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03-18-2014, 08:13 AM
It's **t Just Tesla: Why Dealers Are Wary of Electric Cars
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For a guy who is supposed to be selling electric cars, Mike Kelly isn't a big fan.
Kelly, a car dealer in Erie, Pa., who also happens to represent his district in Congress, said in a 2011 hearing on fuel efficiency ratings (http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/10/chevy-dealing-congressman-there-is-**-market-for-the-volt/) that he fired a guy at his Chevy dealership who ordered the electric Volt. Kelly claimed the Volt sells poorly and is overpriced
"When you look at this, it makes absolutely ** sense," Kelly said (http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/10/chevy-dealing-congressman-there-is-**-market-for-the-volt/) during hearings on government fuel eco**my ratings last year. "I can stock a Chevy Cruze, which is about a $17,500 car and turns every 30 to 40 days out of inventory … or I can have a [$45,763] Volt, which never turns and creates **thing for me on the lot except interest costs." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/17/tesla-dealers-electric-cars/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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For a guy who is supposed to be selling electric cars, Mike Kelly isn't a big fan.
Kelly, a car dealer in Erie, Pa., who also happens to represent his district in Congress, said in a 2011 hearing on fuel efficiency ratings (http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/10/chevy-dealing-congressman-there-is-**-market-for-the-volt/) that he fired a guy at his Chevy dealership who ordered the electric Volt. Kelly claimed the Volt sells poorly and is overpriced
"When you look at this, it makes absolutely ** sense," Kelly said (http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/10/chevy-dealing-congressman-there-is-**-market-for-the-volt/) during hearings on government fuel eco**my ratings last year. "I can stock a Chevy Cruze, which is about a $17,500 car and turns every 30 to 40 days out of inventory … or I can have a [$45,763] Volt, which never turns and creates **thing for me on the lot except interest costs." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/17/tesla-dealers-electric-cars/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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