Judge Concludes That Tesla Is 'Selling' Out of Greenwich Gallery

[TexasTowelie]

NEW BRITAIN, CT — Despite claims to the contrary, Superior Court Judge Joseph Shortall agreed with the state Department of Motor Vehicles that Tesla is illegally selling its cars out of its Greenwich gallery.

The electric car maker sued the DMV in June 2017 after the department reached the same conclusion regarding the sale of vehicles without a dealer license. The DMV took up a complaint filed by the Connecticut Automotive Retailers Association (CARA), which represents car dealerships in Connecticut.

Connecticut state law prohibits the direct sale of vehicles to consumers by manufacturers. It currently requires sales through a franchise dealership license.

Tesla doesn’t believe its gallery activities require such a license.

Read more: https://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/20181210_judge_concludes_that_tesla_is_selling_out_of_greenwich_gallery/

[Tikki]

1. The Tesla 3 is everywhere out here on the road in this part of SoCal.

We attended the Los Angeles Auto Show the other day and the Tesla display was packed with
people checking into what is available.

Tesla vehicles could be a draw into dealers’ lots who sell other, less expensive, EVs.

But only a few manufactures had EVs, at any price (most often very expensive or tiny vehicles), to show.


Tikki