Tesla fighting North Dakota car dealership law after state blocks applications

Tesla fighting North Dakota car dealership law after state blocks applications

BISMARCK — The sight of an electric vehicle on a North Dakota road is not exactly rare, but it’s far from common. The state has some of the lowest rates of electric vehicle ownership per person in the U.S. There is a seemingly endless list of reasons used to explain this: the cold; the lack of infrastructure; a dislike of electric vehicles from a state with a huge oil industry. America’s largest electric vehicle company added another potential r…