Many states actually have laws that ban Tesla from selling directly. More have laws limiting the number of stores that a manufacturer can have.
Only 14 allow unrestricted direct sales, and many of them only apply to companies that either don’t already have franchise agreements or only sell EVs.
Manufacturers would LOVE to cut out the middlemen and sell direct today.
Many states actually have laws that ban Tesla from selling directly. More have laws limiting the number of stores that a manufacturer can have.
Only 14 allow unrestricted direct sales, and many of them only apply to companies that either don’t already have franchise agreements or only sell EVs.
Manufacturers would LOVE to cut out the middlemen and sell direct today.