The Future of Buying Cars, With Daniel Crane

One of the benefits of electric vehicles is they cost less to
maintain. But that also means there’s less profit to be had in
servicing their warranties, which gives car dealers less
incentive to sell them. That’s why EV makers like Tesla and
Rivian depend on direct-to-consumer sales and distribution.
Unfortunately, there are decades-old dealer-distribution laws
standing in the way. Rob and Jackie sat down with Daniel Crane,
the Frederick Paul Firth Senior Professor of Law at University of
Michigan, to discuss how these laws harm consumers and undermine
technological innovation. 


Related


David Hart, “Why a Measured Transition to Electric Vehicles
Would Benefit the U.S.” (ITIF, November 2019).

Dorothy Robyn, “Driving Change: A Front-Loaded, Aggressive
Strategy for Federal Procurement of Electric Vehicles” (ITIF,
December 2020).

David Hart, “Time for a Serious U.S. Electric Vehicle
Manufacturing Strategy” (ITIF, November 2020).