Ford CEO says EVs will be sold 100% online with nonnegotiable price

Re:Ford CEO says EVs will be sold 100% online with nonnegoti... by gpm on Thursday June 02, 2022 @09:56PM (#31603307)

Ford is however at the liberty to lobby for laws to change, and to simply stop selling (electric) vehicles where the laws don't allow for direct sales - like Tesla did.

Tesla has pretty convincingly demonstrated that it's possible to run a car company in the US without paying off the dealerships. It's only going to be easier for the second mover here to also stop.

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Re:Ford CEO says EVs will be sold 100% online with nonnegoti... by colinmhayes on Thursday June 02, 2022 @10:21PM (#31603490)

Tesla had a big advantage because they never had dealers. Many states have laws banning online sales once dealerships are established.

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Re:Ford CEO says EVs will be sold 100% online with nonnegoti... by bin_bash on Thursday June 02, 2022 @10:28PM (#31603533)

I wonder if maybe they're preparing to fully spin off the EV models into its own corporation for this exact reason: https://chargedevs.com/newswire/ford-to-spin-off-its-evs-int...

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Re:Ford CEO says EVs will be sold 100% online with nonnegoti... by bredren on Thursday June 02, 2022 @10:54PM (#31603713)

Does the law apply to a business unit? I’d expect it to require a new company.

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Re:Ford CEO says EVs will be sold 100% online with nonnegoti... by bin_bash on Thursday June 02, 2022 @11:15PM (#31603834)

It would. I'm saying they might have split the company into separate units in order to make it easier to spin off a new corporation.

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