• snooggums@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    As a reminder, Tesla is “direct to consumer” and the “dealership” is corporate owned!

    Gasoline powered vehicles have to be sold through dealerships, but of course Musk doesn’t like to follow the law and nobody stops him. Just like how ‘ride shares’ pretended to be sharing rides but were just cabs with extra steps.

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      20 hours ago

      The laws are by state. You cannot buy a Tesla at a dealership in states where the law forbids it. They sell them online only in those states. That’s what happens when states don’t update laws.

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      20 hours ago

      What…? Lots of vehicles are sold online without dealerships, where’s this an actual rule, let alone a law?