Cadillac Willing To Pay Dealers To Go Away
Cadillac is offering dealers cash to give up their franchise rights if they don’t want to be part of the coming EV revolution.
Cadillac is offering dealers cash to give up their franchise rights if they don’t want to be part of the coming EV revolution.
Being the new-comers to the automotive space, electric and plug-in vehicles traditionally don’t get the love they deserve at the dealership, regardless of how much effort the manufacturer put into actually building and marketing the vehicle to consumers.
A new study finds the majority of car dealers in Scandinavia do a poor job of selling electric cars, even discouraging people from buying them. Are dealer incentives needed?
Tesla is known for fantastic customer service and has consistently pulled in high customer satisfaction ratings as a result. Stories of Tesla sending service techs to a customer’s home to make small repairs flooded the interwebs and quickly grew to legendary status as the transformative new perspective Tesla first brought to … [continued]
This past Sunday, my wife, kids, and I headed up to Santa Barbara and stopped in at the Tesla dealership that opened in August to see what a dealership looks like through Tesla-colored lenses. The short answer is — not very different, but that wouldn’t be telling the full story. Tesla … [continued]
Originally published on GAS2. A new study by Eric Cahill for the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California at Davis says the biggest reason that EV sales aren’t higher is that conventional car dealers don’t want to sell them. Margins on the cars are razor thin, so there … [continued]
http://youtu.be/a7EL7PkxqLk Electric-car buyers are far more likely to rate their experiences at car dealerships negatively than buyers of non-electric vehicles, according to a recent study from the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis. While it certainly isn’t surprising that there are many people who have a … [continued]
Following up on the many discussions that have been going on regarding auto dealerships and electrified vehicles, one of our readers, Stephen J. Veneruso, suggested that we conduct a survey on the experiences of Nissan LEAF shoppers, since the LEAF is the best-selling 100% electric vehicle and is sold through dealerships. … [continued]
The Tesla White House petition to allow direct sales of electric cars to consumers has now officially gotten Tesla’s support. Tesla Motors has been a game changer in the EV market, if not a role model for other EV makers and auto makers as a whole. One of the biggest … [continued]
Originally posted on Gas 2.0. A petition has been started on the WhiteHouse.gov website to allow Tesla Motors to sell its own cars directly to its customers in all 50 states of the USA. If you think Tesla should be able to sell its cars directly to customers, you should … [continued]