Post by Forever Sunshine on Mar 17, 2014 22:31:19 GMT -5
A growing number of states are banning automakers from selling directly to consumers, in a move seemingly aimed at curbing electric car company Tesla -- whose CEO Elon Musk is aggressively fighting back.
Musk, a billionaire entrepreneur, lashed out after New Jersey last week became the fifth state to halt direct sales, with New York potentially poised to be next.
"The rationale given … is that it ensures ‘consumer protection,'" Musk wrote in a statement on Friday. "Unless they are referring to the Mafia version of protection, this is obviously untrue."
Musk said his company is evaluating "judicial remedies" to address the situation.
He also took a shot at New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie, claiming the governor promised to let the issue be decided in the General Assembly, and then had the state Motor Vehicle Commission impose the regulation.
www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/03/17/states-move-to-stop-tesla-direct-sales-as-musk-suggests-company-victim-mafia/
Musk, a billionaire entrepreneur, lashed out after New Jersey last week became the fifth state to halt direct sales, with New York potentially poised to be next.
"The rationale given … is that it ensures ‘consumer protection,'" Musk wrote in a statement on Friday. "Unless they are referring to the Mafia version of protection, this is obviously untrue."
Musk said his company is evaluating "judicial remedies" to address the situation.
He also took a shot at New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie, claiming the governor promised to let the issue be decided in the General Assembly, and then had the state Motor Vehicle Commission impose the regulation.
www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/03/17/states-move-to-stop-tesla-direct-sales-as-musk-suggests-company-victim-mafia/
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