New Mexico Law Prohibits Tesla Stores and Service Centers

[roblab]

AZ has lots of Teslas, especially near Phoenix. You seem to think that this would kick NM into allowing Teslas, but it really doesn't happen this way.

 

[Big Dog]

'Direct sales' is too broad a catch-all. E.g., I know that El Paso has service and test drives

Tesla Will Have to Ship Its Texas-Built Cars Out of State to Sell Back to Residents

The Texas Legislature has run out of time to advance a bill that would've allowed Tesla's direct sales approach—and it doesn't meet again until 2023.

www.thedrive.com

 

[SageBrush]

Tesla Will Have to Ship Its Texas-Built Cars Out of State to Sell Back to Residents

The Texas Legislature has run out of time to advance a bill that would've allowed Tesla's direct sales approach—and it doesn't meet again until 2023.

www.thedrive.com

I'm not sure what this has to do with pointing out that lack of 'direct sales' does not necessarily preclude service, a showroom, or test drives.

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As for delivery inefficiency (a completely separate topic), it is not as bad as it sounds:
Say Texas is 1/2 the distance from CA to the East coast, and that Tesla has one order in Texas and one order in NY

If all the cars ship from Fremont, Tesla ships 1.5x US transits
If Tesla instead ships one car from Fremont to Texas and one car from Texas to NY then 1.0 US transits are required

If Texas shipped to Texas and Fremont shipped to NY then 1.0 US transits are required.

If Texas shipped to Texas and NY then 0.5 US transits are required.

So demanding on demand and supply, the dopey Texas law either does not hamper Tesla or it reduces the Texas location advantage by 1/2

And Tesla can always ship TExas - NM - Texas