Elon Musk Addresses New Jersey's Tesla Store Ban 229
An anonymous reader writes "On Tuesday, we discussed news that New Jersey is trying to ban Tesla stores, which would force the company to sell through car dealerships instead. Now, Elon Musk has prepared a response: 'The reason that we did not choose to do this is that the auto dealers have a fundamental conflict of interest between promoting gasoline cars, which constitute virtually all of their revenue, and electric cars, which constitute virtually none. Moreover, it is much harder to sell a new technology car from a new company when people are so used to the old. Inevitably, they revert to selling what's easy and it is game over for the new company. The evidence is clear: when has an American startup auto company ever succeeded by selling through auto dealers? The last successful American car company was Chrysler, which was founded almost a century ago, and even they went bankrupt a few years ago, along with General Motors. Since the founding of Chrysler, there have been dozens of failures, Tucker and DeLorean being simply the most well-known. In recent years, electric car startups, such as Fisker, Coda, and many others, attempted to use auto dealers and all failed.'"
Re:Bada boom bada bing (Score:5, Funny)
Can I stick my rock-hard, 15-inch, throbbing cock up your ass?
In my experience, most dealership negotiations start with this very question...
Re:Bada boom bada bing (Score:5, Funny)
They'll make you an offer you can't refuse.
Chris Christy isn't the only one with machinations.
What, you don't think it's coincidence that the NJ State Flag has a severed horse's head at the top, do you?
Is it wrong that I'm smiling? (Score:3, Funny)
Governor Christie is just concerned about the changes in traffic patterns that would be triggered by allowing electric cars to enter the state's vehicle markets unimpeded. Christie has a vision for the future of New Jersey and it is deeply important to him that municipal leaders across the state share his enthusiasm and goals. Enforcement along these lines would be impeded. Specifically, if the governor were to block off lanes to a bridge within a mayor's district, and everyone was driving electric cars, the smog wouldn't be as good for intimidating or disciplining the mayor. Clearly the traffic issues need more study.
Re:Bada boom bada bing (Score:5, Funny)
Re:so much for a "free" market (Score:3, Funny)