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Ford Hopes to Boost Electric Car Sales by Giving Away Free Charging Stations
Breitbart ^ | 10/01/2024 | John Binder
Posted on 10/01/2024 11:52:27 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Ford Motor Company is hoping to boost sales of its electric vehicles (EVs) by giving away free at-home charging stations, executives announced this week.
“Auto shoppers say they’re more likely to buy an electric vehicle if they could fill up at home. So we’re going to make it easy for our customers,” Ford CEO Jim Farley wrote on X:
If you buy or lease a new [Ford] electric vehicle, we’ll include a complimentary home charger. This is part of something we’re calling the Ford Power Promise, which is about giving our electric vehicle customers convenience, peace of mind and expert service. [Emphasis added]
Those buying or leasing a Ford EV in the fourth quarter will receive a free at-home charging station and installation. Should the offer do well, Farley said it could be extended into the next year.
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Good luck with that Ford.
To: ChicagoConservative27
The cost is coming out of the executives’ wallets, right, right? Oh, you mean these FREE charging stations are really added to the customers’ sales price.
2 posted on 10/01/2024 11:56:23 AM PDT by bgill
To: ChicagoConservative27
If they are losing $30,000-$50,000 per EV sale, they should pay people $10,000 not to buy them.
3 posted on 10/01/2024 11:56:35 AM PDT by PTBAA
To: ChicagoConservative27
The only acceptable “charging station” would be one that I don’t plug in anywhere.
are they handing out diesel generators?
4 posted on 10/01/2024 11:57:12 AM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Gas, coal, wind, solar, natural gas, thermal or nuke powered stations.
5 posted on 10/01/2024 11:57:48 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from withinE? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Translation = Some idiot production planner at Ford bought upwards of 50,000 charging stations in anticipation of sales of cars that never materialized, and now they are stuck with them. I’ve worked for several companies that had similar situations. One held a meeting about it titled, “Let’s get these monkeys off our backs”
6 posted on 10/01/2024 11:58:54 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
To: ChicagoConservative27
It’s like Ford selling combustion engine cars and trucks without gas tanks.
7 posted on 10/01/2024 12:00:12 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Who in their right mind would charge an EV in an attached garage while their family slept?
8 posted on 10/01/2024 12:00:42 PM PDT by allendale
To: bgill
And added to their electricity bills.
9 posted on 10/01/2024 12:01:17 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
To: bgill
the new corporate directive is to figure out ways to lose money faster while fighting climate change and appeasing the Washington liberals.
10 posted on 10/01/2024 12:01:56 PM PDT by srmanuel
To: ChicagoConservative27
and a fire extinguisher. a fire extinguisher?
what. no fire extinguisher?
FORD, say it isn’t so... will have to wait til this sinks the stock price to buy back in after this nonsense.
11 posted on 10/01/2024 12:05:14 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
To: ChicagoConservative27
Most of the charging stations in my are have been vandalized and are inoperative. It’s free copper for thieves.
12 posted on 10/01/2024 12:05:37 PM PDT by fwdude
To: ChicagoConservative27
Whoop-de-doo. These are likely 120v chargers, which take an eternity to charge an EV. From what I’ve seen, you have to put in a separate 240v circuit to get even a semi-reasonable charging time, and I believe that takes a different charger as well.
13 posted on 10/01/2024 12:07:19 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
To: ChicagoConservative27
This is nothing but sucking up to Biden & Co. and to appease the insatiable FedZilla.
14 posted on 10/01/2024 12:08:40 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (May the soy boys, feminazis, and alphabet weirdos choke on the toxic fumes of our masculinity)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Free charging stations?!?
Where will these stations be hooked up? That location will need to be inspected and approved before, during and after installation. Also, home installation may required an additional load-handling meter and electrical utility box. That will also require licensed electricians with their hourly charge rates.
15 posted on 10/01/2024 12:10:11 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
To: allendale
Who in their right mind would charge an EV in an attached garage while their family slept?
I'm skittish about charging my cellphone while I sleep.
16 posted on 10/01/2024 12:10:37 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
To: blackdog
“Let’s get these monkeys off our backs”.
Sounds about right to me.
17 posted on 10/01/2024 12:10:38 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
To: C210N
The best “charging station” pumps liquid hydrocarbon fuel into your tank in a couple minutes.
I much prefer to pay somebody else to own, run, and maintain these “charging stations.” Why the hell do I want to do somebody else’s job in my own home.
It’s bad enough you have to empty your own shopping cart, bring your own bags, push the cart to your car and load your own groceries into the car. All those things used to be done by the supermarket companies.
18 posted on 10/01/2024 12:12:07 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (May the soy boys, feminazis, and alphabet weirdos choke on the toxic fumes of our masculinity)
To: ChicagoConservative27
It will be the cheap 110 volt charger that takes 4 days to charge
19 posted on 10/01/2024 12:13:00 PM PDT by oil_dude
To: ChicagoConservative27
Home charger? So it’s the current 110 garage outlet and it takes two days to charge the car.
20 posted on 10/01/2024 12:13:31 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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