As of January 1, 2022, there were some **18,230 light vehicle dealerships** in the United States. The industry gained 73 dealerships, compared with one year earlier. The industry witnessed its most significant slump in the aftermath of the 2008-09 financial crisis. There were 17,653 dealerships in the U.S. in 2011, down from over 20,450 in 2009.
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jonathanbaird
Thank goodness direct-to-consumer is becoming increasingly more prevalent — no thanks to conservative politicians and the stealerships that fund them.
SexyDraenei
Oh No!…
Anyway…
Apellio7
Dealers are the worst thing about cars. They’re all slimy pieces of shit trying to rip you off at any corner they can find.
The world would be a better, more cheerful and happy place without some asshole trying to threaten and guilt trip me to give them 5 stars on their customer survey while they pick my pocket.
steve-eldridge
Dealers count on the post purchase maintenance costs to create revenue. EVs have fewer parts, less routine visits and cost less to support. The dealership knows they must pay for staffing and facilities to support ICE, but new EV customers are not returning for overpriced tires and brakes.
KevRooster
Well car dealerships can go to hell. I bought my Model 3 on my cell phone during a lunch break at work. I can’t imagine buying anything from a dealership ever again.
revaric
Might help if anyone at dealerships knew shit about EVs and could sell them. These fucks couldn’t sell shit to a toilet.
Lordofthereef
My next door neighbor manages a dealership that is part of the largest chain in New England. If you’re from New England, you can probably figure out the chain. Anyway, he flat out told me the reason they aren’t eager to move EVs is because they can make money on the car once, and that’s it.
Alexandratta
Of course they hate EVs.
My reccomended service at 50k is a tire rotation… After that…. cabin filter change and tire/brake inspection.
The reason dealerships like to sell ICE is because an ICE is an extremely intricate and complicated machine that has thousands of moving parts that rub, burn, grind, and clash together in hundreds of thousands of controlled explosions every waking minute they drive.
If any one of those minor parts wears out it slowly starts a cascading failure that will cause the car to still run, but not run as well. The result is lots of money in labor and parts fees.
With EVs the complexity of the drive train is reduced ten fold.
Yes, we have wheel bearings and shocks, brakes, ect… and those wear out too, but no where near as frequently.
In addition we don’t have Oil Changes to drag us back to the dealership so the dealers can inspect the car and make more “Recommendations” about repairs or upsell on “Preventative Maint.”
vandy1981
Any document that references McKinsey as a respected company deserves to be ignored.
“Worse still, according to a report released in June by the respected McKinsey Co…….”
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Just get rid of the middleman then. Fuck the stealerships.
>A group of **more than 5,000 car dealers** have made public their worries about a lack of demand for electric vehicles.
so.. ~1.X in 4… you can practically guess which ones
**Number of light vehicle dealership outlets in the United States between January 1, 2009 and 2022**
[https://www.statista.com/statistics/379530/number-of-light-vehicle-dealerships-in-the-united-states/](https://www.statista.com/statistics/379530/number-of-light-vehicle-dealerships-in-the-united-states/)
As of January 1, 2022, there were some **18,230 light vehicle dealerships** in the United States. The industry gained 73 dealerships, compared with one year earlier. The industry witnessed its most significant slump in the aftermath of the 2008-09 financial crisis. There were 17,653 dealerships in the U.S. in 2011, down from over 20,450 in 2009.
#
Thank goodness direct-to-consumer is becoming increasingly more prevalent — no thanks to conservative politicians and the stealerships that fund them.
Oh No!…
Anyway…
Dealers are the worst thing about cars. They’re all slimy pieces of shit trying to rip you off at any corner they can find.
The world would be a better, more cheerful and happy place without some asshole trying to threaten and guilt trip me to give them 5 stars on their customer survey while they pick my pocket.
Dealers count on the post purchase maintenance costs to create revenue. EVs have fewer parts, less routine visits and cost less to support. The dealership knows they must pay for staffing and facilities to support ICE, but new EV customers are not returning for overpriced tires and brakes.
Well car dealerships can go to hell. I bought my Model 3 on my cell phone during a lunch break at work. I can’t imagine buying anything from a dealership ever again.
Might help if anyone at dealerships knew shit about EVs and could sell them. These fucks couldn’t sell shit to a toilet.
My next door neighbor manages a dealership that is part of the largest chain in New England. If you’re from New England, you can probably figure out the chain. Anyway, he flat out told me the reason they aren’t eager to move EVs is because they can make money on the car once, and that’s it.
Of course they hate EVs.
My reccomended service at 50k is a tire rotation… After that…. cabin filter change and tire/brake inspection.
The reason dealerships like to sell ICE is because an ICE is an extremely intricate and complicated machine that has thousands of moving parts that rub, burn, grind, and clash together in hundreds of thousands of controlled explosions every waking minute they drive.
If any one of those minor parts wears out it slowly starts a cascading failure that will cause the car to still run, but not run as well. The result is lots of money in labor and parts fees.
With EVs the complexity of the drive train is reduced ten fold.
Yes, we have wheel bearings and shocks, brakes, ect… and those wear out too, but no where near as frequently.
In addition we don’t have Oil Changes to drag us back to the dealership so the dealers can inspect the car and make more “Recommendations” about repairs or upsell on “Preventative Maint.”
Any document that references McKinsey as a respected company deserves to be ignored.
“Worse still, according to a report released in June by the respected McKinsey Co…….”