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- More dealers are saying they have to turn away EVs as demand cools.
- Without early adopters, EVs are a tougher sell.
- As EV growth cools, dealers are the ones left in the lurch.
More electric vehicles are being pumped out of car factories than ever before – but some dealers don't want them.
Electric car inventory has been piling up on dealership lots this year as companies up their EV production, leading some dealers to say enough is enough. Some are telling automakers they don't want any more until they can sell what's sitting, several dealers told Insider.
"We have turned away EV inventory," said Scott Kunes, COO of Kunes Auto and RV Group, which sells Detroit brands as well as Nissan and Mitsubishi in the Midwest. "We need to ensure that we have a good turn on it."