Posted on 03/07/2021 8:08:35 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Car dealer Brad Sowers is spending money to prepare for the coming wave of new electric models from General Motors Co. He is installing charging stations, upgrading service bays and retraining staff at his St. Louis-area dealership to handle the technology-packed vehicles.
But when he considers how many plug-in Chevy Bolts he sold last year—nine, out of the nearly 4,000 Chevrolets sold at his Missouri dealerships—it gives him pause.
“The consumer in the middle of America just isn’t there yet,” when it comes to switching to electric vehicles, he said, citing the long distances many of his customers drive daily and a lack of charging infrastructure outside major cities.
As auto executives and investors buzz about the coming age of the electric car, many dealers say they are struggling to square that enthusiasm with the reality today on new-car sales lots, where last year battery-powered vehicles made up fewer than 2% of U.S. auto sales.
Most consumers who come to showrooms aren’t shopping for electric cars, and with gasoline prices relatively low, even hybrid models can be a tough sell, dealers and industry analysts say.
Auto makers are moving aggressively to expand their electric-vehicle offerings with dozens of new models set to arrive in coming years. Some like GM are setting firm targets for when they plan to phase out gas-powered cars entirely.
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Hold this thought
Even in the downtown parking garage?
My clings to Longaberger baskets and Cricket accessories.
Why our nation's junkyards could not handle the excess if we were to follow our wives 'advice' and get rid of OUR junk.
SAMS Photofacts is the place to start.
That means you can have TWO cars instead of one.
One for work and one for real driving.
Pikers!
Yup.
Growing up, Mom and I had no car, but we had feet.
And a little foldup cart for groceries. (No; we never stole a store cart to bring our stuff home.)
We were only one block from the bus line. Go downtown, get a transfer, made it to within walking distance almost anywhere in Indy.
There were enough bus routes that almost everyone lived within 5-6 blocks of one.
Do NOT get me started on JEEP airbags!
Wow!
What gauge are THOSE cables?
Who ain’t?
LOL
In the American Hay Days Industry played to citizens... now they play to WOKE White Liberal Elites.. and their products are sh*t. From cars to dishwashers to low flow toilets...
NO, I DO NOT WANT AN ELECTRIC CAR. I do NOT want a dishwasher that takes 3 hours to wash a load.
A long time ago a Freeper lamented how his wife dared to complained when he rebuilt an automatic transmission in the bath tub. I think it was you.
“Charging an EV even a Tesla at a 350kw rate would take over an hour”
I see math is not your strong suite!
Thanks for misrepresenting my posts.
“One for work and one for real driving.”
Two EV’s?
“Even in the downtown parking garage?”
What are you referring to? All my photos are residential parking.
I can't take credit for that. Although I did disassemble a manual transmission in the garage and made a mess. Never did fix the problem with a gear that failed. I ended up buying a car with a blown engine for $100, pulled the drivetrain, and sold the carcass for more than I paid for the car. That got me a replacement trans for the original car with a bad trans. Pushed the engine in a corner of the garage and rebuilt it 15 years later, all it had was a blown timing chain. I still have the blown trans parts in a box somewhere (need to get rid of it... someday).
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