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Out of the way Tesla Charging Station (Original Post) OnlinePoker Jun 2019 OP
Tesla wins court victory to open dealership in Richmond. VA underpants Jun 2019 #1
It's the future. That's pretty cool. Liberal In Texas Jun 2019 #2
Maybe it's strategically distanced along the way from somewhere, to somewhere else. NBachers Jun 2019 #3

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1. Tesla wins court victory to open dealership in Richmond. VA
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 02:26 PM
Jun 2019
https://www.richmond.com/business/local/judge-affirms-dmv-decision-to-allow-tesla-to-operate-automotive/article_3089658d-4817-5d3f-8bf3-57691899cb96.html

A Richmond judge has upheld a Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles decision that enabled the electric automobile maker Tesla Inc. to open a company-owned dealership in Henrico County over the objections of the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association.

In a ruling issued Friday, Judge Gregory L. Rupe of Richmond Circuit Court affirmed a 2016 decision by Virginia DMV Commissioner Richard D. Holcomb that California-based Tesla could open its own store in Henrico County, but the judge also expressed misgivings about that decision.

The Virginia Automobile Dealers Association, a powerful trade group for independent dealerships in the state, opposed Tesla’s petition on the grounds that state law prohibits automobile manufacturers from owning dealerships except under limited exceptions. The trade group appealed Holcomb’s decision to Richmond Circuit Court.
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