Does Tesla have an unfair marketing advantage in WA state? 

Currently the answer I think is yes. Right now, in the state of Washington, there is only one car manufacturer that is allowed to do test drives and to sell cars without actually having a franchise car dealership and that is Tesla. 

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according to geekwire.com.
‘Washington state lawmakers are taking their third shot at legislation that would give Rivian, Lucid and others the right to offer test drives and sell their vehicles directly to consumers’ 

Owners of car dealerships all over the country have been opposing this practice and some have actually managed to have laws put in place in their states that make it illegal to sell cars in any other way but through franchise dealerships.  

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If you are a new car manufacturer and you want to sell a car online through a website, you can't do it in those particular states. Now there's always a workaround, you can go to the state next door and buy it and then bring it home. 

This will be the third time around that this law has been put up for a vote.

Currently in Washington state, there are places where you can go to see some of these new vehicles, Rivian has a “space” where you can go look at their products, people will be there to answer your questions but test drive, no, not going to happen.
 

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Lucid is another upscale car company that has what they're calling a “studio” in the Seattle area again, you can go look at the car, you can go ooh and ahh, you can get in it and even push some buttons, but you can't drive it. No, not going to happen. 

look, if I can order a big screen TV and have it delivered to my house on the Internet, I should be able to order a car and have it delivered to my house on the Internet, and not just a tesla.
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