I feel like I just married a woman who has been married before.
— Yu Xinquan, a Tesla customer who had been offered a display car while awaiting the delayed delivery of his Tesla Model S in China. Today, he got the car he ordered in October, and proceeded to smash the windshield with a wrench in protest of the electric-car maker s arrogance. Tesla began deliveries of its cars in China in late April; Yu said the company early that month promised delivery of his white Model S in six weeks, according to the Wall Street Journal. But the delays in this particular case look to be related to where Yu lives — outside Beijing and Shanghai. Tesla has not responded to our request for comment.
Meanwhile, in news about the uneasy relationship between Tesla and auto dealerships across the United States: The Pennsylvania Senate this week approved a bill that would let Tesla operate up to five stores in that state, a compromise because the bill as originally written would ve allowed the car maker to open an unlimited number of stores there. Automotive News reports that that the compromise bill, which now goes to the Pennsylvania House, was supported by the state s automotive association. Tesla has reached similar compromises in other states.
Photo: Tesla Motors delivers Model S cars to the first buyers in China in April. (AFP/Getty Images)
