In Connecticut, Tesla just opened a store at the Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, owned by the Mohegan Tribe on tribal land, to get around a state law there that bans direct sales to customers by vehicle manufacturers. Tesla put a store in a Connecticut casino to get around state law prohibiting direct sales to customers Tesla did not respond to a request for comment from the Burlington Free Press. Tesla was also able to get a zoning change from the city of South Burlington that allows for automobile sales at the former Hannaford site.
Tesla's building permit for South Burlington allows for direct sales of electric cars and motorcycles to customers, thanks to a revision of Vermont state law made in 2021.
Tesla is in the process of fitting up its first store in Vermont, converting the former Hannaford supermarket off of Shelburne Road in South Burlington, as seen on Dec.
