Phil Lengthy EV Outlet offered 117 electrical and hybrid autos from Might 2021 via 12 months’s finish and 56 such autos throughout the first three months of 2022. It is only a small fraction of the corporate’s whole gross sales. Phil Lengthy Dealerships of Colorado Springs ranks No. 95 on Automotive Information‘ record of the highest 150 dealership teams based mostly within the U.S., with retail gross sales of 10,801 new autos in 2021. The group offered 12,070 used autos final 12 months.
Buckles stated Phil Lengthy EV Outlet just isn’t solely a one-stop store for purchasers on the lookout for EVs; it additionally has change into a spot the place EV drivers can recharge their autos for 20 cents a kilowatt-hour. The lot has 10 EV chargers, together with 4 quick chargers.
Inside the shop, these clients — some who discover the chargers through navigation techniques and hop off close by I-25 — can seize a drink and chill out, Buckles and Shaughnessy stated.
“We constructed it completely different than a conventional used-car dealership,” Shaughnessy stated. “It is constructed extra like a group lounge. It is meant to be a spot the place clients can park their automobiles, cost them [and] hang around.”
The shop final month held an Earth Day-focused occasion that Phil Lengthy leaders deliberate to present group members take a look at drives in EVs and extra details about charging. The purpose was that extra info and publicity to EVs may finally drive shopper site visitors to the shop.
Buckles, who additionally oversees a close-by Kia dealership for the group, stated Phil Lengthy EV Outlet has three gross sales specialists and a gross sales supervisor. Service is on the market on the Kia dealership, he stated.
Shaughnessy stated he thinks the EV outlet is uncommon. “We could be the tip of the spear on this,” he stated.
