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Half of US Buick dealers chose buyouts over selling EVs in 2023 (electrek.co)
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[–] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Ok, I’m curious. What kind of preparation needs $400k to sell EVs? A part installing a few charging stations, I don’t know…

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 3 points 11 months ago

Equipment and training for servicing as well.

[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

From what I understood back when i looked at it, it included a DC charging station, training for staff, and priority for demo vehicles and inventory

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Probably a dozen charging stations and the electrical work needed to support them, that would eat a lot of the 400k as my work spent about a quarter of that for 8 but already had tons of extra electrical capacity as were a Casino and therefore built for high power draw.

Then training seminars for staff, and probably needing to buy a few of the flagship EVs for show. (Dealerships buy the vehicle from the manufacturer then sell it at up charge to consumers, they’re probably going to be required to pick up a decent inventory up front)