transferred, sold or conveyed to another
manufacturer, distributor, person or entity
required to be licensed under this chapter.
(II) If a controlling interest is
transferred, sold or conveyed to another
manufacturer, distributor, person or entity
required to be licensed under this chapter, the
entity may not continue to operate or control a
new vehicle dealership under this subsection for
a period not more than 12 months from the date it
acquired the controlling interest.
(E) The manufacturer shall have continuously
offered electric vehicles for sale for a period of
not less than 12 months prior to the effective date
of this clause.
(ii) Nothing under this chapter shall prohibit a
manufacturer operating or controlling a new vehicle
dealership under this paragraph from owning, operating or
controlling a warranty facility for warranty repairs on
the manufacturer's line-make of vehicles.]
(i) A manufacturer or distributor may own, operate
or control new vehicle dealerships trading solely in
electric vehicles, as defined in 75 Pa.C.S. ยง 102
(relating to definitions), that are not sold as new
vehicles by licensed independent new vehicle dealers
pursuant to an existing franchise with a manufacturer or
distributor, if each of the following conditions are met:
(A) Each of the new vehicle dealerships selling
the manufacturer's new motor vehicles in this
Commonwealth trades exclusively in the manufacturer's
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