In 2008 I was in a car crash where someone ran into the back of my car
when I was turning into my driveway. While I was in the hospital my wife
looked for a replacement car. We had talked about getting a Toyota Prius
like our son had. Not one could be found at a Toyota dealership anywhere
near where we lived, so my wife looked for other hybrids. The salesman at
the nearby Ford dealership spent most of his time telling my wife that
hybrids do not work in the south. He tried to sell her an ICE Explorer.
Much later, in about 2015, as a member of an electric car club
(wannabe owner) I visited most of the legacy car dealerships in our area.
None had any hybrid or electric vehicles, nor were their salesmen at all
knowledge about EVs. Also, there were no women sales persons. So we waited
until Tesla offered the low price Model 3 and finally got a standard range
Tesla in May 2019.
Obviously the dealerships in our area did (do) not want to sell a
vehicle on which they do not make a lot of profit on service. To a very
large extent the car manufacturer do not want to make EVs, but to a large
extent the main problem with selling EVs is the dealerships.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 12:07 PM Willie via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
>
>
> On 2/8/21 11:00 AM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
> > Regarding lack of EV promotion by dealers, the business model will have
> > to change. Everyone knows they make most (all ?) their money from
> > service. Naturally, they are going to promote vehicles that bring them
> > the highest level of service income, balanced somehow with selling
> > something that consumers want.
>
> Yes. Dealers attempt to sell you what they want to sell. VERY
> irritating and I would much rather not fool with a dealer at all.
> Essentially all auto advertising I find, at best, not informative. At
> worst, highly irritating and insulting.
>
> IMHO, Tesla is doing it exactly right.
>
> We see legacies advertising that they've turned over a new leaf. Or,
> that they have been pro-EV all along. GM studiously ignores their
> history of suppressing EVs. They deserve the bankruptcy I think is in
> their futures.
>
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