{"id":1990724,"date":"2023-08-04T10:15:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T14:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-dealership-installs-diesel-generator-to-power-ev-chargers-as-company-struggles-with-transition-2\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T10:17:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T14:17:08","slug":"ford-dealership-installs-diesel-generator-to-power-ev-chargers-as-company-struggles-with-transition-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-dealership-installs-diesel-generator-to-power-ev-chargers-as-company-struggles-with-transition-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford dealership installs diesel generator to power EV chargers amid transition struggles."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fford-dealership-installs-diesel-generator-to-power-ev-chargers-as-company-struggles-with-transition-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1990724&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Challenges of\u2063 Transitioning to Electric Vehicles<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-dealership-installs-diesel-generator-to-power-ev-chargers-as-company-struggles-with-transition-2\/\" title=\"Ford dealership installs diesel generator to power EV chargers amid transition struggles.\">utopian\u2064 scheme \u2064demanding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-climate-agenda-wont-replace-jobs-it-seeks-to-kill-separate-ap-wapo-fact-checks-suggest\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Climate Agenda Won\u2019t Replace Jobs It Seeks To Kill, Separate AP, WaPo Fact-Checks Suggest\">electric vehicles<\/a> \u2064rapidly replace internal combustion engines<\/a> as\u200c our main means of transportation continues to hit roadblocks.<\/p>\n<p>A\u2063 post shared\u2063 on \u200dX shared an ironic workaround one Ford dealership devised to address a \u200cmajor EV issue.<\/p>\n<p>According to a video described as a \u201cwild story\u201d by podcaster CarDealershipGuy, one car lot in the Midwest had to\u2063 install \u2063a diesel\u2064 generator to handle EV charging \u2062requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The clip featured Alan Haig, who is\u200c described as one of the top dealership advisers \u200bin the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wild story.<\/p>\n<p>A Ford dealer in the Midwest\u200c charging EVs \u2062with a diesel generator.<\/p>\n<p>Alan Haig, one of the top \u200bDealership Buy-Sell Advisors in the country, explains\u200d Ford\u2019s struggle to transition \u2062to EVs in < \u200c90 seconds: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vS3hx2DQfF\">pic.twitter.com\/vS3hx2DQfF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CarDealershipGuy (@GuyDealership) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GuyDealership\/status\/1686704550126686209?\">August 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Costly \u200bConversion to EVs<\/h3>\n<p>Haig discussed how expensive it \u200dis \u200bto covert an auto dealership to handle\u200d EVs: \u201cYou\u2019re going to \u200bhave to invest, at \u2063one \u200cpoint \u200bit was $1.7 million per \u2062store to qualify \u200cto even get EVs shipped to your store. That\u2019s a significant burden for almost every Ford dealer, because the average Ford store is pretty small.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Haig, a Ford\u2063 dealer may only sell around 500 vehicles a year, making it\u200c difficult to recoup the expensive upfront investment through uncertain future EV sales.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2063turns\u2062 out dealers were right \u2062to be skeptical. EVs are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lefts-electric-vehicle-hopes-dreams-run-wall-evs-piling-lots-no-buyers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not \u200dselling<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/07\/10\/unsold-electric-cars-are-piling-up-on-dealer-lots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a> reported on\u2062 a Cox Automotive survey\u2064 that concluded dealers have an almost three-month supply of EVs on hand, compared to\u2064 a 54-day supply of gas-powered\u2062 vehicles.<\/p>\n<h3>Creative \u2062Solutions to\u2062 EV Upgrades<\/h3>\n<p>Despite\u2064 the sales challenges, some dealers still\u2062 want to get into the EV market. Haig shared \u2063a story about \u200chow \u2063one dealer got creative \u2063about the EV upgrades his dealership needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe math on this sometimes gets a little comical,\u201d Haig said.<\/p>\n<p>One of Haig\u2019s clients\u2062 from the upper Midwest called his city to find out if the infrastructure existed to support \u2062an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/electric-vehicles-owners-drop-truth-bomb-charging-logistical-nightmare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EV \u200ccharging station<\/a>. The dealer was\u2062 advised the electrical capacity needed was not available, and\u2063 could not be added.<\/p>\n<p>The dealer\u2064 went \u200bahead with \u200dthe charging station purchase from Ford, and\u2063 installed it. However, for the electricity needed, he had \u2062to hook the charging station to a diesel generator, which he had concealed behind a wall.<\/p>\n<p>One \u200dof the perks \u2062of EV ownership is progressive virtue\u200d signaling. You can say EVs are \u200dgreen all \u200dyou \u200bwant, but if you buy one\u200b from this particular Ford dealership, it will have been\u200d charged thanks to a diesel generator.<\/p>\n<p>In a way,\u200c the\u2062 dealer\u2019s action makes clear a serious\u200c issue of EV usage. Far from\u200c being \u201cgreen,\u201d across\u2062 the country much of the\u200d electricity needed to power EVS is \u2062generated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gm-official-bragged-electric-car-reporter-forced-admit-charging-electricity-comes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fossil fuels<\/a> in the first place.<\/p>\n<h3>The Challenges\u2062 of \u2064EV Usage<\/h3>\n<p>The power grid is already challenged in areas like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-dark-summer-power-grid-operators-warn-electricity-shortage-coming-amid-green-energy-transition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a>, largely because\u2063 of the same \u200bkind of\u200b green ideas that led \u200cto the EV \u2063push. Where\u2064 will all\u200b the extra \u200dcapacity \u200bneeded to charge large numbers of EVs\u2064 come from?<\/p>\n<p>Not only do \u200cEVs still rely on \u200cfossil fuels as \u200cenergy, there are questions on how much of a savings there is in using electricity instead \u200cof gasoline.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ev-charging-cost-versus-gas-car-truck-suv-2023-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insider<\/a>, the electricity needed to charge entry-level and\u200d mid-level EVs is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-study-electric-vehicles-cost-charge-filling-car-gas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more expensive<\/a> \u200c than a gasoline fill up, especially when\u2063 using \u2064a public charging station.<\/p>\n<p>With dilemmas like \u2063these, its little wonder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ford-pushes-back-electric-vehicle-target-admits-transition-will-slower-industry-expected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ford<\/a> \u200cis losing an estimated\u200c $4.5 billion on it EV line this year, up from a $2.1 billion loss the\u2063 year\u200c before.<\/p>\n<p>Despite top down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shark-tank-star-shreds-biden-admins-plan-go-electric-not-going-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">government \u200bpressure<\/a> for acceptance, \u2062EVs will never be practical, or\u200c deliver on their promised benefits, without serious revisions to the way \u2063electricity is generated and distributed \u200din America.<\/p>\n<p>It would be much more \u200cefficient to continue using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-dealership-installs-diesel-generator-to-power-ev-chargers-as-company-struggles-with-transition\/\" title=\"Ford dealership installs diesel generator to power EV chargers amid transition struggles.\">reliable gas burning vehicles<\/a>\u2062 until EVs actually become practical.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ford-dealership-installs-diesel-generator-power-ev-chargers-company-struggles-transition\/\">Ford\u2062 Dealership Installs Diesel Generator \u200bto \u2064Power EV Chargers\u2063 as Company Struggles with Transition<\/a> \u2062 appeared first \u2062on \u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>found a creative solution to the challenges of selling electric vehicles. They displayed a gas-powered generator next to an electric car, offering customers a &#8220;free gas-powered range extender&#8221; with their purchase. This humorous approach highlights the ongoing obstacles faced by the electric vehicle industry in gaining widespread acceptance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2035,"featured_media":1990725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1990724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2035"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1990724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1990725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1990724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1990724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1990724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}