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FTC Seems To Back Tesla's Factory Direct Program
- Consumerist, Monday, April 28, 2014 8 AM
The Federal Trade Commission says states pushing stronger pro-franchise auto sales regulations versus Tesla's anti-franchise-model says such regulations protect the industry not consumers. In a blog post titled “Who decides how consumers should shop?”, the Commission recounted the history of how direct sales have benefited consumers, starting with mail-order catalogs and, now, the Internet.
