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Elon Musk to the People of New Jersey

posted by janrinok on Monday March 17 2014, @11:02AM   
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."

• Consumer "protection" in New Jersey (Score: 5, Funny) by Grishnakh on Monday March 17 2014, @05:49PM

  by Grishnakh (2831) on Monday March 17 2014, @05:49PM (#17723)

  From Elon's blog post:

  The rationale given for the regulation change that requires auto companies to sell through dealers is that it ensures “consumer protectionâ€. If you believe this, Gov. Christie has a bridge closure he wants to sell you! Unless they are referring to the mafia version of “protectionâ€, this is obviously untrue.

  It's not untrue. This is New Jersey we're talking about: what other definition of "protection" is there in this state besides the Mafia version?

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