I wonder how much the car dealers paid Crispy to get him to limit consumer choice?
Hmmm... has Congress forbidden the selling of automobiles across state lines? If not, Tesla should just sell cars online from a state where direct sales are legal — state laws prohibiting interstate commerce are prima facia unconstitutional.
Pretty interesting article. I never really understood what the hullabaloo was about.
Crony capitalism at its worst. I am not really a fan of Tesla Motors, but it should fail or succeed based upon its value in the free market, not because of burdensome governmental regulations.
Sell them on the internet. LOL
North Korean state media is more reliable than the government regulation-loving pillow biters at Consumer Reports.
No one who left their flashlight in their vehicle overnight in the winter here would buy one...Batteries just don’t do that well in the cold.
We have a bunch of them in my area and I must say they are cool as heck.
I was completely sure they’d be stupid and impractical but whenever they park, people stop and google and I must say they ARE something very different.
Beautiful and also technically interesting —I’m now a convert.
Maybe I’m naive or missing the point, but couldn’t Tesla set up dealerships, so that the customer orders the car from the franchise, which then sends the order on to the factory? In other words, could you have an auto franchise which is just a storefront, or an online presence, not a huge car lot with numerous cars for sale??? Then the legal requirements would be met???
By the way, there are plenty of car dealerships owned by the mob.
I'm all for Telsa Motors being able to sell across the U.S. And I'm all for no government subsidies to any automotive manufacturer.
Personally I believe that electric cars are a waste of money until they can outperform internal combustion powered automobiles in every category. Until then they are a non-solution to a problem which doesn't exist.
Let the marketplace sort this out.
There wouldn’t even be a Tesla without massive government loans and large subsidies, most in the form of tax breaks, some direct to the company and others to encourage consumers to buy the product.
Without support from powerful politicians Tesla would go bankrupt tomorrow.
Sell them online. Perhaps they could set up separate test drive franchises that don’t sell anything. They could also include airline tickets and hotel stays with each sale. Fly out and pick up your Tesla, then drive it home.
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument
Is the WH taking advantage of these online "We the People" petitions to help unconstitutionally expand the federal government's powers? More specifically, regardless what FDR's activist justices wanted voters to think about the scope of Congress's Commerce Clause powers in Wickard v. Filburn , a previous generation of Constitution-respecting justices had clarified the following. They had clarified that the states have never delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate intrastate commerce.
”State inspection laws, health laws, and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c. are not within the power granted to Congress [emphases added].” —Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
So why are voters seemingly trying to find a new way for Obama to ignore the Constitution, instead of trying to resolve intrastate commerce issues through state lawamakers?
"Special assistant to the president for energy and climate change, Dan Utech, wrote, "Laws regulating auto sales are issues that have traditionally sat with lawmakers at the state level. We believe in the goal of improving consumer choice for American families, including more vehicles that provide savings at the pump for consumers. However, we understand that pre-empting current state laws on direct-to-consumer auto sales would require an act of Congress.""
Again, the above excerpt from the OP is more deception by the corrupt federal government. Unless the WH can sucessfully lead Congress to petition the states for an amendment to the Constitution to grant Congress the specific power to regulate intrastate vehicle sales, the feds currently have no such power.
Look im not big on Tesla and the subsidies for cars prices they get. but they should be able to sell it in damn state they want without this crap..
free market is just that... free market..
I do not see why Tesla can not set up Tesla service center..and sell cars on line from the state they can sell in..with delivery the local service center...but really the should not need to play game
Won’t matter. Most people aren’t going to spend the price of a modest home on a car
Like most university scientists will say what ever it takes to get their funding regardless of the truth so Consumer Reports will favor those that pay the most. I’ve bought several products based on their recommendations only to find they are more costly and have inferior performance. So that now I do not trust their reports at all.
Another reason I will NOT vote for Christie if he's on the Republican Presidential ticket - big government stooge.
Maybe the price is ridiculous, so no one champions selling or buying them?