Nissan Blames Agency for Tweet Knocking Tesla

Last week Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors poached Nissan’s PR chief to lead its marketing and communications efforts. We can see why the larger company might respond by one-upping the upstart, but based on its response to a quippy tweet, we do not think this clip summarizes its strategy moving forward:

While the tweet mentioned by Autoblog Green [H/T Jalopnik] focused on the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission’s decision to block the company from implementing its direct sales model in the state, it’s all in good fun between competitors on social, right?

Maybe not.

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