Do you think GM and others are driving dealers away so the MFG can sell direct? They need to compete with Tesla somehow.
That's how it works in the parts of Europe I've been to. No big dealer showrooms and lots full of cars like we've had here, historically speaking.
One might think that by cutting out the STEALERSHIPS the cost of the car would go down, and they'd be wrong. Cutting out the middleman doesn't always reduce the price, it just shifts where the profits go.
And just wait until the Chinese get their EV plants in Mexico going and start pumping the US with their cheap crap.
Everyone will be competing with them.