Are you opposed to iteration? Opposed to the bill passing -- believe dealerships would let it pass? Tesla has to potentially wait orders of magnitude longer while a battle they don't care about ensues -- dealerships versus gas-automobile manufacturers?
I'm opposed to treating manufactures of automobiles and the automobiles themselves[1] differently. So, I guess that means I would want it to apply to all (since there are other ideas for alternate energy cars) or none.
1) I am still waiting for the equivalent of a "gas tax" on energy used by electric cars to pay for the roads
Let's be clear that I and likely Musk -- Tesla -- are not opposed to equal things being equal. I honestly don't know the history and the inner-workings of why automobile manufacturers are barred from selling their goods directly to consumers. If I can liken the music/movie/etc industry to the automobile industry, I can understand why Tesla would not want to wait years, decades, forever? to stave off dealerships, if they don't have to. In all likelihood, the gas-automobile manufacturers are just as likely to be OPPOSED to this bill, if they think it will make Tesla go away and they can continue to get kickbacks from dealerships.
> Let's be clear that I and likely Musk -- Tesla -- are not opposed to equal things being equal.
I hope you're right, but actions are what counts.
As to the rest, I am seriously sick of people using the law as their own weapon against others. A tax break here, a special rule there, and we as voters and consumers lose because there are more law on the books than we need.
