A year ago, I went with my car-enthusiast uncle to a Kia dealer looking to test drive an EV-6. The model had just come out and was getting rave reviews.
They had only two on the lot. We asked to test drive one. The sales guy said management wasn’t letting them do test drives and put miles on the car. Hmm, OK. How about we just sit in one?
Nope. Doors are locked. But here’s a different model that has a similar ‘look and feel,’ they said.
What about the price? $10K dealer markup was non-negotiable, they said.
We totally walked away. My uncle said it’s the craziest car purchasing interaction he had ever had.
Dealerships are purposely not selling EVs. They make most of their money on service. EVs have so many fewer parts there are less points of failure.
The manufacturers are mad enough about this some have been buying out and closing dealerships. GM has been doing it a lot with Cadillac and Buick in particular so far.
A year ago, I went with my car-enthusiast uncle to a Kia dealer looking to test drive an EV-6. The model had just come out and was getting rave reviews.
They had only two on the lot. We asked to test drive one. The sales guy said management wasn’t letting them do test drives and put miles on the car. Hmm, OK. How about we just sit in one?
Nope. Doors are locked. But here’s a different model that has a similar ‘look and feel,’ they said.
What about the price? $10K dealer markup was non-negotiable, they said.
We totally walked away. My uncle said it’s the craziest car purchasing interaction he had ever had.
Dealerships are purposely not selling EVs. They make most of their money on service. EVs have so many fewer parts there are less points of failure.
The manufacturers are mad enough about this some have been buying out and closing dealerships. GM has been doing it a lot with Cadillac and Buick in particular so far.
Yep, EVs mean the death of service centers which is how the stealerships make money.