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Sorry for the slightly off-topic, but I was curious...basically said that the law was created to protect incumbent dealerships from manufacturers coming in possibly harming their business however, Tesla has never had any dealerships so this should not apply to them.
Sorry for the slightly off-topic, but I was curious...
If this argument was deemed to have legal merit in, say, 2005, then would larger automakers that filed for bankrupty be similarly unaffected by this legislation? Or would they formally have to close their doors and re-open as a brand new company (new name, reincorporate, etc.) to accomplish that?
Voting just takes a few seconds. In the Senate you just filled out a card and you could leave after that. The room opened around 7:45am and voting stopped at 8am when the meeting started. There were a few other bills then the one we cared about, I stopped watching around 9:15am when our part was over. The House bill is now scheduled for next Wednesday and I think I'm going to try and make it.
For next time, unless it is a legal trap of some kind, I'd like the see the Tesla lawyer answer more definitively if the bill was legal under NAFTA. Both Diarmuid O’Connell from Tesla and the lawyer said they thought it wasn't illegal, but I think the committee was looking for something a bit more definitive than that.
If the day switches to Tuesday I may be able to make it. Here is the live footage of the hearing:
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/avarchive/ramav.php?ram=00005872
The Electric Car part starts at 23m40s. RealPlayer is required.
Thanks! Who's the dingbat that is saying he wouldn't mind going to a dealership and that he would be worried about no service centers? There are service centers, ah, the ill-informed.
Was the guy who owned 16 dealerships with one of them being a Fisker dealership? He was the 4th one to speak and the one the chair told to stop talking because his time was up.
The fourth guy from the dealers to speak at the Senate hearing was David Stein of the Roger Beasley Import Highline Group (http://www.rogerbeasley.com/). One of his dealerships is http://www.fiskeraustin.com/, or at least was. Fisker dying doesn't help him. He had the nerve to try and raise safety issues--get his own house in order first! He said he was unsure if Tesla had really passed their crash tests. Hmm, maybe he should ask NHTSA instead of Google. As a dealer, he should know that.
Here's who is on the committee, with links to each of their home pages on the Texas House of Representatives Website.House Bill 3351 is scheduled for a hearing by the Business & Industry Committee on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at 1:30 pm in E2.014.
Elon Musk will testify.
John