/Service at Tesla. That got me a call from a Tesla regional manager who told me plainly, "New Mexico is worse than Texas" and that the laws are set up in such a way that there isn't much that can be done. The law on the books states that the dealerships are protected by the force of the State Police and should any young whippersnapper auto manufacturer, say, Tesla, come sneakin' into town and try to set up shop, well the dealers will be there with the full force of the state government behind them, to make sure Tesla crawls back into the hole it came from . . . in some other state.
The New Mexico legislature won't consider new proposed laws until Jan 2016. You can bet I will be working on my representative in Santa Fe to introduce a meaningful law modeled after the legislation recently passed in other states that has allowed Tesla to do business including service its existing customers.
It is remarkable how protectionist these auto dealers are. They're staring into the future and the future is staring right back, and the future has no sympathy. They must know they're on the wrong side of history. They don't care.
- mikeash 12y agoI think I may have come across a forum post from you when looking at what was actually going on there. Good for you for pushing against the dealers. This stuff seems to be changing at a (relatively, for political stuff) rapid pace at the moment. NJ now, looks like CT soon, VA just relented a bit and allowed a store, and it looks like things are moving in Texas. Maybe seeing other states ditch these laws will help push things in New Mexico.
- neurotech1 12y agoAll it would take is a major aerospace company to come to the state with engineers who drive Tesla cars and the law could change relatively quickly. SpaceX haven't expanded significantly in NM, and this might partly be the reason.