matali@alien.topB to Electric Vehicles@gearhead.townEnglish · 1 year agoAlmost 400 Ford dealers have now dropped out of the company's EV sales programfordauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square188fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: cars@gearhead.town
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAlmost 400 Ford dealers have now dropped out of the company's EV sales programfordauthority.commatali@alien.topB to Electric Vehicles@gearhead.townEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square188fedilinkcross-posted to: cars@gearhead.town
minus-squareMaximilianne@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWould be cool if Ford does what it does in China, which is opening dedicated Ford EV stores, but imma guess that’s probably not happening in the states
minus-squarepaulwesterberg@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat would also violate Ford’s dealership contracts and would be illegal in many states due to dealership protection laws.
minus-squareNobodyTellPoeDameron@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago due to dealership protection laws Which, of course, the dealers themselves made sure were passed through lobbying
minus-squareSorry_Guard5001@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThose ancient laws need to be repealed but I’m guessing dealership owners are fairly big political donors so the chance of this is absolute zero.
minus-squareWhoCanTell@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoDealership owners are the political machine in local politics in a lot of areas.
minus-squaretselios7@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoFord lost $36000.00 on every EV sold last quarter!
minus-squareElluminated@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBut then they would be violating all those dealer laws they lobbied for.
minus-squareKlutzyAd9112@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAmerica needs an upgrade. Let’s put a chick in it and make her gay, I guess?
Would be cool if Ford does what it does in China, which is opening dedicated Ford EV stores, but imma guess that’s probably not happening in the states
That would also violate Ford’s dealership contracts and would be illegal in many states due to dealership protection laws.
Which, of course, the dealers themselves made sure were passed through lobbying
Those ancient laws need to be repealed but I’m guessing dealership owners are fairly big political donors so the chance of this is absolute zero.
Dealership owners are the political machine in local politics in a lot of areas.
Ford lost $36000.00 on every EV sold last quarter!
But then they would be violating all those dealer laws they lobbied for.
America needs an upgrade. Let’s put a chick in it and make her gay, I guess?