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Elon Musk to the People of New Jersey

posted by janrinok on Monday March 17 2014, @11:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the the-law-versus-commonsense dept.

c0lo writes:

"Following the ban on Tesla direct sale in New Jersey, Elon Musk wrote a message to the people of New Jersey on the Tesla Motor's blog, explaining why they don't want to go through dealers and what will happen next with the stores in New Jersey. To put a context around the issue: Tesla soared in consumer satisfaction, while Ford dropped and it's likely to continue dropping.

The post:

  1. explains why Tesla don't want to sell through dealers, claiming a conflict of interest between selling and servicing gasoline and electric cars.
  2. explains what will happen with their presence in New Jersey; the stores will be transformed into showrooms, with no info on price being offered, and servicing will not be impacted by the new regulation.
  3. tells people what they can do - buy online and receive the car delivered interstate or buy from across the river in Manhattan; They can also contact their representatives if they want back the right to buy directly from a store."
 
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  • (Score: 2) by WizardFusion on Monday March 17 2014, @11:36AM

    by WizardFusion (498) on Monday March 17 2014, @11:36AM (#17515) Journal

    I saw this same type of comment somewhere. It is an interesting idea, and I don't see whey they can't.
    They must have a good reason not too though.

    Someone also suggested, Tesla buys the car, drives it 1 mile and then sells it as used.

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  • (Score: 2) by mechanicjay on Monday March 17 2014, @11:41AM

    by mechanicjay (7) <mechanicjayNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Monday March 17 2014, @11:41AM (#17518) Homepage Journal
    It doesn't even really need to be driven. It just needs to be titled.

    When you first buy a car in NJ, you get a temporary registration which is good while the state finishes up the paperwork and issues the initial title. Generally, once a vehicle has a title all subsequent sales are as a used car. I'm sure there's some legal ridiculousness as to why they can't, this is NJ after all.
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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by c0lo on Monday March 17 2014, @01:34PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 17 2014, @01:34PM (#17565) Journal

    I saw this same type of comment somewhere. It is an interesting idea, and I don't see whey they can't.

    Because they would play the game the dealers want Telsa to play.
    Would Tesla do it like this, the next thing that happens is the accusation they "abuse their monopoly" and refuse to sell through other dealers.

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