The highest court in Massachusetts has thrown out a lawsuit aimed at blocking Tesla Motors from selling its electric cars directly to consumers.

The Massachusetts State Automobile Dealers Association had sought to prevent the direct sales, citing a state law designed to block car dealers from abuses by car manufacturers.

The Supreme Judicial Court unanimously ruled Monday that the association and two dealers - Herb Connolly Chevrolet and Fisker Norwood - didn't have legal standing to bring the case.

The court said Natick has since given Tesla a license to operate a sales office at the Natick Mall.

Boston Business Journal's web editor Eric Convey said this case affects the relationship between car dealers and manufacturers.

"Tesla has a different sales model. It's not only a really innovative car ... they also want to sell their cars a different way. They don't see a lot of an advantage in putting 70,000 cars all across a big lot the way many cars are sold now," he said. 

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