New restriction for Tesla car sales

Tesla Motors signed a contract to lease the ground

 floor space of a building in Red Hook.
While Utah’s current law states that the EV company

 has to hire a franchised dealer to sell 

its vehicles, Tesla says that it can't sell its cars through

 traditional third-party dealerships 

because they have to convince customers its electric

 car is better than a typical internal 

combustion engine, a pitch that would be a conflict 

for a dealer that also relies heavily

 on regular car sales.

The company already has a showroom in Chelsea. 

It seems like Tesla isn’t keen on renewing.

 Similar to a few other states, law makers in Utah 

refuse to let the Electric Vehicle 

automaker sell its cars directly.

A new bill has been proposed that would place

 restrictions on the electric cars' sales. 

The organization has been battling with Utah

 New Car Dealers Association (UNCDA) 

and traditional automakers, like General Motors Company (NYSE:GM),

over the direct-sales matter since last year.