Indiana introduces a new bill to ban the direct sale of electric vehicles

[Sableye]

funny how this sort of protectivism kills american jobs and stiffles innovations, but of course we should be livid that the EPA tried to prevent air pollution from coal powerplants from killing people

[Morgen]

A Tesla store manager made a speech during a hearing on this:
[QUOTE]“Thank you Mr. Chairman and members of the committee for allowing me to address you today. This is the first time I’ve ever made public remarks in any statehouse, town hall meeting, or anything of the sort. And, honestly, when I accepted my current position at Tesla as the Store Manager for the Keystone location I never imagined I’d be making these remarks.

I had a successful career in a sales role at a major retail location in Indianapolis prior to the opportunity to work in the Tesla store. I made the career decision to change jobs for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the level of innovation and forward thinking by this company. I left a high pressure sales environment to manage a store where education and customer experience are our number one priority. People of all walks of life come into our store, and while every conversation with potential customers is different, there is a common thread to nearly all of them – questions about the technology and passion for the future of electric power. We have children so enamored with the technology that their parents bring them in to the store weekly so that they can see if there’s anything new to look at or watch. Christian comes into our store ever Friday evening, his mother drops him off. Where most 12 year olds are home playing video games, Christian spends it in our store. He cares about the technology, he loves the brand. You often see him chatting it up with customers as well as team members of the store. Christian is part of our Tesla family.

Our customers aren’t just car owners – they’re technology and vehicle enthusiasts. We treat each of them as if our business lives and dies based on their satisfaction with the company, because it does.

I tell you all of this to help explain that I didn’t make the career move to Tesla for the title of “Store Manager” or because I just wanted to sell cars – which are perfectly acceptable in their own right. But Tesla offered me a chance to be a part of a company that is always thinking about the future, always thinking about the next way technology can improve our lives, and always providing the highest level of service to our customers.

Thank you.”[/QUOTE]

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[QUOTE=Lolkork;51755202]probably to protect american jobs or something like that[/QUOTE]

tesla is an american company that employs more than 30,000 americans.

also fuck indiana.