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About 150 U.S. Cadillac Dealers to Exit Brand, Rather Than Sell Electric Cars
Wall Street Journal ^ | 12-04-2020 | Mike Colias

Posted on 12/04/2020 2:19:36 PM PST by Responsibility2nd

About 17% of Cadillac’s 880 U.S. dealerships decide against spending for necessary upgrades

About 150 General Motors Co . dealers have decided to part ways with Cadillac, rather than invest in costly upgrades required to sell electric cars, according to people familiar with the plans, indicating some retailers are skeptical about pivoting to battery-powered vehicles.

GM recently gave Cadillac dealers a choice: Accept a buyout offer to exit from the brand or spend roughly $200,000 on dealership upgrades—including charging stations and repair tools—to get their stores ready to sell electric vehicles, these people said.

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Most dealers who accepted the buyout also own one or more of GM’s other brands—Chevrolet, Buick and GMC—and sell only a handful of Cadillacs a month, the people familiar with the effort said.

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: cadillac; elonmusk; gavinnewsom; generalmotors; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; larryelder; lorenagonzalez; lucid; nancypelosi; tesla
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To: Responsibility2nd

200K is not that much money for a luxury car dealer to spend on upgrades.
Of course the Chevy Volt was not exactly a big success, either.


81 posted on 12/04/2020 5:36:04 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: redfreedom

“We also own a 2018 F150. I’d love to get rid of that POS.”

I had the 2015 edition! Traded it in for the Toyota Tundra. I buy American being a patriot, but it was the turning feature which pissed me off. However, I can put heavy stuff on it, even a damn stone fountain years ago and the suspension held.


82 posted on 12/04/2020 7:22:20 PM PST by max americana (fired liberal employees at every election since 2008 because I enjoy seeing them cry )
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To: Flick Lives

Lol! I’ll bet it made the police chasing her think twice too....


83 posted on 12/04/2020 7:55:11 PM PST by Amberdawn (Want To Honor Our Troops? Then Be A Citizen Worth Fighting For.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Drive from Houston to Albuquerque
in July (a/c full blast) at an
average speed of 70 mph with some
high beam headlight action thrown
in, plus lack of and or stacked up
wait times for juice. See ya in 3
days.


84 posted on 12/04/2020 11:39:35 PM PST by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: Lean-Right

The 523 miles each way takes about eight hours in a gasoline-powered vehicle. The Tesla required three recharge stops, adding nearly three hours to the trip.

Interesting article.

https://www.caranddriver.com/shopping-advice/amp32081802/tesla-model-3-road-trip/


85 posted on 12/05/2020 4:41:06 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (I will not rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve. DJT 11-07-20)
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To: Seruzawa

My daughter drives nothing but luxury cars. She’s had Audi, BMW, etc. and keeps going back to Lexus. She drove my Mercedes the other day and when she came back said...I guess I’ll never own anything but a Lexus.


86 posted on 12/05/2020 7:26:59 AM PST by sheana
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To: PGalt
Tommy Chong’s Lincoln Commercial
87 posted on 12/05/2020 7:31:46 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Hot Tabasco

: ) Whatever that burnout is trying to sell, I am not buying. Propping up a buttwipe for some product. No thanks.


88 posted on 12/05/2020 3:02:41 PM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: PGalt
Propping up a buttwipe for some product. No thanks.

Sounds like you are finally posting in one of your saner moments......

Yea, I follow your idiots rants on the Michigan board too.....

89 posted on 12/05/2020 3:58:47 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: PGalt
Whatever that burnout is trying to sell,

It was a comedic commercial if you would have taken the time to watch it.......

About as relevant as the other crap YOU post here..........Sheesh!

90 posted on 12/05/2020 4:00:31 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: cgbg

LOL!


91 posted on 12/05/2020 5:27:50 PM PST by VeniVidiVici ( )
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To: DarrellZero

“Some men are Baptists, others Catholics, my father was an Oldsmobile man.” - A Christmas Story


92 posted on 12/05/2020 5:29:15 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
This topic was posted 12/4/2020, thanks Responsibility2nd.
Yeah, that's the reason -- not supply constraints and the DNC's 2020 torpedo to the US economy.
Cadillac Lyriq shows the TRUE Issue of EVs | September 22, 2021 | Tailosive EV
Cadillac Lyriq shows the TRUE Issue of EVs | September 22, 2021 | Tailosive EV

93 posted on 09/24/2021 11:29:17 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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GM recently gave Cadillac dealers a choice: Accept a buyout offer to exit from the brand or spend roughly $200,000 on dealership upgrades—including charging stations and repair tools—to get their stores ready to sell electric vehicles, these people said.

94 posted on 10/09/2021 8:05:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: DarrellZero

My FIL bought my MIL Cadillacs for maybe 25 years. After the last one, they got a Toyota Avalon, which is made across the state from them. They’ve been quite happy with it. He can afford whatever he wants, but is naturally economical in what he buys. The repairs on that last Cadillac killed buying them again.


95 posted on 10/09/2021 8:45:22 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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