[jcfrei]

Very interesting points. So as the other comment has pointed out, traditional automakers will have difficulties selling through their dealerships. Do any of the established players have any plans for their own dealerships / showrooms?

[voidmain0001]

Yes. https://www.thestar.com/business/2016/04/19/cinespace-sells-... GM Canada purchased land in downtown Toronto and made the announcement for a corporate campus with a dealership/showroom. The challenge will be with the existing franchise dealerships that will balk at GM taking a bite out of their market share. edit - The GM official announcements specifically refers to the sale and service of electric vehicles. http://media.gm.com/media/ca/en/gm/home.detail.html/content/...

[koolba]

They can't as the rights to having local dealerships has already been split out. They'd have to buy out their dealers and probably change a bit of State law to accommodate that.