Very important for Minnesota Tesla owners!

There apparently is a hearing today at the state capital on a bill which would end up preventing Tesla from opening a store, and possibly even a service center in Minnesota.
More information at TeslaMinnesota as well as a petition.

I will post more as I get more info, I plan to attend.

raptorweb said:

Without getting to political, unfortunately all 3 sides are currently controlled by the Dems, not that I would say things were that much better with a Republican control, I just favor a split so things don't get steam rolled though by either side.

I also attended this, I'm sure Zythryn is putting together something more detailed so here is a quick summary.
After about 60-90 minutes of decisions and an amendment proposed that would pretty much only give Tesla an exception without doing it by name, they voted. The amendment passed 7/6, I think but the bill itself failed to pass and did not leave the committee. This is a first good step but there is also a bill in the house that will do much the same.

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Thanks again Raptor for being there! Another Model S owner joined us as well. It was a fascinating experience.
The original suggested bill was pretty much targeted at Tesla. The proponents pretty much started their testimony by using Tesla as an example and attempted to tell the committee what to expect to hear from Tesla.

Their position is that the current law is ambiguous and that Tesla shouldn't be able to open dealerships/stores NOR service centers in Minnesota. Their bill would, in their words, clarify the original bill.
However, the way it is written, it basically outlaws any auto company from using any business model other than a manufacturer-franchise-customer model.

This is NOT the place of government if you ask me. Protecting consumers and enforcing business contracts? Sure, but not dictating business models that would otherwise meet all regulations and laws.

While the proposed bill didn't get out of committee, it could be resurrected, or similar wording added as another amendment? I am not positive how all that works, but until the session closes, we need to be very careful.