The new statute also appears to make it illegal for manufacturers provide warranty service, making it so that I'd have to go out of state to get service.
The dealers are going full in on this.
A few weeks ago Scout had a vehicle viewing by the capitol building in protest. I couldn't get there...
A few weeks ago, I did a very quick, but not thorough look, at it. The statute as currently in place allows EV manufacturer to sell direct as long as they currently have no dealers for that line (Tesla comes to mind).
The change makes it so that any manufacturer (Scout comes to mind) cannot...
Colorado is trying to pass a law similar to the "affiliate" rule too. Scout sent a message to Colorado reservation holders earlier this year. Per Scout's email:
"a new bill introduced this year, SB25-160, would repeal key elements of the 2020 bipartisan legislation and distort and weaponize...