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With the help of a coalition of Illinois customers, e-commerce
platform Carvana spearheaded a campaign to update the state’s
vehicle sales laws in relation to home delivery. The online
automotive retailer announced the success of the campaign and
the bill’s endorsement.
“What this legislation does is it modernizes Illinois law
regulating home delivery of cars so that it ensures consumers
can continue to benefit from this really popular, convenient and
efficient method of buying a car,” said Wilson Munsil, Carvana
spokesman and senior corporate counsel, to The Center Square.
“We think working families, those who are managing disabilities,
people who live in communities without easy access to a car
dealership, all of them will benefit from this new state law
protecting home delivery.”
Earlier this year, Carvana admitted to violating Illinois law
and agreed to follow new consumer protection restrictions. That
agreement, announced in January, allowed Carvana to continue
conducting business in Illinois and ended a legal dispute that
began May 2022 when the Illinois Secretary of State suspended
its business license.
The bill the company spearheaded in the spring legislative
session was sponsored by state Sen. Patrick Joyce, D-Essex, and
drew unanimous support from both the House and Senate before
being signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
More than 15,000 Illinois residents joined a campaign to change
the law in clear support of car deliveries. Carvana launched the
campaign through DeliverMyCarHome.com. The goal was to make it
easy for consumers to be heard.
“We were first of all thrilled with the groundswell of support
from Illinois consumers, everything from writing letters to
their lawmakers, signing a petition to support home delivery to
appearing in videos we produced telling their own home delivery
stories,” Munsil said.
He explained that the state’s more than 50-year-old vehicle
sales laws did not formally address home delivery of cars. By
modernizing the law, the convenience of home delivery will be
protected.
“We think this legislation is a win-win-win for customers, the
auto industry at large and the policymakers of Illinois,” Munsil
said.
Besides helping Carvana, the bill also benefits other car
dealerships and their customers.
Carvana, an e-commerce outlet for auto sales and purchases, has
been serving Illinois since 2014, a company news release said.
More than 95,000 residents have taken advantage of this route to
car sales and purchases.
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