I’m guessing the dealers have issue with this rule: “The automaker wants dealers to set no-haggle prices.” So they can continue charging crazy dealer markups, raking in extra profit and not having to be bothered with installing chargers getting EV specific tools and training.
From what I recall there were also a few other obvious problems with it for dealerships beyond that, including 1) very jacked up prices for stuff like Ford installing chargers at their location, 2) each dealer can only get a fixed supply of EVs, regardless of if they live near a ton of people and sell way more cars than the average dealerships or are in some rural areas that might only sell half as many vehicles as a result. And I’m sure that there were other things to that I’m forgetting.
I’m guessing the dealers have issue with this rule: “The automaker wants dealers to set no-haggle prices.” So they can continue charging crazy dealer markups, raking in extra profit and not having to be bothered with installing chargers getting EV specific tools and training.
And ford keeps changing the requirements… lot’s of dealers ticked off over changes due to ford corporate not having their end together.
From what I recall there were also a few other obvious problems with it for dealerships beyond that, including 1) very jacked up prices for stuff like Ford installing chargers at their location, 2) each dealer can only get a fixed supply of EVs, regardless of if they live near a ton of people and sell way more cars than the average dealerships or are in some rural areas that might only sell half as many vehicles as a result. And I’m sure that there were other things to that I’m forgetting.