[bob13579]

Any of those dealers would love to sell Tesla cars, especially the higher-end ones that sell BMWs, Mercedes, Porsches, and Lexuses. Nothing is stopping Tesla from partnering with dealers to do so. Small Chinese car manufacturers don't get special treatment. Why should Tesla get them?

I know the dealership laws are awful, but IMO we should be focusing on changing those laws instead of giving special treatment to particular companies.

[revelation]

All your arguments divolve into this one statement: I know its awful, but we need to do the right thing.

The world does not work that way. You can not put off inventing transport just because you have not invented teleportation yet. Things work in small steps.