{"id":4169,"date":"2017-06-30T09:38:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T14:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/?p=4169"},"modified":"2017-06-30T14:06:42","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T19:06:42","slug":"full-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/full-house\/","title":{"rendered":"A full house! Everything&#8217;s wild!! (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/?attachment_id=4170\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4170\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4170\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Hybrids-EVs.jpg\" alt=\"Hybrids &amp; EVs IN STOCK!\" width=\"1400\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Hybrids-EVs.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Hybrids-EVs-600x220.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Hybrids-EVs-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Hybrids-EVs-768x282.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Hybrids-EVs-1024x376.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Hybrids-EVs-500x184.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/a>I have been waiting a very long time for today. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/?p=1652\">I changed careers<\/a> to help inform the world about plug-in vehicles and see what I&#8217;m doing as a crusade to save the planet. I wasn&#8217;t surprised to see that most Chevrolet salespeople don&#8217;t care about Volt or Bolt EV. It didn&#8217;t take long, in this new field, to see how profit margins, commissions, etc, all combine to incentivize a salesperson to <em>not<\/em> sell one of these awesome vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>I slogged along, in the beginning, with experienced car salespeople wondering what I was doing here. Slowly, I built a following. Not everyone bought from me, but almost anyone I spoke with, recognized my passion and knowledge for the Volt &amp; Bolt EV. I&#8217;ve sold everything Chevrolet makes, in order to make a living, but my coworkers tell me I have a &#8220;certain glow&#8221; or smile, when I&#8217;m in a Volt\/Bolt EV deal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4171\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/?attachment_id=4171\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4171\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4171\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Roadsign-Tom-Buzz-web.jpg\" alt=\"Roadsign Tom Buzz web\" width=\"1000\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Roadsign-Tom-Buzz-web.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Roadsign-Tom-Buzz-web-600x427.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Roadsign-Tom-Buzz-web-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Roadsign-Tom-Buzz-web-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Roadsign-Tom-Buzz-web-421x300.jpg 421w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Durant, the top dog at Classic Chevrolet &amp; Buzz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I pitched the idea of installing chargers out where the inventory sits on display. I pitched the idea of an EV\/Hybrid Sales &amp; Education center, which became Electric Avenue. I used my experience at Apple to come up with a layout for the building and how educational sales could be made profitable by being quicker. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.classicchevrolet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Classic Chevrolet<\/a>&#8216;s owner, Tom Durant, has listened and spent an amazing amount of money, doing the things I needed to make our plug-in sales grow.<\/p>\n<p>Now, although <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/?p=3862\">we opened the EV\/Hybrid building<\/a> back on February 4th, and we had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/?p=3833\">found out, just 3 weeks<\/a> before that we wouldn&#8217;t get the Bolt EV for another 6 months, I feel like we&#8217;re really opening for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The reason is, for the first time,<em> we have every hybrid and EV that Chevy makes, in stock and ready to sell!<\/em> Traditional hybrids, like the Silverado 1500 eAssist hybrid (which has a V8 engine as well as an electric motor) and the Malibu Hybrid, as well as the Volt plug-in, sequential hybrid and now, the Bolt EV. Adding to my joy, is the fact that the Bolt EV arrived a month earlier than GM had foretold, back in January, and that it is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theev-angelist.com\/?p=3727\">Motor Trend&#8217;s Car of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for being a part of the journey.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iU-EOCevB1U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been waiting a very long time for today. 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