Former Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) executive Rohan Patel on Sunday pinned the decision of the EV company not to pursue a traditional dealership model for vehicle sales on “survival.” What Happened: Patel said in a post on social media platform X that going through the traditional dealership model would have ended Tesla. Dealership, he said, is an existential threat to EVs in the United States. “People still ask me why Tesla decided not to use franchise dealers. My answer: survival. Going through the traditional dealership model would’ve ended Tesla,” he said. Patel was responding to an X user and …
