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Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 year ago

'They Want To Be The Gatekeepers': Car Dealers Are Stopping Customers From Buying EVs

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'They Want To Be The Gatekeepers': Car Dealers Are Stopping Customers From Buying EVs

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Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 year ago

Car dealerships are resisting the transition to electric vehicles.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/7hIci
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20231114121332/https://jalopnik.com/car-dealers-are-stopping-customers-from-buying-evs-1851017999

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You can now. Tesla sued over this
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  Rivian is another EV that’s skipping the dealership model.
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    Good luck getting parts for one when you need them though.
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  They have some weird loophole so that they also get the dealers cut…
  
  But I’m pretty sure for every other brand, you still need a dealer.
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