In the on-going saga of how wrong-headed the push to have electric vehicles REPLACE internal combustion vehicles ASAP really is, it's no surprise that many car dealers are opting out of the whole EV mess.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/21/24011418/evs-are-dividing-dealers
Below -- one reason (other than the hundreds of thousands of dollars in upgrades needed at a dealership to sell and service EVs) that dealers may be "hesitant" to make the EV plunge is suggested by the example below:
https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/2024-chevy-blazer-ev-long-term-faults.html
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It’s always frustrating to see a warning light on your car’s dashboard. So imagine how we felt when we got eight different warning messages from our long-term 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV over the course of one day. Now consider that our Blazer EV, which we bought less than two months ago, has fewer than 2,000 miles on its odometer. In just one trip from Los Angeles to San Diego and back, our Blazer EV went from perfectly fine to totally on the fritz. And that's only the beginning.
The recent trip from Los Angeles to San Diego — to attend a media event for the Blazer EV, funnily enough — started uneventfully. But then the window switches refused to work. And then the infotainment display completely melted down, stuck in an infinite loop of shutting off, turning on, displaying a map centered in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and turning back off again. It did this until we pulled off the freeway and restarted the car. All was well after the reset, but an hour later, it happened again.
Then things got worse.
. . . Considering this all occurred over the span of about 24 hours, we knew we had to get the Blazer into service. But the next day, none of the error messages displayed. A bit flummoxed, we took our Blazer EV to the dealership to see if all of this was a red herring or if something really was wrong. What we got back from the dealer was alarming: the single longest list of major faults we at Edmunds have ever seen on a new car.
As of this writing, our Blazer EV has 23 different issues that need fixing, more than a few of which we consider serious. The car has been at the dealer for two weeks so far, and we still don't know when or how the fixes, repairs or updates will be implemented.
EV is a scam.
Sorry Elon played the game really well, kudos to him for outsmarting the dumb ass government.
Except those are billions of our tax dollars he scammed them out of.
One tricked his way to billions to buy Twitter and expose the scam.
The other fucks five-year-olds.
They are not the same.
The only person I see mentioned in this conversation is Musk.
Who is this "other" person that fucks 5 year-olds you're talking about?
EV is a scam. We don't, and probably never will, have the infrastructure to support this ignorant technology. It can't be done with heavy/inefficient batteries. Most importantly, just like digital currency, it can be turned off with the flick of a switch and you will be powerless to stop it.
I was at a dealer recently (in CA) trading in my car for a newer model (not EV). I was talking with them about the EV's coming out and he said they will be forced to maintain a certain inventory (i think he said 40%) or they will receive a huge daily fine. Told him of course that I will never buy an EV. I think the dealer is worried they won't sell.
Those are the smart dealers…they know the EV market is on a fast track course to crash and burn.
I took special note when I bought my new Infiniti that they do NOT offer extended warranties on EV drive components in hybrids (as Infiniti doesn’t offer full EVs) It was in the fine print that most people don’t read
If we implement these climate solutions we’ll have an extinction level event by 2030
And you ain't takin' your hybrid or even to an independent shop 'cause the won't touch them except maybe to put air in the tires.
True. And as it happens, hybrids tend to be the most likely to have problems, which makes sense because they have BOTH an internal combustion engine AND a battery electric system. At least the batteries are smaller than in a typical full EV.
When the electric part shits the bed you can run the golf cart gas engine until that part dies from over use since it duty cycle was not ment for full time use. Of course then it will have zero residual value. The kicker is that they probably need to charge people to dispose of old EVs since you can't really part them out.
Why bother, we arent buying.
They better get on board you need a parallèle economy because you’re loosing the petro dollar
Well, if you're gonna troll us, at least be entertaining. This is the funniest thing I've seen today.
What about the first electric cars to hit roads? I'm not taking about a Prius, I'm talking about the electric cars and trucks that were around in the late 1800s. Back in the day everything was electric, they even had electric scooters like we have today.
It's a shame people die and their experiences and wisdom die with them. Imagine the lost knowledge folks.
Carry On!!!
here's a quote of yours:
"Blitzkrieg!
I will follow every electric car I see banging a drum and chanting prayers until it stops workin"
Solid point