Tesla enthusiast creates WH petition to permit direct sales in 50 states

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"we petition the obama administration to:
allow Tesla Motors to sell directly to consumers in all 50 states.

States should not be allowed to prevent Tesla Motors from selling cars directly to customers. The state legislators are trying to unfairly protect automobile dealers in their states from competition. Tesla is providing competition, which is good for consumers."

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/allow-tesla-motors-sell-directly-consumers-all-50-states/bFN7NHQR

Elon Musk has gotten behind this and emailed Tesla owners asking to help get the word out. The petition is 2/3 of the way to the 100,000 signatures, at which point Obama will respond to it. Of course he can't do anything about it directly, but there is political value to getting a response from him.

[NaturalHigh]

1. K and R.

[postulater]

2. Sounds like a domestic free trade act. nt.

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3. What it does is take the middleman out of the picture.

Independent dealers, at one time, were essential to maintaining service on the nation's fleet of cars. I don't believe that's true anymore.