EVs are coming, but for how long?

[joe.pistell]

Real Example: The Dealer's EV-VDP sales assistant:
Battery OverView:


EV Range for your ZIP BRILLIANT!


More Range Awesomness


So helpful, simply genius

 

[joe.pistell]

FYI: Used EV Reports & Battery Health for Car Dealerships

 

[Ryan Everson]

Anyone following Recurrent? They're playing in a cool EV niche with a dealer EV toolset
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Recurrent — Real-World Range for Tesla owners and the data behind it

Very smart for Experian AutoCheck to partner with Recurrent. It will be interesting to see how CarFax handles EV battery reports.

New Experian alliance with Recurrent empowers dealers to make informed EV acquisitions and ease range anxiety for consumers

www.experianplc.com

 

[Jon Singo]

@joe.pistell
I've been seeing those Recurrent reports pop up on CRs all over the country. I think it's a great idea from a remarketing perspective.

 

[Alex Snyder]

Just getting back from a vacation down the east coast. Vermont is full of EVs, and our infrastructure is fairly decent. On top of that, over 70% of Vermont's power comes from hydroelectric dams, so the environmental hypocrisy of EVs isn't as bad as states that mostly generate electricity from coal.

Rivian is the biggest winner in my travels since last year. There were a few around Vermont last year, but I saw them all over this year. They're especially prevalent in Virginia Beach. I saw my first electric Mercedes on the road this trip. It was also in Virginia Beach.

We spent a little time in upstate New York and New Jersey. Very few EVs. Driving through Delaware and Marylands on the Eastern Shore... nearly zero EVs among the residents.

Very little infrastructure is apparent on roadsides and shopping centers outside of Vermont. I believe the people driving EVs are doing most of their charging at home. The bulk of the EVs I saw were the 6 figure ones.

Compared to last year's annual Virginia Beach trek (to see family), EVs on the road increased this year. There is no change in the number of noticeable charging stations. There was also an increase in the number of high-dollar ICE vehicles in Virginia Beach. The increase in $80k+ SUVs and pickup trucks far outnumbered the increase in EVs on the road.

 

[Jeff Kershner]

Deadly cargo ship fire still burning on vessel carrying 500 electric vehicles in North Sea​

A fire on a cargo ship carrying more than 3,500 new vehicles was still burning Thursday in the North Sea a day after the Dutch coast guard said one crew member had died in the blaze. The company operating the cargo ship, K Line, was quoted by the Reuters news agency Friday as saying almost 500 of the vehicles on the stricken vessel, the Freemantle Highway car carrier, were battery electric vehicles (EVs)...

Deadly cargo ship fire still burning on vessel carrying 500 electric vehicles in North Sea

In audio of an emergency call reportedly made from the stricken vessel, someone can be heard saying the blaze "started in the battery of an electric car."

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Jeff Kershner]

Ford Motor Company expects to lose a whopping $4.5 billion from its electric vehicles (EVs) this year, the company said in its second-quarter earnings report released Thursday.

The Michigan-based automaker said its all-electric vehicle division, called “Ford Model e,” has already lost more than $2.8 billion in the first two quarters of this year, including $1.8 billion in the second quarter alone or about $32,000 for every EV Ford has sold...

Ford Loses Billions On Electric Cars, Embraces Hybrids | The Daily Wire

www.dailywire.com

 

[DrewAment]

Some Cars Cheaper to Fuel with Gas Than Electric in 2023

Mid-priced ICE cars cost $11 to drive 100 miles; comparable EVs cost $12 to $16 depending on charging modality East Lansing, MI–August 1, 2023: Anderson Economic Group has released fueling cost est…

www.andersoneconomicgroup.com

Good read - nice and easy to read bullets and info.

 

[Alex Snyder]

Charging an electric car in public is more expensive than petrol and diesel as free EV charging sites plummet

Some electric car owners will now be paying more to charge than owners of petrol cars

www.gbnews.com

Is this the future in the US too?

 

[joe.pistell]

You ever get the feeling that EV's are ELON's house of cards?
Wall street investors must have dragged Ford & GM CEO's into Elon's house and got them to drink Elon's Koolaide.


The EV marketplace today is in "the chasm" and the "Early Majority" consumers want Hybrids, not EVs.