Want to Hear Something Crazy About EVs? Go to a Dealership
Among dealerships, misinformation is common
Be prepared to be shocked by just so much misinformation and personal bias goes into selling (or not selling) electric vehicles.
According to Electrek.com, results of a survey show that nearly three in four U.S. drivers believe electric vehicles are “the future of driving.” It’s closer to 79% among EV drivers. According to Clean Technica, EVs could reach a 70% year-over-year increase, with sales increasing to 585,375 in 2021 from 345,285 in 2020, while international sales could rise 50% in just one year, a figure predicted by analysts at Morgan Stanley.
And yet, according to a dismally depressing Sierra Club study (Note: this study was conducted two years before Covid-19 struck the United States), they’re virtually impossible to find or test drive at a dealership. In general, the number of dealerships which do not carry EVs is significantly higher than those which do. The number of regular dealerships across the U.S. which have an onsite EV to test drive is somewhere around 9%. But what about dealerships that are meant educate customers about EVs?
The study only examined dealerships in states like California and New York, which have signed California’s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate. These are…
