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Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by DannyMac@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] RanchOnPancakes@lemmy.world 161 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Also dealerships: $10k mark up on this bad boy!

Why do we even have dealerships?

[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 87 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's a delicate ecosystem: the car salesmen need their cut to spend on drinking and gambling or else the bars and dog tracks will shut down causing more unemployment.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 20 points 11 months ago

All part of a petroleum-based economy.

[–] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not to mention coke isn't exactly cheap when it's not served in a bottle or a glass.

[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

Right? And if the coke dealers go, there go the exotic cat dealers too.

[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 53 points 11 months ago (1 children)

10k markup? amateur!

Try 30K...70K...100K!

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ford+f150+lightning+dealer+markup

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I know Lemmy hates Tesla, but not having to deal with a dealership was one of the primary decision points for me.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago

you can order a Ford Mustang Mach E from their website and have it shipped to a dealer and never really do anything at the dealers except get your new car

[–] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 18 points 11 months ago

Because dealers have lobbied to have the law mandate them.

I know "deregulation" is a bit of a dirty word, but some regulations are genuinely bad. In this case, it's literal textbook rent seeking, in the economics sense.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I'd like to be able to order a vehicle off Amazon and have it delivered. That really isn't so crazy.

[–] anlumo@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Yes, especially since they don’t have to be fitted like clothes or shoes. It’s off-the-shelf anyways.

That’s the one thing where I agree with Musk, they’re not necessary.

[–] AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't want amazon involved in anything, but I've bought a car off the internet before and had it delivered. I only had to to go anywhere to do the wire transfer at my bank.

[–] ripcord@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Carvana actually works pretty well this way.

[–] Bebo@literature.cafe 2 points 11 months ago

I remember coming across an article on amazon planning to start selling Hyundai cars online. This is the one https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-hyundai-partnership

[–] Magister@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cannot you buy Hyundai through Amazon?

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

Apparently you can order it but you still have to go to a dealer to settle the deal and pick it up. So, lame.