On Oct 23, 2013, at 11:17 AM, mex sara <[email protected]> wrote: > i don't think I read that right ... that it isn't legal to actually do > anything to sell an electric car … ?
Well, mostly it's good old boy protectionism. The Texas Car Dealers Association want to make it impossible to sell new cars without their members getting their beaks wet. Tesla does not have 'dealers' like Ford or Chevy. They well the car directly through stores owned by the company. The law states that you cannot sell new cars unless you sell them through local franchisees, aka Dealers, who, of course will demand sweeteners and their own markups an the right to sell 'rustproofing' and 'here's the price I'm willing to sell to you, dearie' kind of utter bullshit that makes Americans put "Car Salesmen" right there with 'Members of Congress' on "Our national list of shit we HATE!" It's pretty naked extortion on the part of car dealers, who paid the legislature to put it into law, despite Tesla paying to block it. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
