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Musk says, "It is impossible for [dealers] to explain the advantages of going electric without simultaneously undermining their traditional business." But every other technology introduced, from the electric starter in the 1910s to hybrids in the 2000s, has gone through the same process. Chevrolet dealers have explained the advantages of and sold 24000 Volts in the US.

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Right...and have sold tens of millions of gasoline cars.

For the attention that is required to encourage people to take a leap from gasoline to electric, it makes more sense for them to focus on their own stores - rather than working with third party dealers.

That's why Apple has their own stores too.

Look how that has worked out. Most profitable retail space on the planet, by square feet.