The Achilles heel of EV adoption, and why I think Tesla has had such a leg up, is that your classic dealership really doesn't like selling EVs.

The salesman aren't knowledgeable about them, they don't have ownership experience with them, and EV's generate dramatically fewer lifetime "service" visits and parts sales.

This was common with the f150 lightning, where salesman were pretty much "If you want it I can do the paper work, but let me show you the regular F150's we have here if you like to drive places without headaches."

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mattmanser 21 hours ago | parent [-]

We don't have dealerships in the UK like the US has.

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WarmWash 20 hours ago | parent | next [-]

A true blessing. Ironically the US dealership scheme was hatched as a way to protect consumers...

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evan_ 20 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How does the UK do car sales?

	▲	gib444 19 hours ago \| parent [-]
		We have a lot of big dealer groups who are not tied to a specific manufacturer. Independent franchisees tied to a single manufacturer are uncommon I believe. Even within each sub-brand of the group, they often work with different manufacturers. Though Sytner (the biggest) tend to have single-manufacturer dealerships. Probably a mix of both on both sides of the pond I imagine? And there's less rigmarole during the process. Less aggressive sales tactics I believe