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c0lo [soylentnews.org] writes:

Following the ban on Tesla direct sale in New Jersey [soylentnews.org], Elon Musk wrote a message to the people of New Jersey [teslamotors.com] on the teslamotor'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 (spin?) around the issue [cnbc.com]: Tesla soared in consumer satisfaction, while Ford dropped and it's likely to continue dropping

(message to the editors: spoiler below, include it only if you feel it won't diminish the motivation for commenting:
The post:

1. explains why Telsa don't want to sell through dealers — conflict of interest between selling and servicing gasoline and electric [teslamotors.com] cars;
2. what happens with their presence in New Jersey — stores transformed in a showrooms, no info on price will be offered; servicing not impacted by the new regulation
3. what people can do — buy online and received the car delivered interstate or buy from across the river in Manhattan; contact their representatives [state.nj.us] if they want back the right to buy directly from a store

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