White House petition backs direct sales of Tesla cars

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A Tesla fan is asking the White House for help. He wants the federal government to stop states from requiring that cars be sold only by third-party dealers.
In a White House petition he created, the fan asks the Obama administration to "allow Tesla Motors to sell directly to consumers in all 50 states." He believes that states shouldn't be allowed to stop the electric car company from selling autos directly to customers.
"The state legislators are trying to unfairly protect automobile dealers in their states from competition," the fan writes in the petition. "Tesla is providing competition, which is good for consumers."

The fan, Ken (who doesn't want his last name used), told CNET that he created the petition because he doesn't think "states should prevent direct car sales." He said that he doesn't work for Tesla but does own some stock in the company. He also said he looks forward to buying a Tesla vehicle someday.

For the petition to be reviewed by President Obama it needs 100,000 signatures by July 5. As of this writing, it has nearly 17,000 signatures.

Normally, selling cars via third-party dealers isn't a big deal, since it's the way most car manufacturers sell their vehicles. But, for Tesla, it matters. The electric car company only sells its vehicles directly to buyers.

According to CNBC, several states are considering banning direct vehicle sales. However, only Texas has the law currently in place. So, while Tesla can show its all-electric Model S sedan in Texas car galleries, it cannot sell the vehicle in that state.

Auto dealers have a lot of political sway with state governments. They give a lot in donations to state lawmakers and car dealerships are one of the biggest generators of tax revenue for states, according to CNBC.
In the world of car manufacturers, Tesla is a fledgling company. It was founded just 10 years ago and began deliveries of its Model S in 2012. In May, CEO Elon Musk announced that the company had finally reached profitability for the first time.

CNET contacted Tesla for comment. We'll update the story when we get more information.

Updated at 8:20 p.m. PT to correct that the petition was created by a Tesla fan and not the car company.
Updated at 8:20 p.m. PT with comment from Tesla fan Ken

White House petition backs direct sales of Tesla cars | Cutting Edge - CNET News

why they blocking this shyt for??
 

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Because its russian and hurts the economy.

shyt makes no sense to me. Dont these politicians know that the less money people have to spend on gas, the more money they'll have to spend on other shyt??

It aint like we producing oil, we import that shyt :mindblown:
 

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shyt makes no sense to me. Dont these politicians know that the less money people have to spend on gas, the more money they'll have to spend on other shyt??

It aint like we producing oil, we import that shyt :mindblown:

Oil companies have more pull than mcdonalds.
 

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alright before the circle jerk commences in here:

-"Why do car dealers even exist?" Car dealers exist mainly because of old laws that prevent car manufacturers from becoming "vertical monopolies", and because back in the day, just making cars was hard enough for one company to focus on and they were happy to leave the selling to someone else.

-"Dealership protection" laws were created to ensure that once a dealership invested huge amounts of money into its creation and operation, that a manufacturer couldn't obliterate them overnight by deciding withdraw their support and start competing against them.

-Dealer protection laws should likely not apply to Tesla because there are not any dealerships to protect to begin with.

-Although dealers do extract modest fees as "middlemen" in car sales, they make most of their money off of financing, extended warranties, and their service department, much like a movie theater makes its money not off of ticket sales, but off the concession stand. This doesn't make buying a car from them any less of a pain in the ass, however.

Most importantly:

Oil companies have literally nothing to do with this conflict, and no one is trying to hold back electric (or "green") cars; the dealers would be fighting just as hard against any car company that attempted a direct-to-consumer model.
 

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exactly bruh, i was talking about oil. :manny: And fracking is fukking up the ecosystem.

well 4 years ago oil hit over 140/barrel and now it trades below 100.

and read my other post this has nothing to do with oil companies.

and i grew up in pennsylvania i've seen first hand what fracking does. i'm all for cutting out OPEC.
 

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why is free-market Ron Paul's home state the only state with an actual law against direct sales?
 
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