Posted on 11/09/2021 7:15:35 PM PST by M. Dodge Thomas
Cadillac has largely completed a restructuring of its U.S. dealer network and expects to have 560 dealers by the end of this year, compared with about 920 three years ago, said Rory Harvey, head of the global Cadillac brand.
GM (GM.N) has booked a total of $274 million in costs during 2020 and 2021 related to the effort to buy out Cadillac dealers who were not prepared to invest $200,000 to $500,000 per store in the equipment and training to support the brand's shift to an all-electric vehicle lineup, planned by 2030.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
And another warning that the combination of several emerging technologies has reached the point where major structural changes to the transportation and the associated energy production, storage, and distribution sectors of the economy are inevitable and accelerating:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM2RxWtF4Ds
I don’t personally know anyone who can afford an electric vehicle.
(And where does the electricity to run it come from, anyway?)
Buy used easily maintained ICE vehicles now. Pick OLD, reliable ones that already have good parts support (e.g. F-150, Silverado, old 318/225 Mopars, old Camrys, GM B Bodies with 350ci, 5.0/289 Mustangs)
Over-priced fire traps.
GM thinks they’re going to sell more cars at a higher price at fewer dealerships.
Do I have that right?
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https://www.nissanusa.com/vehicles/electric-cars/leaf.html
$27K, below the price of some mainstream family sedans. If you don’t know anyone who can afford one, you must live somewhere where people don’t buy new or recent cars.
You can charge at home, at work, or at charging stations. I’m not a huge supporter of them, but I have a realistic appreciation of their capabilities.
Most of those you mention no longer have good parts support. Remember, we spoke about this D-body Fleetwood sitting outside.
No marked up oil changes on EV’s.
I think an even better solution would be hydrogen cars.
If someone can develop a “home charging station” where you can just pour water in, and flick an “on” button, and in a few hours you have a tank of hydrogen you can transfer to your car’s tank.
Anyone who can come up with a design for a “Mr Hydrogen” home refueling station would make hydrogen cars viable.
They will all be equipped with breathalyzers, right?
That’s the only important thing.
Fine for a golf cart.
But electric is behind, diesel, gasoline and nat gas.
Battery duration just ain’t there yet.
I remember the Carter years, long lines for gas. Prices for
that time through the roof.
With the supply chain problems we have today, and Biden looking
to cancel still more oil pipelines, I didn’t like what I see coming in
the short term.
$5.00 plus gas pricing, perhaps much higher by the time he is
done. Shortages? You just don’t know.
I didn’t want to get to the point I was having to react
while everyone else had the same idea.
A week and a half ago I purchased a BMW i3 s Rex. It will
get me at least 130 miles on a charge, and that will get
me around most of Southern California on a charge. Where
it can’t, I can find a charging center near where I’m
going and charge up there.
I have around a 1 kilowatt charging capability at home, and
I will be charging the vehicle on that and my Ecoflow battery
units.
I don’t trust them not to start screwing with the electric
supply soon either.
I am keeping my Mercury Mariner that gets 34.34 mpg on the
highway. For long trips, I can still fall back on that.
I am really enjoying the new car. I think used cars like this
will stop dropping in value.
The range on battery is actually there for most users - the big handicap is the long charge time and eventual replacement interval and cost.
I can see used gas powered cars becoming even more expensive as these car manufacturers cut their own throats.
Way to go Cadillac! Keep attacking Americans who are the last people in the whole famed world buying your shitty products!
Prediction: Cadillac is dead as a brand in 3 to 5 years. I know that I will never buy another Chevrolet product.
A Nissan Leaf will depreciate 69% after 5 years and have a 5 year resale value of $10,240.
Batteries don’t hold up; lousy engineering.
I see them as the next Oldsmobile.
stooopid.
dealers, KNOW their customers, and if they don’t think they can sell them, then they prolly can’t sell them...
why would they take on those costs for little/no return?
In my mind a Prius is a much better choice than a pure electric.
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