GM Thwart Tesla’s Plan For Direct Selling, Connecticut Market At Risk For Tesla?

It appears that GM has outsmarted Tesla's plan for direct selling in Connecticut. The thwarted plan has been in motion for two years but the bill never got past the Senate's table.

Electrik reports that Tesla has been trying to lobby the bill sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, D-Norwalk in Connecticut. If the bill is passed, it would then grant direct access and allow the sale of electric vehicles right into the consumers' hand without linking with franchise dealerships in the region.

It has been expected that the bill would be passed since it was entering the consideration stage and awaiting a vote in the state Senate but it appears that the remarkable lobbying campaign spearheaded by GM and the local dealership association has thwarted Tesla's plans.

Moreover, it is undeniable that Tesla is bombarded by all kinds of issues and challenges and is entrenched in varying mêlée regarding segment models and sales to consumers.

It stands to reason that Tesla is not to keen in third-party dealership and although it is not uncommon in some regions, for Tesla, the carmaker is not allowed or is under boundaries in terms of selling its segments in areas such as Arizona, Connecticut, Michigan, Utah, Texas, and West Virginia.

On a different note, a separate post from Telegraph revealed the potential of Tesla and its segments into the world. It is irrefutable that Tesla's technology is not in this time and that it has the power to shape travel and trade. Although it is a day of reckoning for Tesla and for its technology, the underlying issue of making money for investors rises on the horizon.

To prove the latter, the issue that has been raised against them and the revolution that GM has imparted by lobbying to prevent Tesla's direct selling goal is one of the hurdles that investors are looking into.

As GM successfully thwarted Tesla's plan for direct selling, it remains uncertain on how Tesla would conquer Connecticut market and would it continue to lobby for the approval of its plan.