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To: Aquamarine

Here’s how Ford is incentivizing their electric clunk I mean truck:

Ford is paying dealers $20K+ to order 2024 F-150 Lightning trucks

Ford dealers cashing in on electric F-150s — here’s how they’re making $20K+.

https://www.autoblog.com/news/ford-is-paying-dealers-20k-to-order-2024-f-150-lightning-trucks

Excerpt:

.....As dealers struggle to sell remaining 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning models, Ford is inventing new ways to move metal. One way is by introducing Retail Replenishment Centers (RRCs), locations dedicated to holding inventory to manage flooring costs and space for dealers. Ford is enticing dealers to “buy now,” and dealerships can earn up to $22,500 per month by ordering trucks from the RRC.

According to a new memo circulating the web, Ford is offering dealers up to $1,000 per unit when they restock their Lightning inventory via the RRC. But, that figure creeps up to $1,500 each when the dealer orders nine or more units – up to a maximum of 15. Since Ford has offered to pay retroactively to the first unit, that means a total of $22,500 is sitting on the table.

The program will run from October 15 until November 15 of this year, and Ford says it’s a win-win situation. Dealers can save space while still offering shoppers the same or more flexibility in the model they choose. It could backfire; some dealerships may take advantage of the rebate only to find that it simply doesn’t make sense to normally have the Lightning in stock. That could diminish choices for shoppers – and competition for Lightning-stocked Ford dealers.

Almost every 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning is eligible for the rebate

Paying dealers to take vehicles usually is not a very good sign.

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And I would bet those ‘rebates’ given to the dealers by Ford are funded by you and I, the taxpayers under the disguise of some innocuous bill the DC critters passed.


4,273 posted on 10/22/2024 9:14:13 PM PDT by Sobieski at Kahlenberg Mtn. (All along the watchtower fortune favors the bold.)
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4,274 posted on 10/22/2024 9:47:55 PM PDT by foldspace
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To: Sobieski at Kahlenberg Mtn.
This is a couple of the video's on the future of energy.

Tony Seba: Greatest disruption in history is here, millions of jobs to disappear

Tony Seba just revealed why Elon Musk is no longer interested in EVs

4,342 posted on 10/23/2024 6:43:18 AM PDT by Aquamarine ( “Be excited about the future of our country. Be excited.” - Donald Trump)
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To: Sobieski at Kahlenberg Mtn.

RRC = parking lot for unsold electric vehicles. The things are stacking up


4,432 posted on 10/23/2024 4:31:59 PM PDT by Axenolith (I’ve saved $140,000 on batteries so far with my truck. It runs on LIQUID FUEL )
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