A fundamental principle of competition is that consumers – not regulation – should determine what they buy and how they buy it. Consumers may benefit from the ability to buy cars directly from manufacturers – whether they are shopping for luxury cars or economy vehicles. The same competition principles should apply in either case. States should allow consumers to choose not only the cars they buy, but also how they buy them.
"The takeaway from this video, if no one has gotten the message by now, is that Tesla only cares about the sale of new Teslas, which it doesn't do very well. It does not care about selling used Tesla, servicing existing customers, or supplying parts to customers.
Tesla made a shittier dealership and calls it innovation. It's hilarious that it is simultaneously waging war on the dealership laws while doing the dealership thing so poorly that it's like exhibit A in why dealership laws maybe aren't that bad. If Tesla were this bad at being a car company pre-dealership laws it would have been the reason they came into being in the first place."
>Also, that quote is just wrong. They didn't make a "shittier dealership". They don't have dealerships at all.
Where do you go when your Tesla breaks down? Yearly check-ups? Used Tesla sales? The fact that they are a direct representative of Tesla themselves changes very little for you as the consumer.
