Quoting EVDL Administrator <[email protected]>:
More on Tesla--
A first EVSE customer and at the same time, a first Tesla here at J &
R Housing in Hills MN. A family of 4, Mom & Dad with 2 boys,
destination California, arrived today from Quebec. I am told that
there about 100 more Teslas exist and EVs get a special green license
plate instead of the usual blue for other cars.
I understood this Tesla was equipped with only a single charger so my
ClipperCreek CS 100 would not be called upon to supply 70 amps but I
was surprised that at the end of about an hour of charging that heavy
duty CS 100 cable was warm to the touch.
I have mixed feelings about this. In fact this is a larger discussion that
might not really have a place on the EVDL as it may spill over into a
general discussion of selling all kinds of vehicles.
I think it makes a lot of sense for a low-volume specialty vehicle (and
let's face it, at least for now that's what an EV is) to be sold nationwide
by its manufacturer. I'm probably OK with Tesla selling directly to the
customer.
But I'm not so sure I want GM, Toyota, Ford, and Chrysler doing it. I can
just see them undercutting local dealers until they drive the dealers out of
business, then setting much higher prices for customers. True, there would
still be competition between, say, Nissan and Mistsubishi. But if you had
your heart set on a Nissan Leaf, you'd pay the manufacturer's list price, or
you wouldn't get your car.
Thus I think direct vehicle sales would, in the long run, reduce competition
and increase prices - great for them, not so good for us.
Besides, if they ran all the car dealers out of business, where would guys
with lousy taste in suits get jobs? ;-)
Maybe the answer is to allow manufacturers below some ceiling sales volume
(I dunno, pick a number) to sell directly, and maintain the status quo for
manufacturers with larger sales. Or, dare I suggest it, allow direct sales
of EVs and not ICEVs?
David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
EVDL Administrator
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