I am not sure what Tesla does, but I think there's a value in having somebody local which can show me the car, give explanations, provide maintenance services a

I am not sure what Tesla does, but I think there's a value in having somebody local which can show me the car, give explanations, provide maintenance services and add-on sales, etc. It doesn't have to be independently owned, in theory, but in practice I think it'd be hard for one company to manage so many local shops at US scale. Some kind of franchise model would work much better. Does it have to be the same as dealership today? Maybe not. But I think there's value in having something like that, even if not exactly what we have now.