I think the answer might simply be that it's unnecessary, and that the dealership model costs consumers money. Unnecessary because dealerships primarily make th

I think the answer might simply be that it's unnecessary, and that the dealership model costs consumers money. Unnecessary because dealerships primarily make their money through servicing and Telsa, because there's no internal combustion engine, just doesn't have a lot of those costs. No oil changes. No fuel system cleanings. Etc etc. Now. What I don't like about this argument is sort of how snarky everyone gets toward people hostile toward Tesla. The way they do it probably makes more sense than the status quo. But being from the midwest, I can definitely get how threatening that can be. That's for sure not an excuse, but people do need to realize in their rhetoric that disruption hurts sometimes. And we shouldn't be blind to that.