matali@alien.topB to Electric Vehicles@gearhead.townEnglish · 10 months agoAlmost 400 Ford dealers have now dropped out of the company's EV sales programfordauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square188fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
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 · 10 months agomessage-square188fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareMaximilianne@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months 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-squaretselios7@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoFord lost $36000.00 on every EV sold last quarter!
minus-squarepaulwesterberg@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThat would also violate Ford’s dealership contracts and would be illegal in many states due to dealership protection laws.
minus-squareSorry_Guard5001@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThose ancient laws need to be repealed but I’m guessing dealership owners are fairly big political donors so the chance of this is absolute zero.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-up1·10 months agoDealership owners are the political machine in local politics in a lot of areas.
minus-squareNobodyTellPoeDameron@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months ago due to dealership protection laws Which, of course, the dealers themselves made sure were passed through lobbying
minus-squareElluminated@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoBut then they would be violating all those dealer laws they lobbied for.
minus-squareKlutzyAd9112@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months 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
Ford lost $36000.00 on every EV sold last quarter!
That would also violate Ford’s dealership contracts and would be illegal in many states due to dealership protection laws.
Those ancient laws need to be repealed but I’m guessing dealership owners are fairly big political donors so the chance of this is absolute zero.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.
Which, of course, the dealers themselves made sure were passed through lobbying
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?