Franchising defeats the advantage and purpose of the direct to consumer sales model. It would force EM to raise the MSRP even more from the Elio's initial $6800 price point that created so much interest and hooked so many all in reservationists. I could be wrong.Franchise idea would be good, spread out the costs and motivate sellers.
Perhaps restricting sales to On-line ordering only with white glove delivery to your front door.......similar to the Sondor's future sales model would actually lower cost requiring no Elio store front sales locations. However, moot since there is no Elio to market.
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