Many people are buying Electric Vehicles without a test drive, leading to the question, is the test drive still relevant?
Leah loves her ORA, but wouldn't make the order final until she had a test drive. Photo courtesy of Leah Heynes.
At present, people are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the BYD Dolphin and many have bought one without driving it. We found the same with the Mustang — lots of orders placed, sight unseen, driving undone. And it made me wonder if, in this age of information overload, whether a test drive was even necessary. Obviously, for many people, it is not. An ad hoc survey of my Facebook research team showed that for just as many, it is still an integral part of the car purchase experience.
“As for their knowledge about EV’s it doesn’t take much research to know more than them. Back in 2019 one dealer wouldn’t even contact me back to test drive it, even once I got there they tried talk me out of it, and I just rocked up and said I will be taking it for a drive. Then they wouldn’t give me a price, or tell me what was available, or how long it would take approximately to order one. I went to another dealer and bought one without test driving there.
“2. Different people have different bodies. I had back surgery a few years ago so seating position and placement of controls is super important to me. I want to go on a long drive and confirm if I can get out and move after the trip… or if the seats suck and are going to ruin me after sitting there for an hour.
Leah loves her ORA but wouldn’t make the order final until she had a test drive. Photo courtesy of Leah Heynes. Some would use online research to “narrow the field” but still see a test drive as essential. “We’ve test driven quite a few EVs and disliked a few due to things I wouldn’t have figured out from watching a video or reading a review.” Perhaps there are things that can’t be adjusted and would become annoying?
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