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Greater Pennsylvania Rivian Club

Regional Rivian Owner Club welcoming tristate friends too ! All are welcome !

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MajickDada, thank you for starting the Pennsylvania Club!

I was reading R1Thor's comment on 1-8-24 about Pennsylvania's dumb dealership laws.


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" Good to see more people in the area with Rivians! Now we just need PA to stop being dumb with their dealership laws so we don't have to drive to Gaithersburg :D !

I had no idea that currently Tesla basically has a monopoly in PA. I live in West Chester (southeast PA, suburbs of Phila). I have been very surprised I still don't not see many Rivians. Well, now I know why.


From House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda below
" As you may recall, the General Assembly passed Act 125 of 2014 to allow Tesla Motors to sell their electric vehicles directly to the public." [only Tesla can sell at this point]

The good news is, I found that a local congressman from nearby West Grove (Representative John Lawrence) is already at work on revising PA's Act 125 of 2014!

House Bill 1907 (see link below) is in the works but seems to be preceding very slowly. I think all of us need to make our voices heard to get this bill past. I actually would like Rivian owners across the country to speak out if possible.

WHAT CAN YOU DO? CONTACT REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LAWRENCE!

Contact | PA State Rep. John Lawrence (replawrence.com)

I have attached my own message to Rep John Lawrence in the attached Word doc. Feel free to use some of my contact to make it easier to both thank him and show your concerns about the current situation in PA.

Thank you all! Appreciate any feedback you have.

GearTunnel


Bill Information - House Bill 1907; Regular Session 2021-2022 - PA General Assembly (state.pa.us)

House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda - PA House of Representatives (state.pa.us)
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I have been ideating this very thing.
I want to expand upon this and (hopefully) reach out to ALL of my local, state, and federal reps.

I think the argument needs to go beyond "Well, Tesla is doing it" and appeal to all political leans. That is: needs to state how bringing Rivian Service centers and show rooms will increase job opportunities (and ideally not detract from adjacent businesses). I think it needs to state that our taxes are already going to be recouped via the $290/year we're going to be spending in EV imposed taxes (that HAS already passed). And insofar as our trucks are verily heavy, we spend $404 to register them annually (as opposed to the $35 it costs to register a 'normal' car).

I'm sure there's some other data and research we can add to this that would make a compelling argument for all; I've just not had the opportunity or wherewithal to start penning it.

I've also had some pretty terrible (canned, uninformed, and typically dismissive) responses from officials' aides in the past when sending letters, so I want to try to make a poignant argument that's harder to ignore. I think it'd also be helpful to add something along the lines of "we already have X # of Rivian owners in the Commonwealth as of this writing; all you're doing is deterring innovation and growth, but you aren't stopping it. So let's find a common ground to allow all parties the advantages we can glean from improving our state." Or some such...

Just my .02
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