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Car lobby defeats Tesla's bid to sell vehicles outside an independent dealership
Sorry Tesla, you can’t issue yourself a dealer franchise, court rules
Car lobby defeats Tesla's bid to sell vehicles outside an independent dealership.
DAVID KRAVETS - 9/7/2016, 4:47 PM
A state court has ruled that Tesla cannot issue itself a franchise to sell vehicles directly to consumers in Missouri, a blow to the electric carmaker that wanted to comport with the state's franchise requirement without having to sell cars through an independent dealership.
In a suit brought by the Missouri Automobile Dealers Association, a judge ruled that carmakers cannot issue themselves franchises, which means Tesla will have to stick to selling the vehicles online in Missouri if it wishes to continue its practice of not using a man-in-the-middle car dealership.
The dealers' suit said the state broke the law when it issued a dealer's license to Tesla of Palo Alto, California. That position was supported last week by Cole County Judge Daniel Green. The decision means Tesla can now only showcase its vehicles at its Kansas City and St. Louis locations. Under the ruling, buyers can't purchase them there. They have to go online.
Arizona, Connecticut, Michigan, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia also bar Tesla from direct sales and require carmakers to issue franchises to independent dealers, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Tesla said in a statement that the automaker...
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/09/sorry-tesla-you-cant-issue-yourself-an-auto-franchise-court-rules/Car lobby defeats Tesla's bid to sell vehicles outside an independent dealership.
DAVID KRAVETS - 9/7/2016, 4:47 PM
A state court has ruled that Tesla cannot issue itself a franchise to sell vehicles directly to consumers in Missouri, a blow to the electric carmaker that wanted to comport with the state's franchise requirement without having to sell cars through an independent dealership.
In a suit brought by the Missouri Automobile Dealers Association, a judge ruled that carmakers cannot issue themselves franchises, which means Tesla will have to stick to selling the vehicles online in Missouri if it wishes to continue its practice of not using a man-in-the-middle car dealership.
The dealers' suit said the state broke the law when it issued a dealer's license to Tesla of Palo Alto, California. That position was supported last week by Cole County Judge Daniel Green. The decision means Tesla can now only showcase its vehicles at its Kansas City and St. Louis locations. Under the ruling, buyers can't purchase them there. They have to go online.
Arizona, Connecticut, Michigan, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia also bar Tesla from direct sales and require carmakers to issue franchises to independent dealers, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Tesla said in a statement that the automaker...
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