I can certainly understand what you're saying, but it isn't the same thing. What I'm talking about is picking up the vehicle at the factory...the vehicle never even gets loaded on a truck, it is driven away by the new owner when it rolls off the assembly line...regardless of what the law says, I don't see how consumers can be forced to pay for a service that's never rendered. That in and of itself sounds like a violation of the law...
Generally you would be correct however in this case federal laws and rules specifically allow for charging a destination/delivery fee for vehicles picked up at a manufacturing plant. However, it is also fair to point out that federal rules only require destination/delivery charges be itemized and do not dictate how they are calculated so it is up to Elio Motors to determine whether they will follow the industry norm and use equalized delivery/destination charges for all buyers, exempt factory pickup orders from these charges, or they could even charge each buyer the actual costs of moving the vehicle from the factory to the delivery location.
It is my understanding that no final decisions have been made however what I, and others, have heard is that it is likely that once these vehicles are available at retail everyone, including factory pickup orders, will pay a standard equalized destination charge as is common for vehicles sold in this country.
We have also heard that reservation holders could be treated differently however once again I have to point out that no final decision has been made. In this scenario what has been discussed is that factory pickup orders going to reservation holders would not be required to pay a delivery fee and reserved vehicles being delivered would be charged an equalized destination charge for delivery to set delivery locations throughout the country and have the option of paying for shipping direct to your home or other location of your choosing.
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