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Re:The battle between Tesla and your neighborhood car dealer... by tajen on Sunday September 11, 2016 @04:24AM (#12472500)
Could Tesla get an alliance with the manufacturers to bypass the cardealer scheme as a whole? I get manufacturers would rather see Tesla have problems, but wouldn't everone win with removing the middleman?

Or could Tesla, in their showroom, if they can't sell directly, let people preorder then redirect them to the cheapest local car dealer, in a sort of auction to the lowest margin, so cardealers are only seen as a commoditized cost?

Re:The battle between Tesla and your neighborhood car dealer... by mountaineer22 on Sunday September 11, 2016 @09:18AM (#12473199)
These are state laws that regulate the dealership franchises, and prevent Tesla from selling in certain US states.