[HN Gopher] Tesla finds loophole to New Mexico's ban by launchin...
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       Tesla finds loophole to New Mexico's ban by launching on tribal
       land
        
       Author : toomanyrichies
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2021-09-10 19:51 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | toomanyrichies wrote:
       | These are the states which ban car manufacturers from selling
       | direct to the public:
       | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_US_dealership_disputes...
       | 
       | Not sure which of these states have tribal land near major
       | population centers, but that would be interesting to cross-
       | reference.
        
         | sanp wrote:
         | Seem to be "pro-business", "small government" Republican
         | states.
        
           | babesh wrote:
           | If a biased, willfully ignorant person would care to follow
           | the link and actually read it, they would see Ohio, New York,
           | Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland, Wisconsin, and
           | Pennsylvania on the list. Are any of these pro business,
           | small government, Republican states?
        
       | nickhalfasleep wrote:
       | New Mexico is such an old boy's network, going back to the
       | Spainish conquistadors. Getting direct car sales takes creative
       | thinking.
        
       | warning26 wrote:
       | It's ridiculous that any states still have these antiquated laws
       | requiring franchising for car dealerships. They serve no purpose
       | other than to enrich middlemen.
       | 
       | It'd be nice if they could be struck down federally.
        
         | bskap wrote:
         | The laws aren't antiquated. The old laws said "manufacturers
         | couldn't sell cars direct if they had any dealers". States then
         | updated them in the last few years to "manufacturers can't sell
         | cars direct at all" specifically because of Tesla.
        
           | JoeyBananas wrote:
           | Who are these politicians who hate American companies? It's
           | beyond stupid.
        
           | geon wrote:
           | Extreme corruption. When car manufacturers lobby for laws
           | against their own interest, just to quell a new competitor, I
           | don't know what else to call it.
        
         | heliodor wrote:
         | Our politicians are too overwhelmed with lobbyist requests and
         | their own corrupt interests to handle the no-brainer issues.
        
       | 908B64B197 wrote:
       | Genius.
       | 
       | Will give a well deserved boost in revenue to the local
       | businesses, if they can capitalize on the influx of well off
       | buyers going to the dealership. Might also shatter some pre-
       | conceptions about tribal lands. "it can't be that bad, there's a
       | Tesla supercharger and Store right there!".
        
         | z3ncyberpunk wrote:
         | You have never been to many tribal reservations have you?
        
           | 908B64B197 wrote:
           | No.
           | 
           | And my limited understanding tells me each one is going to be
           | very different than the others. I've heard extremely positive
           | things and extremely bad things.
        
           | m463 wrote:
           | There has got to be a joke there, with tesla continually
           | failing to meet "reservation" promises. (for example, the
           | plaid+ was cancelled, and the cybertruck has been pushed back
           | to 2022)
        
             | teawrecks wrote:
             | The only reservation Musk wants to keep?
        
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