NY auto dealers trying to shut down Tesla Motors in NY

Post by cobrausn » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 6:17 PM UTC

Shivetya wrote: post #24

leephillips wrote: post #14

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I bet it does get annoying trying to find ways to spin your boss's servitude to a cartel of car dealerships as somehow being for the benefit of the public.

The current arrangement came about as a means to benefit the manufacturers. The carrot was that they in turn would not attempt to circumvent the dealer system. Hence manufactures would produce cars in volume and sell them to the dealers. The dealers who made that investment in buying those cars then sold them for a profit. Dealers are protected by these same laws usually geographically. This in some way insulated the…

Post by eli » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 6:22 PM UTC

Spooky23 wrote: post #30

peterwwillis wrote: post #11

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"NY State Senators allegedly trying to shut down Tesla Motors in NY" would be nice too. Though really, even that's incorrect: it's the automakers who are alleged to be doing this, not state senators. But screw it, let's spread some FUD. Let me go post on Facebook about how the government is trying to destroy Elon Musk.

Acutally, no. State Senators Zeldin and Carlucci sponsored a bill that it would make it impossible for Tesla to operate in NYS. Now while New York Auto Dealers is likely to have lobbied for this bill, the State Senators nominally wrote the legislation and sponsored the bill. In New York, the legislative session is winding down, so it is a particularly dangerous time for bad legislation to be introduced.

Post by CrunchyJams » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 6:26 PM UTC

Post by danielweber » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 6:31 PM UTC

leephillips wrote: post #14

untog wrote: post #3

Any evidence to back up Musk's claim? Being a Senator's employee must be annoying sometimes. "Hi, I'm calling to defend Telsa Motors because its CEO told me to. No, I do not know anything more about the topic I am calling about"

I bet it does get annoying trying to find ways to spin your boss's servitude to a cartel of car dealerships as somehow being for the benefit of the public.

Post by danielweber » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 6:35 PM UTC

AJ007 wrote: post #18

leetrout wrote: post #6

Because the government is completely ran by corporations and Musk isn't in "the club" (yet). Gone are the days where the consumer is uneducated and the supplier doesn't have a way to easily and effectively communicate with customers everywhere from anywhere. There's a pretty good doc on Netflix, "Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream", which covers some of the financial backing of congress and how it affec…

As the founder of SpaceX he probably has more back door political leverage than if he was the CEO of Ford or GM (or he is about to get it.)