[matwood]

I know someone who had a huge problem with Tesla over this. The issue was the Tesla contract wanted my friend to take ownership of the car, and thus responsibility as soon as it left Tesla. For obvious reasons, that's not something anyone should do. They had quite a bit of back and forth until Tesla changed the wording. I'm not sure if they did it universally though.

Then Tesla registered the car improperly and took months to correct.

Most Tesla owners I talk to say the same thing, they love the car and hate everything else about dealing with Tesla. I can't imaging removing dealerships is going to make this any better with customers.