7 thoughts on “F-150 Lightning delivered to dealer for training”
I’m really curious to see how common these are and when they’ll be a normal thing to see on the road. I’m under the impression it will be similar to Rivian – super super rare, low quantity, badass, and hard to get your hands on.
I guess I just.. don’t believe the employees care?
When I was shopping around for a used EV I stopped in at a Ford dealership and the dude taking me for a test drive didn’t even know that Tesla only made EVs. He thought they were all ICE.
The Chevy dealership didn’t know that the Volt has different modes, what the range differences were between generations, didn’t know the Bolt was a BEV, thought it was a PHEV too.
Went to a Nissan dealer and the dude swore the Leaf had liquid cooling.
These folks tend to barely know anything about ICEs, they’re just there to make a buck.
Dealers will continue to push people into ICE or Hybrid cars so they can sell them service agreements which is where dealerships make a majority of their money. Its not in the interests of a dealership to sell EVs unless the entire dealership model changes which is unlikely.
The company is simply not set up to support EV sales.
I’m really curious to see how common these are and when they’ll be a normal thing to see on the road. I’m under the impression it will be similar to Rivian – super super rare, low quantity, badass, and hard to get your hands on.
I guess I just.. don’t believe the employees care?
When I was shopping around for a used EV I stopped in at a Ford dealership and the dude taking me for a test drive didn’t even know that Tesla only made EVs. He thought they were all ICE.
The Chevy dealership didn’t know that the Volt has different modes, what the range differences were between generations, didn’t know the Bolt was a BEV, thought it was a PHEV too.
Went to a Nissan dealer and the dude swore the Leaf had liquid cooling.
These folks tend to barely know anything about ICEs, they’re just there to make a buck.
“Training” – AKA sold for 10s of thousands over MSRP before the delivery truck even pulls out of the lot.
Dealers will continue to push people into ICE or Hybrid cars so they can sell them service agreements which is where dealerships make a majority of their money. Its not in the interests of a dealership to sell EVs unless the entire dealership model changes which is unlikely.
The company is simply not set up to support EV sales.
Very nice, I’m expecting to see these all over the place soon enough, it’ll be great.
i want one. i want one. i want one
I can’t imagine that beast travelling more than 10ft without needing a recharge. Must be heavy af.