Tesla stops selling its models in Missouri for a while

Tesla Motors is not without problems in several of the states that make up the United States because of its sales model for your vehicles. As we all know, in many countries around the world, the sale of certain types of products (including cars) is subject to distribution through agencies or dealers. Uncle Sam's country is one of the countries that provides the greatest protection for this form of distribution, but Tesla seems to not want to follow it.

Signing Elon Musk wants to sell (and sell) on their own their cars, without using intermediaries that increase the final price of the vehicle. The problem is that this decision it's costing them more than one headache in the states that refuse to allow the firm to sell its cars in this way. The most noticeable are the demands that the organizations of distributors they interpose in the courts so that they close their facilities or comply with state regulations.

We already told you that the firm obtained a notable success a month ago by being sentence overturned that prevented him from selling his cars directly en Virginia. This resolution provided Tesla with sufficient arguments to be allowed in more states to open its own sales centers. However, it seems that it will not be so easy for him since in Mussouri state Have had to stop selling their cars (temporarily) until they figure out how they can be distributed.

According to Cole County Courthouse Judge Daniel Green, Tesla Motors does not sell its models in the place like a franchise and therefore the sales license and distribution of vehicles that it had granted until December 31, 2016 it would not be renewed by the Missouri Department of Revenue. As the resolution was communicated to the manufacturer, its managers have declared that they will appeal the decision so that it is revoked as in Virginia.

The plaintiff, the Missouri Auto Dealers Association (MADA), has stated that they are satisfied with the solution adopted and that will watch over the interests of their associates and compliance with your state's motor vehicle dealership law.

We will have to see how this ends for Tesla Motors.

Source - Saint Louis Today