In 2014, New York passed a law to protect car dealers, because of the direct sales model, Tesla only has 5 stores in New York, resulting in the inability to meet the needs of California consumers, the need to go far away to buy, which is very troublesome.
Tesla said that although New York has the strictest climate law, it is only ranked 23rd in terms of electric vehicle adoption, while Florida allows unrestricted direct sales, and the number of registrations is 50% higher than that of New York. If New York agrees to direct sales by auto dealers, it will be easier for New Yorkers to buy electric cars.
So Tesla asked customers to support the introduction of electric vehicles and proposed that New Yorkers help the Governor and legislative leaders find a solution.
To express a personal opinion, let's not talk about whether it is convenient to buy a car overseas, if from my own point of view, is Tesla sure that it is not lobbying for its own interests? It's quite emotionally arousing.