The Rivian has filed the lawsuit in Ohices to sell direct electric vehicles for consumers – the latest swing in the most recent and lobby and powerful lobby battle.
The company Edit the Ohio Ohio Motor vehicle Registrar (BMV) Monday of Federal Court, emphasizes the state of the consumer harmlessly prevent direct sales. Rivian can now sell EVS directly to consumers in 25 countries and the Ohio Washing BMV does not immediately respond to comment requests.
“Ohio Ohio Prohibition Ohio Business Rivian Model Direct in Extraordy, and avoiding consumer consumers – using consumer consumers,” Lawyers for the company write in the complaint.
Rivian asked the court so that the company applied for the seller’s license to be able to sell immediately. Ohio customers should buy from the Vehicle of Rivian from the location of other countries immediately. The car was then sent to the Rivian Service Center in Ohio.
Allow Rivian sale immediately will not eliminate new ground, the company argues in the complaint. Tesla has a license to sell on Ohio since 2013 and can sell directly to the consumer.
What stops is the law of 2014 given by the country legislature. The law, Rivian said after the efforts of lobbys are powerful by the OutoMobile Dealer Association (Oada) effectively giving it an effective test and blocked the seller’s test bill. (Oada does not directly return the request for comments.)
“Consumers’ options are American Bedrock Principles. Archaic Prohibition Ohio against direct vehicles are not conventional, dissolute,” Head of Calay, Perua Rivian, said.
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Motorlid, temporary, filed a lawsuit in Texas in 2022 The challenges for direct sales of the country. The court ruled against the early lucid this year, but the company is happy, Record the Federal Court.