Can their be any other reason the most car-centric manufacturing state turns it's back on, and bitch slaps - it's owner/inventor/car maker/car sales history?
Two years ago, General Motors convened a board-level task force two years ago to assess just how much of a threat Tesla Motors posed over the long term. Since then, there have been about 300 Teslas registered in Michigan.
What seems to be the threat? The only people who can afford a Tesla in poverty stricken no job having Michigan, are the execs of Ford, GM, and Chrysler. Ironic.
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1099436_tesla-doubles-down-on-fight-for-direct-sales-in-michigan-detroit-threes-home-turf?fbfanpage
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed a bill prohibiting carmakers from selling vehicles directly to customers in the state. Tesla also isn't allowed to operate service centers in Michigan.
Is that how Michigan treats Henry Ford? Durant? Oldsmobile? Those guys make their cars, and sold their cars, and owned the pipeline from raw material to the paper and ink of the receipt for the car.
The Tesla Stores closest to Michigan are in Chicago, and in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio. Buyers go to those dealerships, then have the cars shipped to the homes.Is that how Michigan treats Henry Ford? Durant? Oldsmobile? Those guys make their cars, and sold their cars, and owned the pipeline from raw material to the paper and ink of the receipt for the car.
Two years ago, General Motors convened a board-level task force two years ago to assess just how much of a threat Tesla Motors posed over the long term. Since then, there have been about 300 Teslas registered in Michigan.
What seems to be the threat? The only people who can afford a Tesla in poverty stricken no job having Michigan, are the execs of Ford, GM, and Chrysler. Ironic.
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1099436_tesla-doubles-down-on-fight-for-direct-sales-in-michigan-detroit-threes-home-turf?fbfanpage
They don't feel threatened at all. They just enjoy doing it, and I enjoy watching them do it. The Tesla is a joke that couldn't survive without government subsidies. I have written many posts on just how bad the Tesla is, but this is my favorite: http://goldengeesenews.blogspot.com/2013/11/you-hear-that-thats-sound-of-million.html When the subsidy dies, the Tesla dies, and that can't happen soon enough. Every one sold, robs taxpayers of thousands of dollars.
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