[nickik]

Another new car company tried the dealership route only to still get the same pushback. Its really not worth doing just to get into another legal battle about if they are doing dealerships correctly.

And Tesla is no longer alone in trying to change these laws, Rivian, Polestar, Lucid are all joining this battle and others are comming. The change is inevitable now. It make no strategic sense to totally switch your strategy for those few stats that are still holding out.