Electric vehicles are still tough to find at most U.S. dealerships, according to a survey by the Sierra Club.
The group said 66 percent of those surveyed didn’t have any EVs in stock. Of those stores, 44 percent said they would sell EVs if they could get them, but 45 percent said they wouldn’t no matter what.
Mercedes-Benz dealerships had the best EV supplies, with 90 percent saying they had one available. BMW was the only other brand for which more than half of dealerships reported having EVs in stock.
At the other end of the spectrum, only 11 percent of Honda stores and 15 percent of Toyota outlets had EVs.
Geographically, EV availability was the lowest in the Western U.S., where demand for them is highest. In those states, which account for 45 percent of EV sales nationwide, just 27 percent of dealers said they had any for sale.
Availability was highest in the Southeast, where 41 percent had EVs in stock. The survey of 801 dealerships was conducted from June to November 2022.
