The white-walled, silver-lettered Tesla store, which opened last week, sits in Nambé Pueblo, north of Santa Fe, on tribal land that’s not subject to state laws.
From Oklahoma to Connecticut and other states, consumers can’t buy Teslas because the company won’t partner with dealerships and hasn’t been successful in winning over the courts or lawmakers to allow its direct sales model. New Mexico, Alabama, and Louisiana have the strictest bans, barring Tesla from both operating dealerships and repair shops. That makes repairing a Tesla more expensive and more of a hassle. Owners have to get their cars serviced in neighboring states or through traveling Tesla technicians who fix problems with what they have in a van.
To buy a Tesla, they have to drive hours to pick them up or pay thousands of dollars to have them shipped.“We drove a gas car — Volvo station wagon — to Denver and then I was the ‘lucky one’ who got to drive the gas-powered car back,” said Howard Coe, a filmmaker who works for a laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico, about 30 minutes from Nambé and about five hours from the nearest Colorado Tesla store.
The tribe “has the responsibility to the land where we have resided for over 1,000 years,” said Carlos Vigil, president of the Nambé Pueblo Development Corporation, calling Tesla’s service center “a renewable business that lines up with our belief system.”
Smart move. Probably good for the tribes too. More people visiting, spending money, maybe they can collect some tax, increased jobs. Good for them.
Cheaters gonna cheat.
What percentage of their employees are native Americans?
.rebeccanagle Seems like a win for the tribe and certainly for Tesla. But I can't help but worry that the moneyed interests that are already trying to undermine tribal sovereignty in the courts will push even harder. ThisLand
Kinda like casinos.
That is utterly brilliant. Hopefully each tribe member will also receive a complimentary Tesla.
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