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.

        • LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee
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          1 day ago

          I know what that is and it’s not relevant.

          I disagree and think that it is. By explicitly stating that they are targeting Tesla within New York because of Elon Musk and his connection to the company there is a statement being made that they will no longer tolerate that behavior and the attempts to harm the country and the democracy by Elon Musk and that they will defend against his intolerance with whatever means they can.

          When you’ve tried to use reason, when you’ve tried to work within the systems that are in place to deal with a bully and those systems have failed you and the bully is refusing to listen to reason then you reach a point where you just have to punch them in the nose.

            • LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee
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              1 day 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.