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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Volkswagen pulls the plug on direct-to-consumer EV sales in Europe - ArenaEV (m.arenaev.com)

submitted 5 days ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/electricvehicles

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VW really need a changing of the guard. Too many legacy people with legacy attachments making legacy decisions.

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[–] rustydomino@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

When the ID.4 first came out in the US you could direct order from VW. That was probably the best car buying experience I ever had. Dealerships have way too much power and none of that benefits consumers.

[–] MrMakabar 3 points 4 days ago

The way VW does direct to consumers in Europe is to have the dealerships sell you the car and getting a comission for doing so. However they earn less money from selling EVs then from selling combustion engine cars, so they focus on the later. So they plan to change that. But if you want to go into VW theme park to buy a car or do it online, then you can still do that.

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