There may be some component of prejudice or discrimination involved here, but IMO Cor is on target. It's all about protectionism.
Business is always for "free markets" as long as those markets benefit their bottom line. When "free markets" harm their profits, suddenly they're all in favor of laws to "level the playing field," by which they mean "put a thumb on my side of the scale." It doesn't have to be that way, and hasn't always been that way, but as of now we as a nation (maybe we as a world) seem to have decided that this is the system we want. So it goes. If Tesla truly want their business model to prevail, they can make it happen the same way the auto dealers have made theirs the norm. All it takes is money. Tesla will probably have to spend less on research and product development so they can spend much more on politics -- consistently more than the auto dealers and mainstream automakers spend, over a period of years. Then doors will begin to open for them. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
