I’m facing a really tough situation right now and I could use some input from others who may have gone through something similar.
Basically, my wife and I are considering purchasing or leasing an electric vehicle as our next car. We are having difficulty finding knowledgeable people to talk to. It seems that auto dealers are not really interested in talking about EV. They try to steer us away from such a vehicle and point us toward their hybrid or ICE vehicles, basically stating EVs are not perfected enough to satisfy the average person and further try to dissuade us because of the high upfront purchase price. When we do find salespersons willing to somewhat talk about EVs, they seem to focus mostly on the fact that they are great to use around town but not really suitable for over the road use due to the lack of charging stations. Additionally, we found that the few dealers that do sell EVs only have one or two in stock and are usually hesitant in offering a test drive for some reason.
Has anyone else dealt with a similar situation? How did you handle it? How did you end up? Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help.
So there is a national Electric Vehicle association with local branches. I dont even remember how i found my local branch, but Iv’e been to a few of their meetups - one at an earth day event in a park, one at a coffee shop on a saturday morning. There were owners there really happy to show you their cars and talk about what they liked about them. And then a used EV lot opened up in my town a few months ago - I stopped in 2 weeks ago and spent an hour chatting with the sales guy and sitting in cars (I just wasnt in the mood to test drive). So look for similar local resources!