Texas forbids Tesla Motors from selling direct to customers
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[QUOTE=The Baconator;47783572]I never really followed Tesla Motors because I am a millennial who isn't interested in cars, so what exactly is Tesla doing that is getting it banned from being sold the old fashioned way in like every other state? I remember apparently the media didn't like Tesla at all or something.[/QUOTE]
The thing is they [i]don't [/i] sell the old fashioned way. They sell direct to customers. You order a specific car with your color, tires, options, interior, etc, etc, and the factory makes it and delivers it to you. When a Tesla is assembled, it's assembled for you.
Traditional cars are assembled in bulk, sold to a 3rd party dealer, that hikes the price and haggles and misleads customers to make a profit.
Tesla has no 3rd party dealerships. Tesla also has one of the highest customer satisfaction ratings in history. Naturally, dealerships (and their Union) see this as a massive threat, so they hired a massive lobbying army and paid millions in bribes to lawmakers.
[QUOTE=The Baconator;47783572]I never really followed Tesla Motors because I am a millennial who isn't interested in cars, so what exactly is Tesla doing that is getting it banned from being sold the old fashioned way in like every other state? I remember apparently the media didn't like Tesla at all or something.[/QUOTE]
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I don't get why all of the big car manufacturers don't just ditch the dealerships and cut out the middleman; what do they gain continuing to allow them?
So why exactly can't Tesla just open their own car dealership?
[QUOTE=Reshy;47784487]So why exactly can't Tesla just open their own car dealership?[/QUOTE]
Because that's Telsa, the company who makes the cars, selling directly to the consumer. Honda doesn't own "Ol' Bob's Honda Dealership"
[QUOTE=Levelog;47784497]Because that's Telsa, the company who makes the cars, selling directly to the consumer. Honda doesn't own "Ol' Bob's Honda Dealership"[/QUOTE]
Fund a separate company that's more or less stock controlled by Tesla?
[QUOTE=OvB;47783986]The thing is they [i]don't [/i] sell the old fashioned way. They sell direct to customers. You order a specific car with your color, tires, options, interior, etc, etc, and the factory makes it and delivers it to you. When a Tesla is assembled, it's assembled for you.
Traditional cars are assembled in bulk, sold to a 3rd party dealer, that hikes the price and haggles and misleads customers to make a profit.
Tesla has no 3rd party dealerships. Tesla also has one of the highest customer satisfaction ratings in history. Naturally, dealerships (and their Union) see this as a massive threat, so they hired a massive lobbying army and paid millions in bribes to lawmakers.[/QUOTE]
How will this change with three d printing?
[QUOTE=CrossTownNews;47798162]How will this change with three d printing?[/QUOTE]
Considering I think most, if not all of Tesla's shit is open source, it may lead to some very interesting things.
Protectionism at its finest
[QUOTE=Reshy;47784538]Fund a separate company that's more or less stock controlled by Tesla?[/QUOTE]
Because that 'separate' company would still be in the same economic entity as Tesla, provided Tesla:
- had power over the subsidiary (doesn't even need to be 50% ownership as long as Tesla is a significant owner alongside lots of smaller owners, doesn't need to be direct ownership either)
- faced exposure to variable returns
- could use their power to affect the variable returns
Courts aren't stupid, they wouldn't let it fly.
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[QUOTE=Native Hunter;47798266]Protectionism at its finest[/QUOTE]
Protectionism is more about protecting local industry from offshore industry.
[QUOTE=Antdawg;47798283]Because that 'separate' company would still be in the same economic entity as Tesla, provided Tesla:
- had power over the subsidiary (doesn't even need to be 50% ownership as long as Tesla is a significant owner alongside lots of smaller owners, doesn't need to be direct ownership either)
- faced exposure to variable returns
- could use their power to affect the variable returns
Courts aren't stupid, they wouldn't let it fly.
[editline]25th May 2015[/editline]
Protectionism is more about protecting local industry from offshore industry.[/QUOTE]
well that's exactly what's happening here
I honestly don't think anyone was surprised about this. Texas is, at least right now, a republican stronghold. And guess who love to suck corporate dick, even car corporations? Republicans, although I suppose that's true for all politicians. Seriously, even if the Democrats would have not have supported this, it would have, without a doubt, passed with flying colors.
[QUOTE=Levelog;47798252]Considering I think most, if not all of Tesla's shit is open source, it may lead to some very interesting things.[/QUOTE]
What I mean is transporting the vehicle might be not needed. The dealership could be the factory.
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