this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2023
555 points (94.0% liked)

Technology

60033 readers
2950 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Car dealers don't want to sell EVs, it's a lot more work for them

They can sell an ICE vehicle within an hour of a customer showing up on the lot.

EVs can take multiple days and sit downs to try and sell because people have questions since it's new and they want to understand the details before purchasing.

That means less commission, so salesmen try to avoid selling people EVs over ICE vehicles.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago

Also less money on repairs. ICE are in the dealership shop ten times as much.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Dealers actively steer customers away from EVs because they are low maintenance.