NY Bill Would Yank Permits For Tesla In-Person Sales

Politico reports:

State Sen. Pat Fahy, an Albany Democrat who’s championed electric vehicles, introduced a bill Wednesday that would yank permits for Tesla’s five in-person sales locations in New York. The company eschews the traditional dealership model of selling cars through third parties via franchise agreements. Instead, Tesla sells directly to consumers.

In many states, auto franchise laws limit this approach. In New York, Tesla was allowed to continue operating five locations to sell directly to consumers under a deal with brokers in 2014. The state’s powerful auto dealers want to completely ban Tesla’s sales model.

Assemblymember Bobby Carroll, a NYC Democrat, plans to propose ending direct sales altogether. He said he wants to close the “Tesla loophole.” “We should never have done this for Elon Musk in the first

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