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One of the other big challenges in the dealership model. Dealerships make most of their profit on services [0], not car sales, and electric cars need significa
by nickfromseattle 4y ago
One of the other big challenges in the dealership model.
Dealerships make most of their profit on services [0], not car sales, and electric cars need significantly less services than ICE [1][2].
[0] https://www.edmunds.com/car-buying/where-does-the-car-dealer-make-money.html#:~:text=The%20new%20vehicle%20department%20of,on%20new%20and%20used%20cars https://www.edmunds.com/car-buying/where-does-the-car-dealer....
[1] https://afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/electric_maintenance.html#:~:text=All%2Delectric%20vehicles%20typically%20require,oil%2C%20that%20require%20regular%20maintenance https://afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/electric_maintenance.html#:...
[2] https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-02-10/people-want-electric-cars-dealers-dont-want-to-sell https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-02-10/people-want...
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