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Sales people want sales, for the least investment of their time. If you come in wanting to buy an EV, that's what they are going to sell you. If you come in wan
by ams6110 8y ago
Sales people want sales, for the least investment of their time. If you come in wanting to buy an EV, that's what they are going to sell you. If you come in wanting "a car," sure they will try to steer you to whatever is currently the most profitable one for them.
In my experience, the car they try to sell you is the one you are looking at.
- btilly 8y agoYour experience may be what it may be. But in my experience, they steer you towards the most profitable for them car that they think you'll buy. https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/dealerships-dismiss-electric-vehicles/ https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/dealerships-dismiss-... provides evidence that I am right - and that in practice dealerships really do steer customers away from electric vehicles.
- clouddrover 8y agoThe article is focused on Scandinavian countries. Norway has one of the highest rates of electric car ownership in the world (all-electric and plug-in hybrid): https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/25/norway-leads-way-electric-cars-green-taxation-shift https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/25/norway-l... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_electric_vehicles_in_Norway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_electric_vehicles_in_N... If anything, the Digital Trends article serves to demonstrate how ineffective the dealerships are in persuading people away from electric cars. Other factors matter more.
- btilly 8y agoIs that evidence that dealers are ineffective, or that government incentives are simply more effective? That said, the fact that dealers do try to push customers away from electric provides a competitive opportunity for new entrants whose sales people aren't doing that. Which is going to be a challenge for established car companies.