{"id":40374,"date":"2023-01-14T00:04:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T05:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=40374"},"modified":"2023-01-14T00:04:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T05:04:13","slug":"1138435_more-than-one-third-of-lincoln-s-dealerships-say-no-thanks-to-brand-s-electric-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=40374","title":{"rendered":"More than one third of Lincoln&#8217;s dealerships say &#8220;no thanks&#8221; to brand&#8217;s electric future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than one third of U.S. Lincoln dealerships have opted out of a certification plan to sell electric cars as part of the luxury brand&#8217;s EV shift, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autonews.com\/retail\/59-us-lincoln-dealers-sign-sell-evs?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Automotive News<\/a> reported Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Following the example of parent Ford, Lincoln in October 2022 told its dealers to invest in upgrades to sell EVs or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1137494_lincoln-to-dealers-go-electric-or-bail-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bail out of the brand<\/a>. Lincoln now says 356 of its roughly 600 dealers, representing about 88% of its sales volume, have committed to this electric future, according to Automotive News.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"static-marker-video-player-primis\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Of those dealerships ready to take the EV plunge, about 90% are in the nation&#8217;s top 130 luxury markets, according to the report. Each dealer will have to spend about $900,000 on charging equipment, including DC fast chargers and seven Level 2 240-volt AC chargers, and other costs like training. Dealerships outside that group will have to spend $500,000 for one DC fast charger and four Level 2 units.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper first_wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100838375_m\" title=\"Lincoln Star concept\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"Lincoln Star concept\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"first_image lazy\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"682\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/lincoln_100838375_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/lincoln_100838375_h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/lincoln_100838375_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/lincoln_100838375_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/lincoln_100838375_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/lincoln_100838375_s.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lincoln Star concept<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 59% of Lincoln dealerships that have opted into these investments is lower than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1138057_two-thirds-of-ford-s-dealers-opt-into-its-electric-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two-thirds of Ford dealerships<\/a> that opted into that brand&#8217;s EV program. Lincoln dealers that also have Ford franchises must invest in both programs to sell EVs for both brands, Automotive News noted.<\/p>\n<p>The response of Lincoln dealerships is similar to those of rival Cadillac, which is also slated for an EV shift. General Motors offered buyouts to Cadillac dealers (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1137046_gm-willing-to-buy-out-us-buick-dealers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and Buick dealers<\/a>) that didn&#8217;t get onboard with its EV plan, which also requires investments in charging equipment. About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1130408_more-than-one-third-of-cadillac-dealerships-bail-on-brand-s-electric-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one-third of Cadillac dealerships<\/a> opted to take the buyouts rather than sell EVs. GM wants both Cadillac and Buick to go all-electric by decade&#8217;s end.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100864378_m\" title=\"2023 Lincoln Aviator\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"2023 Lincoln Aviator\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"556\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2023-lincoln-aviator_100864378_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/2023-lincoln-aviator_100864378_h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2023-lincoln-aviator_100864378_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2023-lincoln-aviator_100864378_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/2023-lincoln-aviator_100864378_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/2023-lincoln-aviator_100864378_s.jpg\" class=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2023 Lincoln Aviator<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Both Ford and Lincoln are enrolling dealerships in EV sales for specific periods. Lincoln&#8217;s first enrollment period ran through Dec. 15, 2022. Dealers that didn&#8217;t enroll won&#8217;t have an opportunity to return to the Lincoln brand until a second enrollment period opens in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Dealers that don&#8217;t sign up will have to stop selling Lincolns when the brand shifts to EVs. Lincoln doesn&#8217;t currently sell any EVs, but it plans to launch three globally by 2025, add a fourth by 2026, and have EVs account for nearly 90% of its North American sales volume by 2030, according to Automotive News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than one third of U.S. Lincoln dealerships have opted out of a certification plan to sell electric cars as part of the luxury brand&#8217;s EV shift, Automotive News reported Friday. Following the example of parent Ford, Lincoln in October 2022 told its dealers to invest in upgrades to sell EVs or bail out of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}