Service availabiltiy makes something of an argument in favor of an EV from a traditional major automaker, as long as the manufacturer has done due diligence in training its dealership mechanics and stocking spare parts.
For example, here in France, if your Renault EV flakes out on a road trip, service is never very far away. Renault has about 570 dealers. If you also count the independent Renault garages, the number is close to 4500. By comparison, if I'm counting right, Tesla has 29 dealers for all of France. (IMO, for a relative upstart brand, that's not bad at all.) FWIW, France is a little smaller in square area than Texas, which has 28 Tesla dealers. However, Texas has 224 Chevrolet locations and 225 for Ford. Kia and Hyundai combined have 122 Texas locations. (Following all that?) OTOH, in the US, Tesla will (sometimes?) send a tech to where you are. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = It will always be one of the best jokes of democracy that it gives its deadly enemies the means to destroy it. -- Joseph Goebbels = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
