The Sierra Club found both dealer inventories and sales support regarding electric cars to be lacking across the U.S.
threatens to undermine their future viability.Though a majority of automakers are committed to developing and selling electric cars in the coming years, a prominent environmental group says manufacturers and dealers alike are showing little enthusiasm for stocking and marketing them. , this amounts to automakers “greenwashing” their commitments to reducing tailpipe emissions.
Specifically, the Sierra Club found that only a mere 26 percent of dealerships nationwide are in fact stocking and selling electric vehicles. Of those that do offer them, 28 percent are staffed by salespeople who know little to nothing about how to charge an electric car. In 31 percent of the locations visited, the staff did not provide information on the one-time federal tax credit granted to electric car buyers, nor offered any details on applicable local incentives.
As proof that legislative means may be necessary to help further the widespread adoption of battery-driven vehicles, the study found that dealers in the 11 states which have adopted California’s strict zero-emissions auto regulations had much greater inventory of electric cars than those in non-ZEV states. In non-ZEV states 78 percent of car dealers had zero electric cars in stock. And even in ZEV states, 59 percent of dealers did not have a single electric car on the lot.
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