Not fair. If Tesla is allowed to “cut out the middleman,” then all car companies should be allowed to “cut out the middlemen.
Not fair. If Tesla is allowed to “cut out the middleman,” then all car companies should be allowed to “cut out the middlemen.
Very true....some on this thread have said - how can this be legal? Others have said - these laws haven’t been tested in court.
Has anyone asked the manufacturers care if it’s legal? Has anyone asked if the car makers want to deal with the hassle of selling directly to the consumer?
Tesla might be the #1 EV, they don’t sell more than the Big 3 overall, plus Toyota, Lexus, Nissan, Infinity, Honda, Acura, Hyundai, Kia, etc etc etc.
So, they can sell directly to the few liberal hipsters that want the POS or the wealthy guy that can drop over $100k for a Sunday driver.
What’s really sad is how much of his manufacturing goes on in China, if not all of it, his cars get the tax breaks and he and his Chinese masters are laughing all the way to the bank. When, in reality, if he wants to build cars in China, using slave labor, and sell them in the US, there should be a $10-15k tariff on each one entering the US.
Same goes for all the Chevy’s that are being made in China and brought to the US for sale. Barra said that GM has zero intention of increasing production so they can keep the price tags high for all their vehicles. Every Chevy made in China and shipped back to the US should have a tariff equal to the MSRP. All of that, plus the fact that GMs majority shareholder is the Shanghai Motor Company/CCP
https://www.motortrend.com/features/inside-deal-sell-gm-chinas-saic-13985/ Basically, Jinping and the CCP own 51% of GM.