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Tesla’s spite-move to Texas may not have been such a clever idea, after all

5 pointsby CarCooleralmost 4 years ago

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a3nalmost 4 years ago
Texas is a pretty big state. If you live somewhere in the middle, it&#x27;s gonna be a drive with a friend (to drive car 1 back), a hotel stay, and a drive back, across an area that may not have much charging facilities, across a state that is legislatively hostile to non-oil energy.<p>Or you could contract with a car carrier to bring your car back.<p>Ah, a new line of business for hotshot truckers: carry it out of state, wait a decent interval, and carry it back in to where it&#x27;s going.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Trucking_industry_in_the_United_States#HotShot" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Trucking_industry_in_the_Uni...</a><p>Smoove move.
pasttense01almost 4 years ago
Texas is less that 10% of the car market. Tesla still has a huge manufacturing plant in California to supply this market which will probably continue permanently. [I expect though that either the law will be changed or a workaround developed.]