Tesla takes a win against dealerships in Virgina: DMV rules in favor of the automaker

[Morgen]

[QUOTE]Richard D. Holcomb, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles Commissioner, has pretty good timing. Just a few days after an embarrassing video of the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association (VADA) promoting a lobbying effort against Tesla getting a dealership license in the state came to light (and has since been removed), the commissioner ruled in Tesla’s favor.

He overturned a previous decision from a hearing examiner blocking Tesla from obtaining a dealership license in response to pressure from local car dealers claiming that they could sell Tesla’s vehicles in the Richmond area, where the company was trying to open a store. You can read the new decision in full below.

Tesla still has to get approval from the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board, but it is now clear from the DMV unless VADA appeals in court. It’s not a guarantee yet, but Tesla should be able to operate a store in the Richmond area.
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[url]https://electrek.co/2016/11/30/tesla-win-against-dealerships-virgina-dmv/[/url]

[karbine]

It's great to see a victory for the future over those who are stuck in the past.

[pramadito]

Awesome

[Zonesylvania]

Get owned, progress marches on no matter how you try to stop it

[sYnced]

free market until it infringes upon my market

[Smoovedawg1]

Dealerships have been superfluous since forever.
Dealerships as a business model are pure cancer and I look forward to seeing fewer of them.
Also dealerships were mentioned so I'm gonna post the best one
[video=youtube_share;4sZuN0xXWLc]http://youtu.be/4sZuN0xXWLc[/video]