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Scott Maynard

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
210 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

And that takes a bit of time.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

But I think that that's appreciated by the market where there's a

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

lot of, you know, semi-disposable product being sold and we're building cars that last, that drive well, high quality.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

But getting that message out is the challenge for us and we've just got to keep pushing that.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

Yeah, so it's a really carefully put together relationship that we have with retailers.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

And when Pulsar first started, Pulsar insisted on running every one of its showrooms.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

We call them spaces.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

We insisted on running every one of them ourselves for exactly the reasons that you talk about.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

The car could be brilliant, but if the person talking to you about it does not pull across confidence, is not able to explain the vehicle well, isn't able to help you with the questions that you would probably have if you're transitioning to an electric car for the first time,

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

then all the work done on product is going to go to waste.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

So, we have to be really careful about the partners that we choose.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

We choose dealer groups that already represent luxury brands.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

We are a bit particular about how we train and we also make sure that there's a lot of support there.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

In terms of the confidence

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

we have with our customers.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

Yes, that's also carefully procured with a lot of training that goes into it.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

We don't have showrooms on every street corner.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

We've got 12 across Australia.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

There's a couple more in the wings, but we've got a good representation across the broader country, but we're not absolutely everywhere.

Two Blokes Talking Tech
Electric Cars: Polestar Boss on sales and the future

However, we've got almost 20 service points.