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"  Credit: Getty Images The latest stop of the Tesla Legal Maneuverings Tour 2014 was New York State. Over the weekend, Elon Musk&amp;#039;s car company agreed to a compromise that would allow Tesla to keep selling its high-end electric vehicles at the five shops it already operates in and around New York City. The catch: Any future Tesla stores would have to follow the old-fashioned dealership model. This Empire State battle follows a similar script to dust-ups happening in lots of states around the U.S.: Telsa tries to sell its cars directly to consumers, without a franchised car dealership as the middleman. State and local dealership associations cry foul, charging Tesla with violating the rules that stipulate cars must be sold through dealerships, not directly through the car company. A fight ensues, with the result being a patchwork of rules across the states. Texas has banned Tesla sales, but now appears poised to reconsider, perhaps because the Lone Star State is in the running to host a new Tesla factory that would bring with it 6500 jobs. Same goes for Arizona. Earlier this month, New Jersey seemed set to ban Tesla direct-to-consumer sales; now the April 1 drop-dead date is pushed back to April 15 and the state is working on a new agreement that would allow some Tesla sales to continue, according to CNN Money. The potential agreements in New York and New Jersey are great news for Tesla\u2014the company could continue to operate in that enormous luxury car market. But not so much for all those people pinning their hopes on Tesla Motors as the champion disruptor that would save car-buyers from the onerous dealership experience. Remember, Tesla officials told PopMech last year that they would consider selling their EVs through dealerships at some point when the company is more firmly established. That intention seems clear in the New York deal, in which Tesla accepted the cap of five direct-to-consumer sales points. This won&amp;#039;t be the last time Elon Musk and the car dealerships lock horns. But just remember, Tesla isn&amp;#039;t here to change the way people buy a car. That would be just a happy side effect of its number one goal: selling Teslas. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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