Azure Dynamics Signs Agreements With 76 Dealerships
The Oak Park hybrid and electric truck powertrain developer Azure Dynamics Corp. (OTC: AZDDF) Tuesday announced it has signed agreements with 76 additional dealerships to represent Azure's innovative products including the Transit Connect Electric and the Balance Hybrid Electric in key markets across North America.
The new agreements bring the total number of dealerships in the Azure program to 103. The dealerships are part of Azure's channel distribution strategy which involves establishing partnerships with dealerships, body vendors, leasing agencies and other customer-facing businesses to represent Azure products to current and potential customers. Many of the new dealerships will maintain an inventory of ready-to-deliver Ford Transit Connect Electric vans and Balance Hybrid Electric cube vans and walk-in vans.
"In just seven weeks since we posted an interactive dealership location map on the product section of our Web site, that page has been visited more than 37,000 times," said Mike Elwood, Azure vice president marketing. "This reflects the strong interest in the products themselves and underscores the many reasons dealerships are eager to represent Azure products in the field."
Azure previously announced dealerships in major markets including Boston, Los Angeles, Edmonton, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, San Antonio and Toronto.
For a complete listing of Azure dealerships on an interactive map, please visit, www.azuredynamics.com/products.
In Michigan, the list of recently added dealerships includes Gorno Ford in Woodhaven, Krapohl Ford Lincoln Mercury in Mt. Pleasant, Suburban Ford in Sterling Heights and Village Ford in Dearborn.
Other Great Lakes-area dealerships are Breman Ford Inc., Breman, Ind., Town and Country Ford, Evansville, Ind., Freeway Ford, Lyons, Ill., Suttons Ford, Matteson, Ill., Uftring Ford East, Peoria, Ill., Rock River Ford and Rockford Mass Transit in Rockford, Ill., and Kings Ford, Cincinnati, Ohio.
More at www.azuredynamics.com.
