Tesla law suit over exceeding sales limit of 150/yr in august (over 170). So what, haven't they learned yet. More publicity, Georgians will "score" their cars via internet sales will increase further
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Interesting, title of thread I started changed without any indication of change or why. I think their should be indication of editing text (or titles) above someone's signature. I acknowledge moderators right to do so but would also expect them to indicate it was done. It actually changed the meaning of the post.Tesla law suit over exceeding sales limit of 150/yr in august (over 170). So what, haven't they learned yet. More publicity, Georgians will "score" their cars via internet sales will increase further
I am not a Tesla owner but I will do everything I can to fight this. GA is pretty EV friendly state (visit Northern Atlanta/Roswell/Marietta/Alpharetta sometime and you'll see what I mean). Question for those who have lobbied their own states when this crap went down, what can I do to help exactly?
Interesting, title of thread I started changed without any indication of change or why. I think their should be indication of editing text (or titles) above someone's signature. I acknowledge moderators right to do so but would also expect them to indicate it was done. It actually changed the meaning of the post.
Write your state rep and senator. Attend the public hearing when/if they try introduce a bill. A bill will have to go through a committee vote first, which requires public comment. The committee will be a formality, but it has to allow public comment. Even though the bill will inevitably make it out of committee, bring as many people to publicly speak out against the bill.
And then when it moves out of committee, Write more letters and emails to every state rep and senator. You may Even create a form letter that states the position why a direct sales model is beneficial to Georgia's economy and the citizens of Georgia (Georgians?). Have everyone you know send that letter and/or contact their state rep and senator. The best thing you can do is educate the legislators why Tesla is good for Georgia.
As I mentioned in the other thread. This is not a bill, they are learning. And what they learned so far is that bills don't go to their favor due to public outcry. So they are circumventing that and going with what worked, the same thing as in NJ. They are trying to have the DMV take away Tesla's license without a public vote.
I wonder if a better approach would be to question the auto dealers themselves.
While showing the car I've had dealer personnel come to me an explain what a bad thing it is because of the loss of tax revenue. I always reply, "What loss?" Sales tax gets paid in the county your register in. Then they generally talk about tax from service revenue. The answer here is, "Your cars must be poorly designed if they need that much service". The dealers are 100% behind the NADA and their state chapters because they know they can't survive long term if the laws were to change.