How EVs Might Change Car Dealership Service Departments
“My guess is that (EVs) might not need as frequent routine service, but when it is needed it will cost more,” says auto analyst Maryann Keller.
It will be decades before electric vehicles displace internal-combustion-powered cars, so the loss of service-department revenue is “not as dire as those who wrongly suggest that EVs don’t need service,” says auto analyst Maryann Keller.
But ultimately, how will EVs affect dealership service revenue? Will it plunge, dip slightly or pretty much stay the same? Industry people wonder – and speculate.
But few suggest EV maintenance and repair work will boost dealership service department revenues to new heights.