Ignorant Sales people amaze me

[The Weatherman]

You left me hangin right at the end without saying why dealerships don't like EVs. The last 2 sentences didn't help at all.

I can help with that. 1) The salesperson doesn’t make the same commission on a Ford EV as other high margin vehicles. 2) My similar experience was with the service tech writer. He was bluntly negative regarding EV’s.

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[Newton]

My mom recently bought a Niro EV and insisted on getting a charge cord (she is 90+ and likes to mess with people, I had already given her a better 220V/15A charger that worked with Dad's old table saw outlet.) She didn't like the idea that they were selling an EV with no way to charge it. After walking the first time, a few months later she went back and got one from the dealership at a better price, but still insisted on the charge cord as part of the deal.

They said that it came with it, and showed her the adapter. They couldn't explain why the adapter had a female plug at the end, but by then Mom was tired of the game and got the car anyway. The next day I get a frantic call because she had plugged it into the car and it wouldn't come out. It turns out that what they insisted was a charge cord is actually the external V2L adapter that you use to run 110V appliances from the car. It is not a charger, and when you put it in it locks on until you turn it off AND hit unlock on the car. Figuring this out remotely was a challenge because although I have an EV6 I have never used the external adapter.

This is how bad the sales people are. To be fair, Kia could mark the adapter better but I'm impressed that the Niro comes with that feature. (The top spec Niro is pretty nice actually,, only missing 360 cameras.)

 

[Frankhpns]

I dropped off my F-450 at the dealer for an AC issue and my wife followed me in her Tesla. As we were leaving a sales "person" approached us and started a conversation. He asked how my wife likes her Tesla and her reply was she loves it. He then said he can't get into EVs. The green thing is a myth. i mentioned that we also have a 2023 Lightning. then his toon changed asking if I wanted to trade it in on a new 2024.

Now it gets interesting. He asked if my Lightning is single or dual motor? He then said the 2024's on his lot are all discounted $12,500. I questioned this saying the $12.5k rebate is only on 2023 platinums? He said no. all trim levels on the 2024s. I questioned if he was talking 2023 or 2024 because as far as I know the 2024s aren't discounted and they are just now arriving. He said he has multiple 2024 Lignings for over 4-1/2 months now all discounted $12,500.

I told him we love the Lightning being able to power the cabin in power outages. He said then you must have a PowerBoost, not an EV because the EV's don't have the 7.6 kw outputs, not the Lightnings.

When I got home I checked the dealership inventory and all they had on the lot wa a few 2023 XLTs all Standard Range. One inbound 2024 XLT.

No wonder Ford can't sell the Lightnings!

I had to go through 3 dealerships before one rocket scientist figured out there was a $7500.00 POS tax credit and a $7500 Ford rebate.

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