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URSpider94 | 4 years ago

They don’t have to do this in most states. Only a few states have laws against selling cars factory-direct.

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lotsofpulp|4 years ago

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cant-buy-tesla-states-1613182...

As of Oct 2018.

>Where Tesla is banned

>Here are those states: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Texas.

>Then there are nine states that limit the number of dealerships Tesla can open: Colorado (limit: one), North Carolina (one), Virginia (two), Georgia (five), Maryland (four), New Jersey (four), New York (five), Ohio (three), Pennsylvania (five).

delecti|4 years ago

If my count is correct, that's a full half of states in total. And the states in the second group are all large enough that it's a meaningful limit to be only allowed a handful. For comparison, there are 7 Toyota dealerships just between the Denver and Boulder Colorado areas (using their "find a dealer" tool makes it hard to be more thorough than that).

KingMachiavelli|4 years ago

In Colorado there is no limit as of 2020 for Tesla. Any EV-only manufacture is allowed to direct sell in CO.

jillesvangurp|4 years ago

I'm guessing the Texas situation might change given how much Tesla and SpaceX are investing in Texas right now.

Robotbeat|4 years ago

North and South Dakota have big reservations.