I think dealers of all makes are bad at this. We had similar experiences with Ford.
When my daughter was looking for a car I tried to find her a plug in hybrid. They basically don’t exist in Virginia. She finally found a hybrid RAV4 which is really nice. -Steve > On Feb 8, 2021, at 11:13 AM, Peter VanDerWal via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > GM has a fantastic EV engineering department, hampered by probably the WORST > EV sales team. If they want to make a difference they need to train their > DEALERS. It's not the customers that are the problem. > > Many of the local GM dealers refuse to carry EVs and actively try to talk you > out of purchasing them. The few dealers that do carry them, only stock a > couple and don't make any effort to promote them. THe last time I was > shopping for an EV the dealer (that had one) diddn't even know where they had > hidden it. It took them 20 minutes to find it and it didn't have the feature > I most wanted (DC fast charging) > > February 6, 2021 2:00 PM, "Peri Hartman via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > >> Another article today about GM's "commitment" to EVs. >> >> https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/02/06/auto-industry-peers-into-an-electric-f >> ture-sees-bumps-ahead >> >> GM has prepared a superbowl ad that portrays GM as being angry that >> Norway sells more EVs than US. I doubt this means GM expects to suddenly >> double their EV sales, or something like that. But I see this very >> positively, in that if viewers see EVs as being portrayed as mainstream, >> resistance will drop. >> >> ----- >> >> Conquering Norway’s small car market won’t make or break the fate of GM, >> which has been making cars for more than a century. But the good-humored >> GM ad — one of two EV ads the company will air — is another sign that >> the world’s fourth-largest automobile company might be trying to steer >> its way toward a new era of electric vehicles. >> ... >> David R. Keith, a Chevy Bolt owner and assistant professor at the Sloan >> School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said >> “given that EVs cost more than conventional vehicles and we’re at a >> point where consumers are not making lavish discretionary purchases, the >> question is not, ‘Can we sell to the wealthy?’ It is, ‘Can we get the >> everyday household in mainstream America to buy an EV?’ and we’re still >> a long way away from that.” >> ... >> many GM workers in software were disappointed. One current GM employee >> said there were “good benefits” and a “good work/life balance,” but “too >> much time spent on meetings and political games.” The advice to >> management? “It is hopeless. IT management needs to be completely >> replaced. IT bureaucracy is an obstacle for innovation.” >> >> -------- >> >> The article covers other aspects, too. >> Peri >> >> << Annoyed by leaf blowers ? https://quietcleanseattle.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive >> LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
