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Ford is however at the liberty to lobby for laws to change, and to simply stop selling (electric) vehicles where the laws don't allow for direct sales - like Te

by gpm 4y ago

Ford is however at the liberty to lobby for laws to change, and to simply stop selling (electric) vehicles where the laws don't allow for direct sales - like Tesla did. Tesla has pretty convincingly demonstrated that it's possible to run a car company in the US without paying off the dealerships. It's only going to be easier for the second mover here to also stop.

colinmhayes 4y ago
Tesla had a big advantage because they never had dealers. Many states have laws banning online sales once dealerships are established.
- bin_bash 4y ago
  I wonder if maybe they're preparing to fully spin off the EV models into its own corporation for this exact reason: https://chargedevs.com/newswire/ford-to-spin-off-its-evs-into-separate-model-e-business-unit/ https://chargedevs.com/newswire/ford-to-spin-off-its-evs-int...
  - bredren 4y ago
    Does the law apply to a business unit? I’d expect it to require a new company.
    - bin_bash 4y ago
      It would. I'm saying they might have split the company into separate units in order to make it easier to spin off a new corporation.