Tesla, Dealer Franchise Laws, and the Politics of Crony Capitalism¶
Crane, D. A. (2016). Tesla, Dealer Franchise Laws, and the Politics of Crony Capitalism. Iowa Law Review.
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- Channel Conflict
- State and national automobile-dealer associations lobbied legislatures and filed suits in states including Texas, Michigan, and Connecticut to bar or restrict Tesla's company-owned stores and direct sales
This sourceCrane's Iowa Law Review article on Tesla's state-by-state battles with dealer franchise laws and the dealers' lobby.
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“Tesla Motors is fighting the car dealers' lobby, aided and abetted by the legacy Detroit manufacturers, on a state by state basis for the right to distribute its innovative electrical automobiles directly to consumers.”
- State and national automobile-dealer associations lobbied legislatures and filed suits in states including Texas, Michigan, and Connecticut to bar or restrict Tesla's company-owned stores and direct sales
- Incumbent Backlash
- The result was a patchwork: direct sales banned outright in some states (long including Texas), permitted in others, contested store-by-store
This sourceCrane's Iowa Law Review analysis of Tesla's state-by-state fight with the car dealers' lobby, aided by the legacy manufacturers, over the right to distribute electric cars directly to consumers.
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“Incumbent technologies may block competition by new technologies by creating legal barriers to innovative distribution methods necessary to secure market acceptance of the new technologies.”
- The result was a patchwork: direct sales banned outright in some states (long including Texas), permitted in others, contested store-by-store
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