Oklahoma and Mississippi have bills to prevent Electric Vehicle sales.
Mississippi would block direct sales of EVs by manufacturers.
Oklahoma's bill outlaws EV manufacturers from delivering or servicing vehicles in the state.
The issue is that Tesla and new upcoming EV companies are selling their cars directly to the consumers instead of using the established dealership model. Dealerships buy cars from the manufacture then markup the price for their own profit. By law, no dealerships are owned by a car company.
Dealerships markup car prices 30% or more and then haggle with customers over the final cost creating wildly varied final prices for the same product.
Tesla sells cars from their website and the price listed is exactly what you pay just like any other product you buy.
Other new EV companies are also beginning to sell using the Tesla model which allows lower car prices.
Dealerships lobby to block direct sales at the detriment to consumers.
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