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One thing I don't understand is why car makers are having hard time building charging network. They already have one, it's called dealerships! Give dealerships
by aynyc 6y ago
One thing I don't understand is why car makers are having hard time building charging network. They already have one, it's called dealerships! Give dealerships incentive to build charging stations for their EV cars right on their properties. Then add charging stations by highways, gas stations. Oil companies will likely join the movement to offer incentives to gas station.
- pat2man 6y agoI believe they are in the process of doing just that: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/04/about-150-cadillac-dealers-take-gm-buyouts-rather-than-invest-in-evs.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/04/about-150-cadillac-dealers-t...
- klondike_ 6y agoDealerships are not interested in selling and servicing electric cars because of the low margins. Dealerships make most of their money off of services and repairs, which will be less frequent with EVs.
- akira2501 6y agoDealerships in the US are often positioned to take advantage of tax laws, which means they're often placed outside of city limits in an inconvenient and less-traveled area that doesn't have to pay the extra 1-2% city sales tax on the vehicles. Good for pricing, terrible for convenience.
- aynyc 6y agoI'm not 100% sure about that. I used to drive a lot in western NY (mostly burned out industrial city/towns from WW2). Every decent size town that I've been to has multiple dealership right in the middle of the city. And yes, some right next to the highway because highways usually cut right thru the town/city.
- cavisne 6y agothey already tried that. But dealers dont have food options or public restrooms that are open outside business hours.
- aynyc 6y agoThis seems to be a matter of incentives.
- greedo 6y agoDealerships are really in an adversarial relationship with their parent automakers on this. They make little money off of EVs, yet have to train their staff on repairs/maintenance.
- mikestew 6y agoNissan advertised that when they released the Leaf: "charge at Nissan dealers". They apparently forgot to tell the dealers, because one's experience can be...mixed, according to online reports. I can't confirm one way or another as I don't think I've ever tried to get a charge from a dealer.
- saagarjha 6y agoMy local dealer has a charger on its premises. I think the only time I've ever used it is when I took the car in to get servicing.
- theshrike79 6y agoIn my part of the world dealerships are usually in the middle of industrial areas, not exactly places you'd want to visit just to charge your car. Pretty much all paid parking lots and car parks have chargers though, it's the natural place to have them.