A state Senate committee voted this week to reject former Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s appointment of a Tesla Motors Inc. employee to a board that oversees automobile dealers, after objections were raised by the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association.
The unusual vote to rebuff a gubernatorial appointment drew a rebuke Wednesday from Tesla, an electric car maker that has been wrangling with the dealers association over whether it can operate company-owned car locations in the state.
The Tesla employee, Cody Arnett, was named to serve a four-year term on the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board. McAuliffe made the announcement earlier this month, just a week before he left office.
