Comment on Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout

RanchOnPancakes@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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.

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  • dan1101@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    All part of a petroleum-based economy.

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  • LifeOfChance@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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• MisterD@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  10k markup? amateur!

  Try 30K…70K…100K!

  duckduckgo.com/?q=ford+f150+lightning+dealer+mark…

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  • jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨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

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• BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social ⁨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.

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• dan1101@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • anlumo@lemmy.world ⁨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.

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  • AtmaJnana@lemmy.world ⁨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 so the wore transfer at my bank.

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  • ripcord@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Carvana actually works pretty well this way.

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  • Bebo@literature.cafe ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • Magister@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Cannot you buy Hyundai through Amazon?

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    • dan1101@lemm.ee ⁨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.

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