Close to 65% of the dealers of Ford Motors have come to an agreement about selling electric vehicles as the company is going to expand production and its sales of the battery-powered trucks and cars as per the CEO of the company Jim Farley.
Close to 1920 of the near 3000 dealers of Ford in the United States have made an agreement to sell the electric vehicles. He also said that close to 80% of the dealers have opted for the higher level of investment for the electric vehicles.
Ford has offered its dealers the option of being EV certified under one of the two programs where the expected investment is going to be $500,000. The dealers in the high tier which carries the upfront cost of close to $900,000 will be getting the elite certification and be allocated even more electric vehicles.
Ford unlike their rivals General Motors is going to allow the dealers to opt out of selling the electric vehicles and continue selling the cars of the company. General Motors has been offering the buyouts to Cadillac and Buick dealers who don’t want to invest in selling electric vehicles.
Dealers who haven’t decided to not invest in the electric vehicles might do so when Ford is going to reopen the certification process in the year 2027.
Ford has plans of selling electric vehicles and that point has been a point of contention since the company had spit off the all-electric business earlier in the year into a separate division which is known as the Model e. Farley has also said that the automaker and its dealers also needed to lower the costs, increase the profits and also deliver better and more consistent sales experiences for the customers. This will be essential for the consumers in the coming years.