DEARBORN – Ford has big EV plans, and it wants dealers to be in on those plans. But those plans require a big investment by dealers. While it looked like a lot of dealers were on board, dealer association groups have other ideas.
Automotive News reports that dealer associations in 13 states are coming out against Ford’s EV investment requirements for its dealers, saying that Ford is “unfairly burdening its retail network with costly requirements for electric vehicle sales and breaking some franchise laws.”
The problem the associations have is Ford’s requirement of up $1.2 million in investments for dealer training and upgrades for EV sales. If dealers don’t want to pony up the $1.2 million for the full upgrades, they can invest just $500,000.
But Ford would cap their EV sales at just 25 per year. Some say this could be illegal, as it essentially limits what models dealers could sell, skewing their inventory.
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