New gas stations everywhere
If we are heading to an all electric future why is it everywhere I go I see new gas stations being built? Some are huge with rows and rows of gas pumps. Don't seem to see any charging stations being ...
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I don’t know. Some companies seem to be doing well with EV’s. Ford needs to figure it out or risk losing market share.
Companies doing well with EV's only sell EV's. They aren't competing against their own, better selling, ICE products. You only miss market share if there is a market to share. Consumers dictate the market. If demand isn't there, Ford isn't missing anything by letting Tesla sell EV's while everyone else is selling ICE's. If the demand were there Ford would invest more into it. They are smart enough to know that at this time, despite subsidies, demand just isn't there. There is no EV market share to be lost - there is in the ICE market.
I get that. But if people are buying EV’s they aren’t buying gassers so some market share is being lost. Using tesla as an example. They sell about 5300 cars per day. People buying those used to buy something else. Now they are not. And EV sales growth is strong. I would think that companies like ford and GM want to be competitive in a sales market that is growing. The number one SUV/car sold in the world in 2023 was electric. Ford and GM sell SUV’s. That’s lost market share.
jmho.
You are assuming people that buy EV's are not also buying an ICE, when according to the data, almost every EV owner also has an ICE.
I don’t know. Trends don’t seem to indicate that. What happens here is in a two car household they replace one car with an EV. Then over the next year everybody fights who gets to drive the EV. Especially in winter. Instant warm up, no going to gas stations, super cheap to run, no taking it in for oil changes. Eventually momma wins and dad ends up buying his own the following winter. This is super common here.
I’m sure different areas have different results and of course there are many variables.I just think legacy manufacturers should be more pro-active if they want to be competitive. Not an expert. Time will tell.
