Judge dismisses dealers' lawsuit against Tesla's retail stores

Re:Judge dismisses dealers' lawsuit against Tesla's retail s... by biot on Sunday January 06, 2013 @02:59AM (#5015735)

  "We [...] look forward to following through on our
   commitment to introduce consumers to electric vehicle
   technology in an open, friendly, no-pressure environment,"
   Elon Musk, Tesla co-founder and CEO, said in the statement.

Is it no pressure because they make so few that there's a lineup of people waiting to pay full MSRP?

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Re:Judge dismisses dealers' lawsuit against Tesla's retail s... by boredguy8 on Sunday January 06, 2013 @03:45AM (#5015817)

The way the stores are currently set up (or: at least the one in San Diego), the employees can't sell you a car and they don't make any commission or 'referral bonus' or such. It's literally a car, a partial battery assembly frame, and some logo-ized mugs & shirts. Hence there's literally 0 pressure because nobody there can sell you a car. The gal I spoke with was very well informed (even knew the OS that ran the car's dashboard!) but wasn't even bringing up her own 'talking points' -- she gave me a cursory overview & then answered all of my questions.

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Re:Judge dismisses dealers' lawsuit against Tesla's retail s... by modeless on Sunday January 06, 2013 @04:31AM (#5015870)

Don't keep us in suspense! What OS does the Tesla dashboard run?

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Re:Judge dismisses dealers' lawsuit against Tesla's retail s... by UnoriginalGuy on Sunday January 06, 2013 @09:51AM (#5016430)

Looks like it is Linux with custom bits thrown on top.

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