A few corrections: 1) NJ
A few corrections: 1) NJ legislature did NOT vote to enforce anything, the MVC passed a new rule preventing Tesla from renewing their dealership license by requiring a franchise contract. 2) The decades old law only required franchisors to sell through franchises, there is nothing in the law that prevents Tesla from selling direcly. What prevented Tesla from selling directly was the NEW rule passed by the MVC(which is NJ DMV)
And there is no reason for Tesla to conform to the traditional model. On-demand manufacturing eliminates that need. The reason why manufacturers like dealers is because they offload cars to the dealers. By eliminating monthly sales reporting and keeping it quarterly and making on-demand manufacturing, Tesla completely eliminated the purpose of dealerships. Since EVs have no maintenance to do like oil changes and the like, they eliminated a lot of the need for regular visits. When the tipping point comes, Tesla might not need as many showrooms and that is about it. There is no benefit of the traditional model regardless of how many cars Tesla sells.