State of Iowa Tells Tesla To Cancel Its Scheduled Test Drives

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 27, 2014 @08:54AM from the because-reasons-and-whatnot dept.

puddingebola writes: Conflict continues between state governments and Tesla. From the article: "Iowa joined a growing list of states tussling with Tesla Motors' business model when it told the company to cut short three days of test drives earlier this month in West Des Moines. The Iowa Department of Transportation said the test drives were illegal for two reasons: Tesla isn't licensed as an auto dealer in Iowa and state law prohibits carmakers from selling directly to the public." While the article touches on the legal restrictions on selling cars in Iowa, it seems that Tesla was only providing test drives.

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Re:Rent a Tesla for $1 by ShanghaiBill · 2014-09-27 10:18 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Tesla should take a "scorched earth" approach and start suing, and take all the way up.
Properly targeted campaign donations would almost certainly be more cost effective.