Rally at Senate tomorrow regarding franchise law barring Tesla from sales in Texas.

[Griffin Gardner]

From: Elon Musk 

Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 11:56 AM
To: Everybody
Subject: Winning in Texas

Please email/call any Tesla fans or friends you know in Texas to rally tomorrow morning at 8am at Senate Building 1659 in Austin.  We have got to move fast here.  The Texas auto dealer association is trying to stop us from selling cars in the state and they have way more money and power than we do with legislators, so we need to rally the people pronto to stop them from winning. 

 

It is crazy that Texas, which prides itself on individual freedom, has the most restrictive laws in the country protecting the big auto dealer groups from competition.  If the people of Texas knew how bad this was, they would be up in arms, because they are getting ripped off by the auto dealers as a result (not saying they are all bad – there a few good ones, but many are extremely heinous).  We just need to get the word out before these guys are able to pull a fast one on us

 

For everyone in Texas that ever got screwed by an auto dealer, this is your opportunity for payback.

Thanks,

Elon

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Griffin Gardner
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
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[Tim Ziegner]

Hi Griffin,

 

Good morning.  Thanks for your email from yesterday.  It is good to hear from you...  I can't make it down there today for the rally at the capitol but I had a question.

 

Is this for proposed legislation?  Or, are these laws already on the books?

 

'Just curious...

 

Thanks,

 

Tim Ziegner

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[GriffinG]

The dealership franchise laws are already on the books here which is why Tesla is proposing an exemption, of sorts, to be allowed to sell the cars here without having to open traditional dealerships with high overhead costs.  Here's an article about the case:

http://wot.motortrend.com/tesla-takes-on-texas-dealers-association-349795.html#axzz2P3te9cYC

[Tim Ziegner]

Hi Griffin,

 

Ok, cool.  Thanks for clarifying...  Btw, did you make it out to the rally yesterday?   If so, how was it?

 

Thanks,

 

Tim