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Re:Carmakers feel chip crisis easing by ChrisRR on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @08:15AM (#31653049)
> Also, what is the point of a dealership

Because the US has a law that prohibits direct sales and must be made through a dealership. Presumably some middle man bribed their way to creating that law

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Re:Carmakers feel chip crisis easing by colechristensen on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @08:26AM (#31653170)
The US doesn’t have that late, some states do, and it was out on at a time where the thought was to protect the downtrodden dealers
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