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Your 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.d
by btilly 8y ago
Your 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.