GM supports anti-Tesla bill in MI, Snyder signs into law
Michigan Governor Signs GM-Backed Anti-Tesla Bill Into Law - Road & Track
As a GM kinda guy... this stuff rubs me the wrong way. Why even "encourage" the Governor to sign it? What is GM scared about? after all this is a small automaker. Instead of finding ways to put speed bumps on Tesla's way... why don't you use that same energy to change things around for the better. :think: I can't say that I will stop buying GM.. cause damn it I love Corvette's and Camaro's and the CTS family but if I could afford it a Tesla would be my daily driver. |
Re: GM supports anti-Tesla bill in MI, Snyder signs into law
GM likely supports the bill because they have a business model built on the concept of dealerships, and if Tesla manages to erode that business model, then it's difficult for GM to predict future market trends, and the whole paradigm of how you market and sell cars changes. Makes business less predictable, and makes making a profit less predictable. It makes sense that the other manufacturers would back the laws as they stand.
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Re: GM supports anti-Tesla bill in MI, Snyder signs into law
GM fought the same law in TX, but who wants facts in their sensationalism.
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Re: GM supports anti-Tesla bill in MI, Snyder signs into law
Originally Posted by jcamere94z28
(Post 6969541)
Michigan Governor Signs GM-Backed Anti-Tesla Bill Into Law - Road & Track
As a GM kinda guy... this stuff rubs me the wrong way. Why even "encourage" the Governor to sign it? What is GM scared about? after all this is a small automaker. Instead of finding ways to put speed bumps on Tesla's way... why don't you use that same energy to change things around for the better. :think: I can't say that I will stop buying GM.. cause damn it I love Corvette's and Camaro's and the CTS family but if I could afford it a Tesla would be my daily driver. |
Re: GM supports anti-Tesla bill in MI, Snyder signs into law
Doesn't matter because it's only in effect in Michigan, which is fast becoming a ghost state thanks to GM et al.
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Re: GM supports anti-Tesla bill in MI, Snyder signs into law
Originally Posted by GaryDoug
(Post 6977102)
Doesn't matter because it's only in effect in Michigan, which is fast becoming a ghost state thanks to GM et al.
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Re: GM supports anti-Tesla bill in MI, Snyder signs into law
Originally Posted by AnthonyHSV
(Post 6977069)
Looks like GM doesn't like competition
Not sure why everyone is supportive of a dealer franchise system that encourages dealers to maximize their efforts to screw buyers and make the buying experience as painful and unpleasant as possible. I'm losing my "company" car with my retirement, and I hate the thought of even walking onto a dealer lot to look at the cars I want to choose from. Last car I bought, for my wife, I used a broker, to avoid all the hassle. Paid the broker a nominal fee to do the dirty work. But even then, signing off on the paperwork with the dealer involved multiple individuals trying to maximize their profit with upsells on total crap. |
Re: GM supports anti-Tesla bill in MI, Snyder signs into law
Yup dealer system is 100 years out of date and it's showing. But it seems none of the big automakers are even remotely interested in creating another way. Which is there loss, I have no statistical evidence, but I positive there is a good market of buyers who would like to be in and out in 15-30min. Buy Vehicle, Register, Insurance, and be on there merry way. Not 8 hrs of haggling, additional warranties, additional coverages, pulling hair, paint protection, tire protection, ect.
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Re: GM supports anti-Tesla bill in MI, Snyder signs into law
Originally Posted by King Moose SS
(Post 6977446)
Yup dealer system is 100 years out of date and it's showing. But it seems none of the big automakers are even remotely interested in creating another way. Which is there loss, I have no statistical evidence, but I positive there is a good market of buyers who would like to be in and out in 15-30min. Buy Vehicle, Register, Insurance, and be on there merry way. Not 8 hrs of haggling, additional warranties, additional coverages, pulling hair, paint protection, tire protection, ect.
Ford and GM tried ditching dealers | TeslaMondo Forcing Tesla to go through the same fiery hopes they do is just keeping the playing field level. |
Re: GM supports anti-Tesla bill in MI, Snyder signs into law
Originally Posted by mdenz3
(Post 6978721)
Ford and GM have both tried to get around dealers:
Ford and GM tried ditching dealers | TeslaMondo Forcing Tesla to go through the same fiery hopes they do is just keeping the playing field level. Musk would kill Tesla before ever going the dealer route. He knows the damage the dealer system is doing to the current car buying process. |
Re: GM supports anti-Tesla bill in MI, Snyder signs into law
Originally Posted by mdenz3
(Post 6978721)
Ford and GM have both tried to get around dealers:
Ford and GM tried ditching dealers | TeslaMondo Forcing Tesla to go through the same fiery hopes they do is just keeping the playing field level. |
Re: GM supports anti-Tesla bill in MI, Snyder signs into law
They screwed US ALL the moment they put a computer into our cars...but even b4 mandating side marker lights. The Fed has no business in the car business, we have enough sheisters selling cars @ stealerships around the country, we sure as hell don't need them dictating what kind of cars we can build, buy and own. They should be mandating federal ***er ID laws, and get hell out of our cars...
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