Lawmakers in New York state are moving to shut down Elon Musk’s Tesla dealerships in yet another blow to the billionaire CEO.
New York State Sen. Patricia Fahy and other lawmakers are fighting to remove a waiver that allows Tesla to operate five in-person dealerships in New York, instead forcing the company to sell their vehicles through dealer franchises, The New York Times reported Sunday.
“No matter what we do, we’ve got to take this from Elon Musk,” Fahy said in March when she first introduced the bill against Tesla. “He’s part of an effort to go backwards.”
She wants the company to relinquish its 5 licenses and instead distribute them to other EV manufacturers, such as Rivian, Scout Motors, and Lucid.
I guess I just don’t understand what makes these dealerships different from any other others. They’re being singled out because of who he is and what he is doing right now. I don’t think the counter argument really says a whole lot to be honest.
Ultimately we have to look at their reasoning and it doesn’t feel very sound. It just feels like “we are retaliating because of the owner’s other activities,” nothing related to Tesla. That’s a very dodgy approach that opens a very wide, troubling door
Like what do we mean by “due diligence”? They wouldn’t have granted Tesla a license if they knew musk was a bigoted asshole back then? Fat chance.