Lee asks: >why Tesla doesn't just set up dealers like the other car companies<
The same dealership cartel that is blocking Tesla direct (non-dealership) sales, also has a (lobbied/paid-off) say if an automaker is 'approved'. Coming or going, Tesla is being stopped every which way to Sunday. Bullying has not changed since the middle & high school cliques: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescent_cliques#Types_of_American_cliques ... Some of the more common types of cliques found include: jocks, tomboys, cheerleaders, mean girls, foreigners, gamers, hipsters, hippies, troublemakers, peacemakers, class clowns, "cool kids", arty intellectuals, gangsters, wangsters, "ghetto kids", stoners/slackers, girly girls, scenesters, scene kids, punks, preps, skaters, goths, emos, skinheads, geeks/nerds, and drifters ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescent_cliques#High_school_cliques All this anti-Tesla effort to put the kibosh on Tesla is understood as competition under capitalism, where 'good-old-boy' rules work for a select few. I am thinking it is similar to the same bullying (supreme geek) Musk had to endure from the jocks, preps& more ... http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-was-lonely-2013-12 ... Musk survived terrible bullying. In doing so, he learned that he could do things the other kids told him he couldn't do. So he did, and he hasn't stopped ... [dated] http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/CEO-Musk-talks-of-a-future-Electric-Tesla-Truck-MI-Dealership-td4680195.html ... Tesla applies for Michigan dealership license January 31, 2016 ... automaker submitted applications in November to the Michigan Secretary of State Office, and submitted follow-up information in recent weeks ... the department is reviewing the applications and a decision is expected “in the next month or two.” ... a “Class A” dealership license to sell new and used cars ... also must have a “repair facility ... or ... a licensed repair facility,” ... Tesla filed the applications as it tried for several months to win over legislators, dealers and automakers ... offered a number of test-drives ... Tesla also has opened four fast-charging stations for Teslas in the state. Its website says a Detroit service center is “coming soon.” ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-GM-pu-hing2-kill-Tesla-sales-gt-no-duh-Want-a-Tesla-gt-Vote-td4672204.html Oct. 21, 2014 ... General Motors Co. widened the rift between Detroit auto makers and Tesla Motors Inc., urging Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Tuesday to sign the a bill barring auto makers from directly selling to consumers ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Ohio-senator-with-deep-dealer-ties-proposes-anti-Tesla-bill-td4668186.html EVLN: Ohio senator with deep dealer ties proposes anti-Tesla bill Feb 14th 2014 ... The fight against customer-direct car sales by Tesla Motors continues around the US ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Yes-Virginia-your-state-may-get-a-Tesla-dealership-td4665625.html Deal paves way for Tesla dealership in Virginia October 2, 2013 The world's hottest car company appears to have found the foothold it's been looking for in Virginia. Tesla Motors, whose high-performance electric cars have ... http://www.motoring.com.au/news/2013/tesla/tesla-deals-direct-39202 Tesla deals direct 3 October 2013 If the states tilt against Musk, his eventual option may be to petition the federal government to enact legislation ... drafted to protect electric vehicle sales ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Pacheco-sponsored-bill-would-impact-Tesla-dealerships-td4665298.html Sep 18, 2013 ... A state legislator from Taunton is sticking up for auto dealerships, including those on the Route 44 Auto Mile in Raynham, against potential efforts to skirt a Massachusetts law intended to prohibit car manufacturers from selling directly to customers ... http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/morning_call/2013/09/tesla-says-california-car-dealers-are.html Tesla says California car dealers are aiming to hurt its sales Sep 20, 2013 - This week the California New Car Dealers Association claimed that Tesla was violating state and federal laws in the ... For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.0catch.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Michigan-Denies-Tesla-Dealership-license-tp4683755p4683770.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
