[eric_bullington]

All that the auto dealers are going to do with this effort is draw attention to this cool new car. Sure, they might succeed in banning them in a state or two (which is ridiculous), but in the end any publicity will benefit Tesla and hurt the dealers (disclaimer: I am not a marketing professional).

EDIT: To clarify my vague statement above, I meant "banning" the Tesla display store business model, not banning Tesla altogether. That's a much more unlikely outcome, although I'm sure they would if they could.

[camiller]

"Sure, they might succeed in banning them in a state or two..."

More likely they will be forced to create a franchise dealership network.

[damoncali]

The most likely outcome, unfortunately, is that Tesla is forced to sell through dealers like everyone else. I hope I'm wrong.