Charged
EVs and the technology wave — market share, charging, software, and what electrification actually means on a dealer's lot.
Two Tesla headlines this week — a federal door-safety overhaul and a 'rolling hazards' wrongful-termination lawsuit — aren't just Tesla's problem. They're the opening act of a regulatory reckoning that every EV-retailing dealer needs to read carefully.
Hybrids just hit a record 22.1% share in California while BEV registrations fell. The dealers feeling it hardest are the ones who over-rotated toward EV depth.
BYD and Chery are eating into Europe's midsize SUV segment while U.S. dealers debate whether EV demand is coming back. The more important question is what happens to transaction prices when that chemistry reaches your market.
Tesla's new guaranteed future value program locks in resale prices for Model Y and Model 3 buyers — and quietly confirms that two years of price cuts broke the used-market math. Franchise EV dealers should be taking notes.