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Saturday, 13 October 2012

Challenge to Tesla's "Apple Store"-style distribution model in US

Dealers call Tesla factory stores illegal, says Automotive News: the gist of the story is this:

Dealer associations in a handful of states, and state regulators in at least one case, say Tesla's stores violate state franchise laws that prohibit factory ownership of dealerships. 

From a legal perspective, that explains a lot - and also serves to show that it could never happen in the same way over here.

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