This should be seen as less about the dealers’ greed, but about the fact that we still have no clue about what to do when electric cars (that require a lot less service) will make all these fairly well-paid working class people like auto mechanics’s jobs go extinct. Not in 50 years, but in 5 or 10. And it’s inevitable, whether Connecticut passes this now or later. 

This is exactly what Democrats and liberals everywhere need to seize on. Come up with a detailed plan (three or four-day work weeks, universal basic income, etc) – sell it relentlessly – better than Trumpists, get elected and just do it. Our entire civilization depends on it.

Tesla warns that ‘thousands’ of Model 3 reservations holders will go outside of Connecticut to buy without direct sales