Tesla is now pressing ahead with lobbying efforts that would allow it to expand its direct dealerships in two more states: Nebraska and Wisconsin.

For now, more than 20 states already allow the California automaker to sell its own vehicles, while others have set up a system that at least partially bans manufacturers from direct sales and effectively protects auto dealers. Those states include Texas, Michigan, West Virginia, and Utah, among others. Last year, court rulings and changes in the law in Arizona, Missouri, Indiana, and other states have paved the way for Tesla to sell directly to the public.

In Nebraska, the new bill under consideration is known as LB 830. It has been met with opposition from existing dealers who are concerned that other manufacturers like GM or Ford will want a similar arrangement.

“Every manufacturer like Tesla recognizes that maintaining local franchises requires a bit of a profit share, so not only do they get corporate profits, but they also reinvest in the communities that they’re selling vehicles in,” Mickey Anderson, co-owner of Omaha-based Baxter Auto Group, told the Omaha World-Herald . "If you could claw that back, you would improve every manufacturer’s bottom line."

Similarly, in Wisconsin, SB 605 would carve out an exception in state law for a “manufacturer [whose] motor vehicles... are propelled solely by electric power.”

"It's really a culture shift," Tesla attorney Jonathan Chang told Wisconsin lawmakers on Tuesday. "Franchise dealers aren't able to sell these cars. Dealers aren't willing to invest that time. We're not here to overturn the franchise system. It sells internal combustion engines well. But the law shouldn't be used to block new companies from entering the free market."