_how do companies like Volvo/Geely plan to transition the existing dealership network, or will it result in mass layoffs?_ Good question, let's stock up on pop

_how do companies like Volvo/Geely plan to transition the existing dealership network, or will it result in mass layoffs?_ Good question, let's stock up on popcorn. There are multiple forces acting on this, and they will interact in ways we may not anticipate. What we do know is that simply selling the cars does not pay the dealership's rent. Maintenance is a big source of their revenue, and we anticipate that EVs are going to drive that revenue way down whether dealers are selling EVs or not. How will Volvo's dealerships react to the XC40 P8 and any other EVs Volvo is going to sell? That's as much a threat to their existence as the Polestar vehicles they aren't allowed to sell. I don't know, but I have a ringside seat and the first couple of rounds have been exciting. --- My personal thoughts in this area is that the really big thing we have to think about isn't the dealerships, or even the slow-to-react Big Three US carmakers. The big thing we should keep an eye on may be the role of fossil fuel oiligarchies in politics all over the world. They are already heavily invested in so-called "conservative" politics, fighting any and every attempt to discuss or even research climate change. These are people who will stop at nothing to maintain their wealth and power. They will topple democratically elected governments, undermine democracy wherever it is found, lie, cheat, steal, and bribe their way to supporting their supremacy as the rent-collectors for using stored energy. I'm much more worried about oiligarchs interfering in the rise of EVs than I am about dealerships. JM2C.