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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: 5, Insightful) by Sir Garlon on Monday March 17 2014, @11:56AM

    by Sir Garlon (1264) on Monday March 17 2014, @11:56AM (#17521)

    If I were asked to play that sophist game, I'd be disgusted. I hate to imply that a billionaire might have personal integrity, but Musk's decision to be assertive instead of passive-aggressive is circumstantial evidence that he might be a decent human being. Alternatively, there are certain costs and inefficiencies associated with introducing a layer of middlemen (think of the legal fees to set up such an entity in each of several states, plus the likely court battles) and perhaps Musk sees minimal benefit to absorbing that cost. These are not mutually exclusive propositions.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Nerdfest on Monday March 17 2014, @01:41PM

    by Nerdfest (80) on Monday March 17 2014, @01:41PM (#17572)

    Perhaps he also sees this as a problem to be fixed rather than worked around. Personally, I find that working pointless or misguided rules or procedures lends them undeserved validity or value.

  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by samwichse on Monday March 17 2014, @07:54PM

    by samwichse (3189) on Monday March 17 2014, @07:54PM (#17773) Journal

    I bought stock in the company just to vote my approval of Musk's refusal to back down on this bullshit and reform what is, at its core, a sleazy industry. Car sales... ugh.

    Put your money where your mouth is, I always say.

    Sam