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.
Well they bought into the Obama/Biden program, now they have regrets.
“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.”
Oh, Brandon & Co. know perfectly well, but they don’t care if they destroy the auto industry, the energy industry and the middle American class. They want to get us so far down the green path that we cannot turn back before they are (hopefully) thrown out of office.
They are using the green scam to install a dictatorship under the guise of saving the earth from burning up 100 years from now.
If Trump or another conservative gets elected, their big mission will be to crush the administrative state, dismantle it, and destroy it. If they don’t do that, it’ll come back to life like mushrooms in a spring rain.
4,000 dealers begging Biden.....
Temptations
Ain’t Too Proud To Beg (1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crWSG6liT5Y
The time to say “no” was when all this EV crap started. The car dealer prostitutes now deserve exactly what they get.
Isn't that the end game? Or part of it?
Because the Car Dealers came short of the Magic 4000 number of complaints/signatures the Biden Administration can just ignore their complaints.
Just think, a few hundred more signatures and EV mandates would be dead!!!
Pssssst, Biden was going to ignore them anyway.
FJB
Remember when every republican owned Chrysler dealership was shut down?
Small businessmen tend to donate to republicans.
Car dealers especially, and a LOT.
The democrats are destroying every source of donations to republicans that they can.
BLM burning businesses, the looting and organized shoplifting, all part of the plan.
The car dealer prostitutes........
You do know that dealerships just sell cars, they don’t manufacture them, right?..................
I do.
I wonder if they pushed back when this idiocy began? I know they’re kind of locked in to what the manufacturer makes.
Also, “car dealer prostitutes” is not a new term for me. I have a long-standing dislike for car dealers.
Ha, ha. Government Motors, Ford, and others got totally in bed with Democrats on this scam. They thought the government subsidy gravy train was going to make them rich while posing as the green energy do-gooders.
Let ‘em rot. They sold us out when they thought it was safe to leverage the boots of the federal government to help foist these ill conceived liberal green policies on everyone.
Dealers, guess they are not creative enough to come up with dealer added items like Flat Proof the battery for $1,999.00 or Poly Coat the Electric Motor Controller for $999.00, you know ADMU…… additionally dealer mark up…….
What? People expect FREEDOM to make their own choices? What do they think this is? 1950 America?
Come on, man! Government knows best.
Insightful and good points.
To quote one dealership:
We can’t give the damn things away!....................
Maybe they all ought to become GOP donors
That might get Joe’s attention
“Bankrupting the dealers may be the plan.”
Very likely. Then we can all go to our favorite government-owned Lada, Yugo, or Trabant dealership to get any car we want. As long as it’s black and battery powered.
Back in 2010 when GM and Chrysler went bust, and the Government run by Obama’s thugs took over, they closed all the dealerships whose owners had donated any money to any Republicans.............
It’s all part of Gang Green’s aim to leave us freezing and starving in the dark. Immobile with nowhere and no way to go.
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