In my opinion, Chinese EVs have a slight advantage at the moment. They have better specs and are better looking. As the leader in EV manufacturing, I expect the gap to increase over time.

I think you misunderstood my comment.

100%. This is a “whattaboutism” in the making so the GOP can claim that “everyone does it” later. 

I’m guessing the franchise concept made sense many decades ago when it was stood up, however with the advent of the internet, things changed. Direct sales to customers became a lot easier and commerce boomed. What didn’t change were dealership franchise laws, which is why dealerships still exist.

Where are you getting that figure? Tesla posts sustainability reports and the latest one shows 12% degradation after 200,000 miles.

It seems silly to me because on hand people will complain that EV prices are too high, but then when prices start to fall the narrative changes to, “they don’t retain their value.”

It could be worded better. Car fires are more prevalent than people think, but it’s not from EVs, it’s from ICE vehicles. 

Eh… I think it’s a way to try and increase deliveries before the year end. Every December they run some sort of promotion. 

I think the third option that a lot of people would take is to simply drive without insurance. Unfortunately in many area of the U.S. a person needs a car to do basic everyday things like go to work, get groceries, etc… Making insurance more expensive won’t prevent people, especially poorer people, from driving and…

All the issues you state are not unique and have already been solved. Any electrician can work around it.

His type of attitude also became more prevalent after the pandemic. The attitude of, “I know more than the professionals because I saw something or read it on the internet.” I used to just ignore it, but now I’m willing to call out BS when I see it. 

The same article you pasted from goes on to say that yearly sales are expected to reach 1.3-1.4M EVs  for 2023. In 2022, 918,500 EVs were sold. Thats an increase of 40-50%.

EV sales are increasing exponentially YoY, so while some manufacturers and dealers may have trouble selling certain models, they are the exception to the trend.

In your previous post you said you drive very little, so 6 miles every hour on a 20a 120V line would be 48-72 miles per day if you had it plugged in each night. Thats more than what most people in the U.S. drive each day.

“I have no way to charge at home, even though I live in a house I own, I have no garage, and while I could get a charger installed outside, I don’t have the money to do it, and I would likely need to upgrade my electric service just to do it, it’s an 80 year old house.”

This isn’t about EVs going unsold as EV sales continue to grow exponentially YoY. It has to do with dealerships knowing that EV sales means the end to their lucrative business model. 

To summarize the three points, dealers see EVs as an end to their lucrative business model.

Between federal, state, and international EV subsidies (tax credits / tax abatements) and the regulatory credit sales (subsidies paid by their direct competitors), Tesla’s automobile business is on course to pull in over $10 billion in subsidization in 2023 alone.

Finding work in your 50’s is tough, especially if the persons entire working experience was with one company.

Regarding VW, I think they, like every other manufacturer, are trying to chase the highs they had during Covid. They canceled lower end models and pushed everyone to the higher cost trims that have high profit margins. Now sales in general have slowed, and they are trying desperately to meet or exceed previous sales…