Dealer skepticism meets Biden EV push


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Still, most survey respondents said the Biden administration negatively affected their businesses last year, citing high energy costs and inflation as well as rising interest rates. That includes Rob Gonzalez, dealer principal at Rush Chevrolet, who called the ambitious objective a "pipe dream." Unlike some Chevy dealers, Gonzalez said he's not preparing to sell EVs at his store in Elgin, Texas, about 25 miles east of Austin. "They're putting a lot of pressure on dealers who are not signed up for EVs to sign up." 2, the infrastructure to support an EV program does not exist in our country."