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\"Hybrids<\/a>I have been waiting a very long time for today. I changed careers<\/a> to help inform the world about plug-in vehicles and see what I’m doing as a crusade to save the planet. I wasn’t surprised to see that most Chevrolet salespeople don’t care about Volt or Bolt EV. It didn’t take long, in this new field, to see how profit margins, commissions, etc, all combine to incentivize a salesperson to not<\/em> sell one of these awesome vehicles.<\/p>\n

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 & Bolt EV. I’ve sold everything Chevrolet makes, in order to make a living, but my coworkers tell me I have a “certain glow” or smile, when I’m in a Volt\/Bolt EV deal.<\/p>\n

\"Roadsign<\/a>
Tom Durant, the top dog at Classic Chevrolet & Buzz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I pitched the idea of installing chargers out where the inventory sits on display. I pitched the idea of an EV\/Hybrid Sales & 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. Classic Chevrolet<\/a>‘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

Now, although we opened the EV\/Hybrid building<\/a> back on February 4th, and we had found out, just 3 weeks<\/a> before that we wouldn’t get the Bolt EV for another 6 months, I feel like we’re really opening for the first time.<\/p>\n

The reason is, for the first time, 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 Motor Trend’s Car of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thanks for being a part of the journey.<\/p>\n