{"id":3748,"date":"2023-09-23T00:19:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T00:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/?p=3748"},"modified":"2023-09-23T00:19:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T00:19:57","slug":"car-dealers-rejecting-evs-after-facing-a-harsh-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/2023\/09\/23\/car-dealers-rejecting-evs-after-facing-a-harsh-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Dealers Rejecting EVs After Facing A Harsh Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to recent reports, car dealers are informing auto manufacturers that they have too many electric vehicles on their lots and are dialing back orders until their current inventory is sold. Scott Kunes, Chief Operating Officer at Kunes Auto and RV Group, explained that his company is turning away additional EV inventory.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWe have turned away EV inventory.\u00a0 We need to ensure that we have a good turn on it,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he said, as reported on Business Insider. Kunes said that automakers are\u00a0\u201casking us to make a large investment\u2026.and we\u2019re just wanting to see some return on that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Sam Fiorani, Vice President of global vehicle forecasting at AutoForecast Solutions, outlined how EVs aren\u2019t practical for many Americans as they would have to alter their lifestyle when switching from a gas-powered car.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s not just that these vehicles are expensive \u2014 which they are. We\u2019re talking about a much more nuanced lifestyle change,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0said Fiorani.\u00a0 EVs obviously have a more constrained range than gas-powered vehicles, and charging stations can be sparsely located.<\/p>\n

EVs are also notably more expensive than traditional combustion engine-based cars.\u00a0\u00a0According<\/a>\u00a0to Consumer Reports, the average sale price of an EV is over $61,000, or $12,000 more expensive than the overall average in the auto industry.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s hard for the average customer to make that leap while spending an extra $10,000,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Fiorani continued.<\/p>\n

Electric vehicle horror stories have also plagued the news, where consumers share personal anecdotes of the dysfunctionality of these cars. Recently, a Ford F-150 Lightning owner was forced to ditch his EV on a road trip from Winnipeg to Chicago.<\/p>\n

The all-electric Ford pickup retails for well north of $100k.\u00a0 However, based on the sentiment from disgruntled consumers, it seems this truck does not live up to its price tag.\u00a0 The man called electric vehicles the \u201cbiggest scam of modern times\u201d after his experience with his F-150 Lightning.<\/p>\n

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While many have lofty projections for EVs in the long term, it\u2019s safe to say that these vehicles are not ready to replace the reliability of traditional automobiles.\u00a0 Although, this hasn\u2019t deterred some woke, blue states in the U.S. from preemptively enacting electric vehicle mandates.<\/p>\n

For example, California\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0it would ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.\u00a0 Such mandates have drawn concern, particularly from automakers who will be forced to play within the guidelines of these new regulations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether or not these requirements are realistic or achievable is directly linked to external factors like inflation, charging and fuel infrastructure, supply chains, labor, critical mineral availability and pricing, and the ongoing semiconductor shortage,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0John Bozzella, president and CEO of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation said in a statement.\u00a0\u201cThese are complex, intertwined and global issues.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Also there are many concerns surrounding the feasibility of a mass transition to electric vehicles.\u00a0 As it stands, this could limit people\u2019s autonomy as driving ranges are limited and charging infrastructure is insufficient.\u00a0 Furthermore, there could be an affordability crisis as many Americans can\u2019t even afford a new car, let alone the price of a new EV.<\/p>\n

There are even more questions relating to the sustainability of America\u2019s energy mix and electricity grid.\u00a0 Ironically, California, the state leading the mandates on EVs, was forced to\u00a0ask<\/a>\u00a0residents to stop charging their electric vehicles to conserve energy amid a heat wave.<\/p>\n

It is clear for a litany of reasons that consumers are not ready for the mass adoption of electric vehicles.\u00a0 Due to their impracticality and insufficient supporting infrastructure, governments should not go above and beyond market mechanisms to force an inferior product on drivers.<\/p>\n

Despite the big push on electric vehicles,\u00a0Business Insider\u2019s article<\/a>\u00a0further suggests some dealers just don\u2019t want them anymore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to recent reports, car dealers are informing auto manufacturers that they have too many electric vehicles on their lots and are dialing back orders until their current inventory is sold. Scott Kunes, Chief Operating Officer at Kunes Auto and RV Group, explained that his company is turning away additional EV inventory.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWe have turned away […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-daily-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3748"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3750,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3748\/revisions\/3750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}