Car dealers and politicians have put a proposal in place to try and make it illegal to sell Tesla’s electric cars in the state of North Carolina.

As many of you are already aware, Tesla sells their vehicles directly, over the phone or online. Tesla has “stores” but you can’t purchase the cars from these stores because of what Techdirt’s Mike Masnick refers to as “antiquated and ridiculous regulations about car sales.” He points out that most states have legislation that prevents cars companies from selling vehicles directly that really only have one purpose, to protect the often politically influential car dealers from being cut out of the action. Continue Reading

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