I'd say the primary reason is still that showrooms/dealers sell vehicles on behalf of manufacturers and said dealers rely on servicing to stay afloat. Not to mention that even manufacturers have vehicles that are loss leaders. Pumping out cheap cars with expensive parts is a great way to make a buck.
Why would a dealer desire to sell a car that'll bring in less ongoing revenue?
There's going to be no push from any countries dealers to go electric unless legislated or some such.
That's why hybrids are so wonderful, you can continue profit off servicing while pretending to care about the environment.
It's win win for dealers.
While this requires more skills and tools to deal with, the greater the complexity a vehicles has means it's less likely to be serviced elsewhere because of it.
I was talking electrics with a sales guy in a local motorbike shop and even though they had an electric on the floor, they didn't bother to let me know about it until I pressed them for info. After which he tried to sell me a Scooter instead, when I'd expressed having zero interest in scooters. Really ramped up chatter of the eco friendlyness of scooters...
They don't want to sell you an electric, when you want to buy one and they have one on the floor.
And while we welcome highly polluting vehicles other countries wont sell (or aren't economically viable to sell - taxes based on emissions) we cannot expect the industry to start cleaning up its act.
Here's a fun quote for you:
A spokeswoman for Honda Australia could not say why cars such as the CR-V need to be serviced every six months in Australia, while the same cars have 12-month intervals in the UK.
If that doesn't sum up dealers and manufacturers relationship with servicing, than I don't know what does.
jonescg said:
And now PM Morrison is 'sad and angry' about GMs departure...
Scotty hasn't got a leg to stand on - probably should have shot off an effective prayer or two back when they were busy giving the industry the finger.
