Not sure why my pervious comment was deleted? I was pointing out that in a real world use case: Nissan sells less than 10 EVs per dealership/year and Tesla sells >200 EVs per store/year. Seems to prove the point that the direct model is better at selling these cars, given that the Leaf is less than half the cost of…

The point is that Nissan dealers do a better job at selling traditional cars than they do at selling the Leaf. The : 1400+ Nissan dealers in the US and Canada have sold 5,793 $30-35k electric cars in 2016. While the ~100 Tesla stores have sold 12,090 $70-140k electric cars.... It should be easier to sell the less…