Why EVs Are ‘Piling Up’ at Dealerships, Despite Massive Taxpayer Subsidies

Headline USA ^ | July 27, 2023 | Staff

[wjcsux]

We still haven’t seen TeslaGator here in awhile.

[sasquatch]

I can start a fire with a few gallons of diesel a lot cheaper than an EV.

[vivenne]

That might be easily accomplished ; )

[wbarmy]

Ford's Lightning, for example, only has half the range of its gas-powered F-150

This is true, if there is absolutely no weight in the Lighning's bed. Add any weight and the mileage goes down drastically. There are several videos out there showing just this problem. And I don't buy trucks to make the girls like me. My wife shoots better than me.

[alternatives?]

“Do you think the businesses care about market forces?”

The problem is they will just effectively put a tax on the ICE vehicles high enough so people will be forced to buy an EV. It is part of the reset to “save” the planet. It is supported by all the scientists and MSM the government has bought off.

[smokingfrog]

It’s a showroom, delivery center & service center. Some of the cars may be there for service, or they might be older Teslas that people have traded in to new ones. I don’t know. I’ve just notice a lot more cars accumulating there within the last several months or so.

[MtnClimber]

Or two V-8s: a W-16:

Bugatti Chiron – 8.0-litre W16 It would be hard to write a list of automotive engine superlatives without including the Chiron, successor to the all-conquering Bugatti Veyron. The Chiron adopted its forebear’s 8.0-litre W16 engine but in a state of tune delivering 1,500PS (1,479bhp), a full 499PS (492bhp) more than the original Veyron. Driven by Juan Pablo Montoya, in 2017 the Chiron set a record by accelerating to 400kmh (249mph) and then back to a standstill in 41.96 seconds.

Two years later, in the hands of chief test driver Andy Wallace a modified Chiron set a production car top speed record of 304.77mph. Also driven by Andy Wallace at the same Volkswaged Ehra-Lessien test track was the life-size Lego Technic Bugatti Chiron. Powered by 2,304 Lego motors it produced approximately 5.4PS (5.4bhp) and 92Nm (68lb ft).

[healy61]

It is articles like this that will run the Bee out of business.

[bray]

Just program them to drive into the ocean. If they are close enough.

[gitmo]

There is a lot near my house where a strip mall was torn down. The lot is full of brand new EV’s, mostly Teslas. They have been there almost a year now.

[tom paine 2]

Maybe they need to hire Dylan Mulvaney to help them out.

[V_TWIN]

As I understand it, conventional auto scrap yards will not take EVs....if that’s accurate, it’s one more of a myriad of reasons they are a bad idea.

[Bonemaker]

“All of this is to say that a bunch of unused EVs isn’t just a financial headache for auto dealers and motor companies...”

Let them eat the bloody things. Dealers are a bunch of thieving shysters anyhow.

[Ben Dover]

I’m hearing that it’s not safe to have an EV in the garage and it’s not safe from theft keeping them outside.

[Bonemaker]

“I suggest having a fire sale.”

Oh yeah, they’ll be having a fire sooner or later.

[Sequoyah101]

Maybe because:

They are still to expensive for most
The people who wanted one already bought one
People don’t want to burn their house
People have heard to many horror stories about reliability and warranty
People learned the ugly truth about range
The trill is gone
The hype has worn thin
Sanity has returned, strike that.

What could it be? Inquiring minds want to know.

[V_TWIN]

“they might be older Teslas that people have traded in on new ones...”

Boy, there really is no fixing stupid is there? SMH

[smokingfrog]

How difficult would it be to remove the battery pack and the motor(s) before sending to the scrap yard, I wonder?

[Chickensoup]

They thought we were THAT stupi.

[Red Badger]

They are a niche product for a niche society...............