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Re:U.S. Subprime Auto Loan Losses Reach Highest Level Since ... by danans on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @12:52AM (#13865103)
Electric vehicles in particular pose a challenge to the service-derived revenue stream due to lower maintenance costs, so much that Audi's US President urged their dealers to focus on selling value-added services like home EV charging station installations to make up for the lower service requirements of their upcoming EVs:

https://electrek.co/2017/01/31/audi-dealerships-behind-elect...

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Re:U.S. Subprime Auto Loan Losses Reach Highest Level Since ... by koreyb on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @11:42AM (#13868412)
Mostly true..if you have to support a network of dealerships and can't get 30% gross on each car you sell (TSLA).

EV sales are currently less than 1% of total sales volume. But the fastest growing segment.

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