Ford Dealership Installs Diesel Generator to Power EV Chargers As Company Struggles With Transition
The utopian scheme demanding electric vehicles rapidly replace internal combustion engines as our main means of transportation continues to hit roadblocks. A post shared on X shared an ironic workaround one Ford…
The utopian scheme demanding electric vehicles rapidly replace internal combustion engines as our main means of transportation continues to hit roadblocks.
A post shared on X shared an ironic workaround one Ford dealership devised to address a major EV issue.
According to a Video described as a “wild story” by podcaster CarDealershipGuy, one car lot in the Midwest had to install a diesel generator to handle EV charging requirements.
The clip featured Alan Haig, who is described as one of the top dealership advisers in the country.
Haig discussed how expensive it is to covert an auto dealership to handle EVs: “You’re going to have to invest, at one point it was $1.7 million per store to qualify to even get EVs shipped to your store. That’s a significant burden for almost every Ford dealer, because the average Ford store is pretty small.”
According to Haig, a Ford dealer may only sell around 500 vehicles a year, making it difficult to recoup the expensive upfront investment through uncertain future EV sales.
It turns out dealers were right to be skeptical. EVs are not selling. Axios reported on a Cox Automotive survey that concluded dealers have an almost three-month supply of EVs on hand, compared to a 54-day supply of gas-powered vehicles.
Despite the sales challenges, some dealers still want to get into the EV market. Haig shared a story about how one dealer got creative about the EV upgrades his dealership needed.