What is a Ford EV / Mach-E Certified Dealer?

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Does anybody know what does Ford mean when they say that a dealer chooses to be EV Certified? Why are only 2100 out of over 3000 Ford dealers choosing to sell the Mach-E?
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as far as I know, they have to have staff that has been trained by ford to service EV's including the Mach E. If they dont have someone trained on staff they arent a certified dealer.
 

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I think they have to agree to have at least one onsite charging station, too
 

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Some of the uncertified dealers may be like mine. I received this from my local Ford sales manager "...just recently committed to Ford Motor Company to become a Certified EV Ford dealership. This commitment is required for us to be able to provide sales and service of Ford Electric Vehicles and will take some time to complete our certification. We are hopeful to have this completed early 2020."
 


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More than 2/3 of dealers in my area are Certified. The Preferred Dealer search shows some as 'Unavailable for Reservations'.
 

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Do we know if all 3000 dealers will be EV / Mach-E certified at some point, or some of them will never sell the Mach-E?
 
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Do we know if all 3000 dealers will be EV / Mach-E certified at some point, or some of them will never sell the Mach-E?
There are a lot of dealers who won't carry it. Just like there are some Ford dealers that specialize in the old kind of Mustangs and carry a ton, there are others with minimal to no Mustangs cuz they're in farm country or something so their bread and butter is F-series.

edit: before anybody scolds me, I mean the old fashioned fossil powered kind of Mustangs.
 
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