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Tesla’s war against direct sales wages on with big win in Virginia

Teslarati

State laws in Virginia indicate that automobile manufacturers must sell their vehicles through independent franchised dealerships, except when there is no dealership available in a community to offer a company’s vehicles “in a matter consistent with the public interest,” the report said.

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Dartmouth professor calls for unlocking geospatial data gathered by autonomous vehicles

Green Car Congress

User access to this data proves difficult when they are locked in closed networks controlled by automobile manufacturers. While each of these three approaches has potential risks and rewards, they can help frame the public debate on the ownership and use of geospatial data from self-driving cars. —Luis Alvarez León.

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