Batteries Not Included

Put simply, a ZEV mandate is a tried and true way In June and July, Clean Energy Canada called all 322 to ensure B. C. gets the same electric car options as dealerships in B. C. that qualify for the province’s EV rebate North America’s leading jurisdictions. [...] A recent study from BC Hydro the wait time to get an electric car would be three months found that one in three British Columbians expect to a year—with some citing wait times of up to 18 their next car to be an EV, and it’s no wonder: that same months. [...] They’re getting all eaten up in California.” WAIT TIMES AND REFERRALS MISCONCEPTIONS Among the 60% of applicable dealerships with no EVs A number of dealer representatives underestimated on their lot, most said the wait time to get an electric car the range of modern EV models or overestimated the would be three months to a year—with some citing wait time it takes to charge them—both common concer [...] Consumer experience were the challenge most commonly cited by B. C. car studies in the U. S.9 and Europe10 similarly found the sales dealerships.7 We repeatedly heard that EVs are sold as process at dealerships “wrought with inconsistencies”11 soon as they hit the lot and that they’re hard to get and a “significant barrier at the point of sale.”12 ahold of. [...] It’s an electric motor, operated I went in a second time, very close to the buy this car, and there was no one there by a computer, which we should be using arrival of the first Nissan Leaf in British to supply it for me—so I had to go to the in this day and age and not just using early Columbia, and they took my name again, United States to purchase this vehicle.