New York Moves to Shutter Tesla Dealerships in Blow to Musk
www.thedailybeast.com
New York Senator Patricia Fahy used to be on Tesla’s side until Elon Musk joined forces with Trump.

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.

  • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    You’re conflating ethics and legal issues. Ethically I say do whatever he’s got it coming. Legally it won’t stick if it’s flimsy. I want the same result, I disagree with the efficacy of the method and fear retaliation in kind. Weed legalization at the state level ignoring federal law created all kind of gaps for conservatives to get their shit through at the state level in flagrant defiance of federal law. We’ve seen this time and time again.

    That is not tolerance of Musk and insisting I am tolerant of him won’t make it true. I am not.

    • LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee
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      12 hours ago

      You’re conflating ethics and legal issues.

      No, I’m not. The article is about state lawmakers. Senators. The same people who gave Tesla a special exemption to sell directly to consumers rather than going through third party dealerships. If the bill passes and the Governor signs it then it becomes law. They gave Tesla a waiver, they can take it away.

      That is not tolerance of Musk and insisting I am tolerant of him won’t make it true. I am not.

      I at no point insisted you were tolerant of Musk and if that was your takeaway then I’d suggest re-reading my comment or work on your reading comprehension. I stated that you seem to be stuck in the paradox of tolerance, it seems like you expect the state of New York to meet Musk, and more specifically Tesla, with tolerance to their intolerance.

          • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
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            12 hours ago

            I really don’t understand how you keep ignoring my desire to see the same exact result they’re going for here. It’s willful at this point. I can’t see any other explanation. Too invested in your mental image of me.

            • LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee
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              11 hours ago

              Dude there are so many better ways to attack Musk than risking terrible optics/precedent to close five Tesla dealerships.

              Flimsy attempts to shut down a few dealerships that will have little to no impact on his life does nothing to solve the above.

              You feel the need to keep making statements like “my desire to see the same exact result they’re going for here” yet the above quotes are yours. Who are you trying to convince?

              You try and accuse me of personal attacks then do the same I have no mental image of you, I’m only responding to the nonsense you’ve been putting out.