More accurate title would be 'Tesla and Elon Musk work with state lawmakers to enable direct-to-consumer auto sales', but alas, the link bait must flow.
Either way, I hope this works. I would seriously love to see some Teslas on the road here.
Either way, I hope this works. I would seriously love to see some Teslas on the road here.
the new bill is pretty narrowly specific for a company like Tesla. [The bill] permits U.S.-based companies that make 100 percent electric cars (so no hybrids) to sell directly to customers.
1) I am still waiting for the equivalent of a "gas tax" on energy used by electric cars to pay for the roads
I hope you're right, but actions are what counts.
As to the rest, I am seriously sick of people using the law as their own weapon against others. A tax break here, a special rule there, and we as voters and consumers lose because there are more law on the books than we need.
These laws originally made sense for car manufacturers that first completely delegated selling and service to dealerships and then tried to undercut them with factory discounts and other things.
The problem here is that Tesla never had any dealerships and does not intent to start any either. So none of these laws should apply to them.
> Every other car manufacturer with no dealerships.
The proposed law doesn't say anything like that.
But you obviously lack any insight into the topic at hand and are just feeding off your "more exceptions!11" reflex. That does not a good discussion make.
I didn't find it that obvious of an extension. If there is a "little sparkle of sense and justification in dealership laws" then the same argument should apply to Tesla and the only justification you give is that they don't currently have dealerships.
For reference, the Confederate Air Force (now Commemorative Air Force) is the "Official Air Force of Texas". Perhaps Elon just need to sell a Dixie Flag commemorative model to get to be Official Car Maker of Texas and he can get in.
Also, the use of the term 'Confederate' in the CAF originally had nothing at all to do with the U.S. Civil War, and later became a kind of running joke the members ran with.
I only spent about 30 years in Texas, so maybe I didn't absorb the culture as much as you. I can assure you I know many people that attended a Robert E. Lee High School in San Antonio (established 1958) and have seen plenty of Dixie flags. Not as common as the Texas flag, sure, but still not that uncommon, especially in rural parts. Another Old South reference in High School was Tascosa, http://thsamaisd.sharpschool.com/news/school_history. I'm certain there are plenty more, it's a big state, those are just two off the top of my head I have personal knowledge of.
They should never have voted something with Confederate in the name as anything state 'Official', but there are still plenty of people there that don't get it.
I've lived here about 25 years combined and spent 5 years in other states (including South Carolina and New York), some city, some rural, and my experience is that the rebel flag is not that common as compared to other places (I even saw several in rural areas of upstate New York). Different experiences, I suppose.