Thursday, May 16, 2013
It's all about the Free Market
Except, of course, when it hurts your campaign contributors, then Free Market be damned, we have to help these poor people. North Carolina is leading the way by making Tesla Motors direct sale model illegal.
Diarmuid O’Connell, Tesla’s vice president for corporate and business development, on Wednesday slammed legislation in North Carolina that would prevent the sale of his company’s all-electric cars.Ah yes the "unfair competition" whine. As they move to outlaw legitimate competition. It goes without saying that the Republican/Teabaggers are the driving force behind this ridiculous law.
“What’s happening here is the rules are being changed to protect the dealer model and exclude us from the market,” he said on CNBC. “North Carolina consumers are buying these vehicles, they are interested in these vehicles. It’s a great market, it’s an innovative market, it’s a technology-philic market.”
“We have a lot of uptake there,” O’Connell continued. “We want to service those consumers. Ultimately we want to set up a sales presence and when we do so, we want to do so as a fully licensed entity in that state. We simply do not want to see the rules changed mid-stream.”
Currently, Tesla Motors sells cars directly to consumers over the phone or Internet rather than through third-party dealerships. Legislation introduced by North Carolina state Sen. Tom Apodaca (R-Henderson) would make such a business model illegal in the state. Apodaca said the bill would prevent unfair competition.
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