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Originally Posted by chris719
There’s no need for dealers though. All functions they perform could be handled by corporate shops, even the ones you described. I am sure the automakers could make a bit more money this way. The problem is the lobby and state laws. It can easily be done but when you have to fight, and win, 40+ fights to make it worthwhile to do it at scale, it’s dead before it can start.
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Part of what you wrote is the point I believe he is making. Auto manufacturers could setup maintenance shops and incur those costs, but the juice is probably not worth the squeeze since they already have a structure in place that uses privately owned dealership s. I don't think Tesla is producing and selling the number of vehicles the other larger manufacturers are.
This would take a significant amount of time for BMW, Ford etc to develope and might not be worth the investment at this point.