Posted on 12/01/2023 11:20:19 AM PST by Red Badger
Nearly 4,000 car dealerships are begging Joe Biden to pull back on the “unrealistic” EV mandates. The EVs are piling up on lots and carmakers are losing billions of dollars.
A group of 3,882 dealers sent President Biden a letter begging him to lighten future EV sales requirements.
EVs are not ready for the average buyer and may not be for some time. It’s amazing that Biden’s advisors didn’t see that before demanding the regulations.
In the letter dated November 28th, 2023, dealers say that while BEVs are ideal for many people, “demand today is not keeping up with the large influx of BEVs arriving at our dealerships.” They go on to say that the regulations are unrealistic based on current and forecasted customer demand. At one point, the letter even talks about how nobody knows more than them about car customers.
Major issues at hand, in the eyes of the dealers at least, include charging infrastructure. Customers who don’t have a way to charge at home have to rely on the public network, which isn’t exactly amazing. In addition, they say that customers are “concerned about BEVs being unaffordable.”
Autoblog Report “No government agency, no think tank, and no polling firm knows more about the automobile customer than us. We talk to customers every day. As retail automotive dealerships, we are agnostic as to what we sell. Our business is to provide customers with vehicles that meet the needs of their budgets and lifestyles,” the letter states. What they’ve collectively found is that “the majority of customers” don’t want an EV.
The dealers provide several explanations. One is that customers are concerned about the price of electric cars, which cost significantly more than comparable gasoline-powered models. For context, the 2024 Hyundai Kona carries a base price of $25,435 including destination, while the 2023 Kona Electric starts at $34,885. Charging remains a problem as well:
Many motorists don’t have a garage, don’t have easy access to public charging stations, or both, according to the letter. Driving range is an issue, too, especially in hot and/or cold climates, and a lot of drivers find filling up a fuel tank in a few minutes far more convenient than waiting for a battery pack to charge. As for truck shoppers, dealers argue that they’re “put off by the dramatic loss of range while towing” — Ford’s F-150 Lightning loses about 25% of its range when towing.
Last but definitely not least, the letter points out that “many people just want to make their own choice about what vehicle is right for them.”
Legal Insurrection EVs are too expensive to buy, run, and maintain under “Bidenomics.”
EV inventories have increased by 506% from a year ago, according to CarGurus’ October report, released this month. EVs sit on the market for an average of 82 days versus 64 days for gas-powered vehicles, it said. Automakers like Ford and GM are cutting production. Toyota was smart enough not to go whole hog.
“While consumers still have plenty of concerns surrounding an EV’s battery range, price remains the higher priority when purchasing an EV,” said Julia Martinez, an energy & auto analyst at business intelligence company Morning Consult, in a report.
Car dealerships are begging Biden for help, as they want him to use his pen and phone to undo the ridiculous EV mandates that have popped up across the nation…thanks to green energy pseudoscience and climate cultists.
Opinion The entire fiasco was ill-conceived, and electrifying everything links us inextricably to China, which controls the market for minerals. The West has some vague idea of acquiring minerals without using China but no real plan. Anyone who does supply them that is not China is raising their prices.
Biden won’t respond and won’t do a thing if past is prologue.
That is the price of going along with the leftists socialist scheme. Eventually they will take you over, just like how the mafia operates.
The whole idea is to get people out of cars. Furthermore, Biden is a figurehead, there is no one who can be appealed to.
Yep. And be sure to carefully plan your one plane flight per year that your green government will graciously let you have. For now.
They are begging the king to stop? Sounds like socialism to me.
I’m not a big fan of car salesmen and dealerships too. I have had an easier time buying houses compared to walking into a dealership to purchase a vehicle. My brother was a longtime Chrysler mechanic, he said salesmen were schooled in how to screw customers, and they’d do it to their own mothers to make a buck.
I loved t Joe Isuzu commercials.
Notice the resemblance?.............
Memo to Car Dealers....
The Biden Administration isn’t interested in your concerns.
I remember that...and Cash For Clunkers. A lot of good cars were probably scrapped back then.
Our local Chevrolet dealership had a whole lot full of perfectly good cars that they had to destroy the engines with chemicals.....That stupid law damn near destroyed the used car market..............................
“As retail automotive dealerships, we are agnostic as to what we sell…”
You may be agnostic but you are ruled by religious fanatics. Good luck petitioning them.
“Come on, man! Government knows best. “
Absolutely right, if the ignorant masses can’t realize how great it is to spend extra money to wait hours to fill up instead of minutes, the Government must simply make gas-powered cars illegal. They are almost there, no gas cars after 2035 in many states. Because an electric car shifts the emissions to a nearby coal fired power plant instead of having the emissions come out of the tailpipe.
The other bad event was when they destroyed all the VW Jetta diesels. Perfectly good diesel cars were trashed because of the EPA/US government.
A buddy of mine had one. It got 40+ mpg on the highway. It was a great car.
“...the Government must simply make gas-powered cars illegal.”
AND, all the government has to do is “improve its messaging.” That’s their sure-fire cure for everything bad the government does. Which is almost everything.
One would have to be an idiot to not realize a battery loses efficacy when under a heavy load. But, then again, we are talking about the pResident.
They don’t understand ... that was the objective. Get rid of gas cars, gas stoves, gas generators, etc. and make they all use electricity .... then institute the Social Credit Score System and ration out electric. You peasants will ride public transportation. You peasants will keep you social credit score up or you will not have heat or light.
Maybe they should include a free portable gas power generator with each sale 🧐
Question to all. I buy a Tesla Cyber Truck with the extra battery in the bed, you know over 400 trip. I tow my trailer and need to recharge the pickup truck. Is there a place to drop off the trailer because I don’t see a way to maneuver the pickup to the charger and out again. How long should I allow to drop the trailer, block the wheels, lock the trailer hitch, then go to charge and return to reverse all these steps to be ready to start down the road? Is this an issue for other potential buyers?
Check out the background on Newsom ... He looks like he got injected with something ... not sure it was a vaccine.
Perhaps these pinko fools have relearned a historical lesson that when you support a wannabe dictatorship, you get a wannabe dictatorship!
Government mandates kill.
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