So if legislators with their car dealer friends ban Tesla from selling directly to consumers, could Tesla do something like "We'll pay for your flight out to nearest place you can buy a car and drive it home. You'll get free nice hotel stays on the way home?" I can see that for someone buying a Model S or Model X. The sale was not made in that state so it should be fine.
What would the states do then? I am guessing force buyers to pay a steep registration tax, but they'd just have to word in a very strange way. Can't people then just register the car quickly out of state and then re-register it locally so it looks like "a move" legally and not a sale? It seems for any trick these states can come up with, the other, Tesla friendly, states can come with an alternate trick to counter it...
What would the states do then? I am guessing force buyers to pay a steep registration tax, but they'd just have to word in a very strange way. Can't people then just register the car quickly out of state and then re-register it locally so it looks like "a move" legally and not a sale? It seems for any trick these states can come up with, the other, Tesla friendly, states can come with an alternate trick to counter it...