COLUMBIA – On Wednesday morning, Scout Motors will testify with other consumer freedom advocates at the South Carolina Statehouse in favor of H.3777, the SC Consumer Freedom Act. This legislation creates an additional option for consumers who want to purchase a new vehicle, allowing them to buy directly from manufacturers that do not have any existing franchised dealerships.
Multiple new car manufacturing companies – including Tesla, Scout Motors, Rivian, Lucid, and more – have made the strategic business decision to sell directly to their customers and not utilize franchised car dealerships. Without the SC Consumer Freedom Act, those automakers are not able to sell their vehicles in South Carolina, and their customers have to travel to other states to buy them.
The bill will receive its first hearing in the Business & Commerce Subcommittee of the SC House Labor, Commerce & Industry Committee in room 403 of the Blatt Building of the Statehouse Complex on Feb. 12 at 9 a.m.
The meeting agenda can be found here: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/agendas/126h14810.pdf
WHO: Consumer freedom advocates, Scout Motors, and other new automakers
WHAT: SC House subcommittee hearing on the SC Consumer Freedom Act
WHEN: Feb. 12 at 9 a.m.
WHERE: Room 403 in the Blatt Building of the Statehouse Complex – 1105 Pendleton St, Columbia.
