"If, after the sales pitch, you’re ready to pull the trigger, you are politely directed to a computer to make your deposit and place your order."
Sounds like their business model will be left for a judge to decide. I think people on HN are angry because the auto industry feels like a monopoly and the law that Tesla might be infringing on should be illegal any ways. But what the judge wil have to decide is whether Tesla's interpretation of the law is correct. In normal cases this could take a pretty long time and Tesla would be able to operate until a judge says otherwise.
Without reading the law I would like to think that Tesla is onto something here. Just like the rest of the angry HN users, I would feel satisfied to know that the big auto industry wrote a law for their own benefit and technology passed them by.
Sounds like their business model will be left for a judge to decide. I think people on HN are angry because the auto industry feels like a monopoly and the law that Tesla might be infringing on should be illegal any ways. But what the judge wil have to decide is whether Tesla's interpretation of the law is correct. In normal cases this could take a pretty long time and Tesla would be able to operate until a judge says otherwise.
Without reading the law I would like to think that Tesla is onto something here. Just like the rest of the angry HN users, I would feel satisfied to know that the big auto industry wrote a law for their own benefit and technology passed them by.