State: Utah
Background: HB 369 MOTOR VEHICLE FRANCHISE AMENDMENTS
- 2015 Tesla builds showroom
- State denies Tesla the ability to sell vehicles directly
- Utah State Supreme Court Agrees
- 2018 Legislative Action
The 2018 Utah Compromise for Direct Manufacturer Sales:
- Limits direct sales to:
- electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles or other non-fossil fuel vehicles
- cars and trucks less than 14,000 lbs
- companies domiciled in the US
- whose chief officers direct, control, and coordinate activities as a direct-sale
manufacturer from a physical location in the United States
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