Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with David Thomas, Director of Content Marketing at CDK Global where we discuss: The future of EVs in America, Car market says “What recession?”, Why 70% of EV owners will never go back, How China is tipping the scales on EV production and much more!

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Topics:

(00:00:00) - Intro

(00:02:30) - David’s career and background

(00:06:03) - The state of the car market

(00:11:05) - Where are we at today with how “easy” it is for consumers to buy a car?

(00:16:40) - What’s the state of EVs in the market?

(00:32:52) - If you had to place your bet on one automaker to win the EV strategy, who would it be?

(00:35:24) - What are you seeing as best practices for EV servicing?

(00:41:25) - What’s your opinion on the possibility of cheap EVs coming in from China?

(00:49:19) - What’s your short-term outlook for EVs?

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