Re:Apple Taps Bob Mansfield to Oversee Car Project
by SEJeff on Monday July 25, 2016 @05:26PM
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Seems like for a distribution model, Apple would go the way of Tesla and forgo them entirely. In fact, it would be amusing to see Apple fight legal battles that help sell Teslas in states where they've outlawed it due to the huge dealer lobby. If anyone could slug that one out and win, Apple certainly has the expertise and capital to do it.
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Re:Apple Taps Bob Mansfield to Oversee Car Project
by zwily on Monday July 25, 2016 @10:22PM
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Tesla will have already won most the battles before Apple starts fighting, I'm guessing.
Re:Apple Taps Bob Mansfield to Oversee Car Project
by ams6110 on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @01:06AM
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Indeed. I would be a little nervous if I were a traditional brick-and-mortar car dealer franchisee right about now. Because if Tesla gets the laws changed, what's to stop the big manufacturers from just selling direct as well.
Re:Apple Taps Bob Mansfield to Oversee Car Project
by greglindahl on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @01:30AM
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Existing auto manufacturers have signed contracts with their existing dealers. All states have laws that protect those contracts. Tesla is not attacking those contracts and those laws.
Tesla's attacking laws that say that all new autos have to be sold by dealers. That's quite different, and only a few states have such laws.