Ford Going to Sell EVs Direct

[Chevelle_Nut]

Ford is trying to get rid of dealers.

No more dealer markups: Ford wants to move to online-only sales for EVs

Ford thinks its distribution model costs $2,000 more per car than Tesla's.

arstechnica.com

 

[Molly's 70]

Toyota Scion tried the no dealer/salesman idea for a while. I think they just want to get rid of salesman.

 

[Derek69SS]

What do you do if you want to test drive?

 

[Molly's 70]

What do you do if you want to test drive?

That will definitely be an objection to work though.

 

[kmakar]

No objections.... you bought it, and now you'll like it because we said so.

Not.

 

[Chevelle_Nut]

Good luck getting it worked on

 

[Richard150MPH]

Wellll, they are now more of an appliance than an automobile.
Like refrigerators and microwave ovens.

 

[kmakar]

Wellll, they are now more of an appliance than an automobile.
Like refrigerators and microwave ovens.

And they'll break down just as much as the new ones do. What ever happened to those refrigerators that lasted damn near 30 to 40 years? Everything today is made as a disposable so you have to buy new.

 

[Chevelle_Nut]

And they'll break down just as much as the new ones do. What ever happened to those refrigerators that lasted damn near 30 to 40 years? Everything today is made as a disposable so you have to buy new.

Most refrigerators have a 5 year life span

 

[77cruiser]

Anybody up for throwing away a 60K EV cause it don't work?

 

[kmakar]

I'm not up to pissing 60k away for something that won't work for Lisa or I. Where we'll be moving is at least 60 miles from any major city.