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Florida has passed a law prohibiting most automakers from selling directly to consumers, but companies without prior dealership agreements are excluded.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who could have predicted that a Republican would trash a long-held belief of his party (government shouldn't be in the business of picking winners and losers) in order to directly benefit a friend of his?

While this isn't exactly new behavior, they used to at least exhibit a modicum of discretion. Now they just let it all hang out for the world to see. And why shouldn't they? It's not like there's going to be any consequences.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s not even their party position as Republicans have a very long history of choosing winners and losers. They just like to pretend that they want the market to decide but that’s far from reality.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Wow, I know a lot of car companies - like Polestar and eventually Ford, are doing this. It is a better model, I hate dealing with the dealerships so much. We just purchased a new car and that was a bit of a headache. I'm helping my mom get her next car through the Costco program soon and that cuts out a lot of the headache- I hope.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope the other car companies sue him. His approval rating is crashing. Here’s yet another reason why.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That lawsuit would get smacked down. Many states that generally prohibit direct-to-consumer sales have Tesla-exemptions.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe a good reason to buy cars in other states