So far in their brief but highly successful existence, Telsa Motors has ascended without much conflict or controversy. Both could come their way if states continue to deny them the right to direct sales, as New Jersey recently did this week, Daily Tech reported.

Just last month, NBC wrote an article comparing the relative impacts of Tesla CEO Elon Musk to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. In it, they praised Musk's innovative business tactics, including his direct sales approach.

Yesterday, however, New Jersey became the third state (Texas and Arizona) requiring automakers to sell their cars through a second-party source, better known as auto-dealerships. Angering Tesla most was how New Jersey and Governor Chris Christie carried out the policy change. Rather than sorting out the ambiguous law through the legislature, they did so administratively -- a more direct approach involving fewer parties that Tesla called, in a blog post, "thwarting the Legislature and going beyond their authority to implement the state's laws at the behest of a special interest group looking to protect its monopoly at the expense of New Jersey consumers."

"This is an affront to the very concept of a free market," the post added.

Tesla has two dealerships in New Jersey, with plans to open to open a third before the recent law was passed, or "clarified," as Christie termed it. They could be re-purposed into showrooms, according to Slate.com.

According to Daily Tech, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has considered taking his case to the federal government before. Could this be the final straw?

Though Slate.com author Will Oremus notes the federal government has been what some may perceive as overly kind to the auto industry, the latest decision appears to be a case of taking sides without clear cause. In fact, Oremus adds that choosing auto dealerships goes against popular opinion.

"If there's a silver lining for Tesla, it's that when bills banning direct sales do make it to state legislatures, they tend to get defeated," Oremus wrote. "It turns out the public likes being able to buy cars from whomever it wants, rather than having its choices constrained by Republican governors and their bureaucrats."