Tesla mulls Federal suit over state franchise laws banning it from selling electric cars
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Coffins made by monks don’t often figure into either legal decisions or the electric car industry, but they do at the moment. Tesla Motors is weighing whether to sue in Federal court over various state franchise laws that prohibit it from selling Model S and Model X electric cars online to buyers. Its lawyers were inspired by a 2013 legal decision… …read more