Gov. DeSantis signs bill banning most direct-to-consumer auto sales

""" But as Florida Politics noted previously, lobbyists, including Taylor Biehl and Jeff Sharkey of Tallahassee-based Capitol Alliance Group, hammered out a deal adding language to the bill that should keep Tesla galleries open.

The change confirms newer manufacturers like Tesla, Rivian and Lucid are authorized to hold a franchise dealer license for direct sales of EVs if they are not otherwise prohibited under federal law. That carve-out apparently does not extend to traditional manufacturers such as GM, Ford, Honda and Toyota, all of which now make battery-powered cars. """

Re: Gov. DeSantis signs bill banning most direct-to-consumer auto sales

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Post by judge2020 » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 2:04 PM UTC

twiddling wrote: post #2

Tesla is exempt...

So are other new automakers:

> The change confirms newer manufacturers like Tesla, Rivian and Lucid are authorized to hold a franchise dealer license for direct sales of EVs if they are not otherwise prohibited under federal law. That carve-out apparently does not extend to traditional manufacturers such as GM, Ford, Honda and Toyota, all of which now make battery-powered cars.

It's basically a protection racket for existing dealerships for traditional automakers, to ensure they don't get any bright ideas to avoid ~~middleman~~ dealership markups by directly selling the vehicles.

Re: Gov. DeSantis signs bill banning most direct-to-consumer auto sales

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Post by RC_ITR » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 2:04 PM UTC

twiddling wrote: post #2

Tesla is exempt...

Wow a Florida law that has different enforcement for specific individual companies?