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Eugene

(62,646 posts)
Sun Mar 17, 2019, 05:49 PM Mar 2019

Texas is trying to block Tesla from even servicing its cars in direct sale battle with car dealers

Source: Electrek

Texas is trying to block Tesla from even servicing its cars in direct sale battle with car dealers

Fred Lambert
- Mar. 16th 2019 6:03 pm ET

Tesla has long been having issues selling its cars in Texas due to their direct-sale law and car dealer lobbying effort, but now the automaker’s situation is becoming even more precarious in the state as a new bill that could block them from even servicing their cars is being introduced.

Texas is one of the biggest markets in the US that still completely bans Tesla’s direct sale model.

The local car dealer lobby is using old laws meant to stop automakers to compete with their own franchise dealers to block Tesla from selling their own cars directly to consumers even though Tesla never had any franchise dealers.

Many see this as a free market issue as car dealers appear to be using the law to protect themselves from competition and create a monopoly.

Tesla has launched several lobbying efforts to change the law over the years, but they always failed to convince the legislature, which is being influenced by the car dealer lobby.

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Read more: https://electrek.co/2019/03/16/tesla-service-ban-texas/
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Texas is trying to block Tesla from even servicing its cars in direct sale battle with car dealers (Original Post) Eugene Mar 2019 OP
Typical, hypocritical GOP. bitterross Mar 2019 #1
Texas Gov. is being run by a lot of backwards people. However, that will change soon. I hope. walkingman Mar 2019 #2
Why am I reminded of Ford and ALAM? Pope George Ringo II Mar 2019 #3
 

bitterross

(4,066 posts)
1. Typical, hypocritical GOP.
Sun Mar 17, 2019, 06:10 PM
Mar 2019

All for the free market until it negatively impacts their pockets or their re-election coffers.

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