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Re:EV startups from Lucid to Rivian see demand fade, supply ... by nradov on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @04:55PM (#34988898)
If Ford is really working hard to get their dealerships to perform then why are they still charging $15K additional mark ups on the Mustang Mach-E? I looked at buying one but there's no way I'm going to be a sucker and pay a sleazy dealer over MSRP.

https://www.frontierford.com/all-inventory/index.htm?composi...

Jim Farley has been CEO since 2020 and hasn't done anything to improve dealerships.

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Re:EV startups from Lucid to Rivian see demand fade, supply ... by rootusrootus on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @06:07PM (#34989610)
> no way I'm going to be a sucker and pay a sleazy dealer over MSRP

Everybody talks like buying direct from the manufacturer will solve this. I feel like people aren't paying much attention to Tesla. Sure, there isn't a mark-up per se, but they just ratchet the price up as necessary to extract maximum profit. Same as the dealer. The big difference being that the dealer actually has competition for your business but Tesla is the only place you can go to buy a new Tesla.

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Re:EV startups from Lucid to Rivian see demand fade, supply ... by rnk on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @09:30PM (#34991177)
Read up on their new ev sale requirements or the dealers lose our access to EVs. They are trying but limited by state laws. And I'm no fan, I don't want to ever buy a car from a dealer again. The state laws block Tesla and rivian sales in some states.
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