Ford reorganized back in March so that their EV business (Model e) is separate from the legacy ICE business (Ford Blue). There was speculation at the time that this was in part free itself of the dealership sales model. The dealers would keep the dying ICE business while the fast growing EV business would start with clean slate. Farley was quoted describing the EV sales model as:
> "It's going to be much more efficient, a lot more online. It's going to be a really different model."[1]
Obviously this will be very controversial and subject to interference by state legislators who have often protected dealerships. Will be interesting to see this transition.
> "It's going to be much more efficient, a lot more online. It's going to be a really different model."[1]
Obviously this will be very controversial and subject to interference by state legislators who have often protected dealerships. Will be interesting to see this transition.
https://insideevs.com/news/571959/ford-dealerships-impacted-...