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After a pleasant surprise of shipping time from rail in Miami to Dealer in West Palm, another SD found a home tonight. Ill post more about timeline, dealer experience and all that jazz tomorrow. But figured id just drop this in here for now as its the only picture I have at the moment anyways.

When the first thing a new President does is sign executive orders canceling the completion of a major pipeline for getting that supply to market and prohibiting exploration and production on Federal lands, that can't be classified as "impact, none."

(Skip to scheduling and allocation parts if you don’t feel like reading all of this lol) A little info for ordering if you don’t know the process. There is a lot of false statements going around and this should clear up what the process is. I did not write this 1. Order types There are 3 basic order types, Stock, Retail, and Fleet. There are others, but I'm just going to use these 3. AXZD plan will fall under Retail in my description. The other types are Dealer Demo; drivers ed loan out and lease renewal order. Again I'm going to just use the 3 as the others basically fall under those 3 also. Stock- Unsold orders for dealer inventory. Order type 2 Retail- Sold orders; have a customer name assigned to them in the system. These also have price protection in case of an increase. Stock units don't. It’s an order type 1 in the system (or A, X, K for the weird order types) Fleet- Sold orders for companies with a valid Fleet ID. (a fleet ID requires 15 units in service). This order type schedules differently and also gets different pricing. Rebates don't apply to fleets (but they do have a "Retail greater than Fleet" discount if rebates are bigger than fleet discounts. They also don't pay the FDAF fees and other things. Orders are scheduled out of a fleet pool and not the dealer’s allocation, but more on that later. This is an order type 0. Next on an order is an order number. This doesn't mean much it’s just a way of tracking. It’s a 4 digit number (or letters) and is assigned by the dealer. I use the order date for mine. This is one of the 3 items you need to check the status of an order. Body type- This just tells what the truck is, for example a X14 is a Supercab 4x4 styleside. The first letter is the cab style (F=Regular cab, X= Supercab, W=Crewcab) The second digit tells more. On the New F-150 a 0 is a flareside, 1 is a styleside (2 is a F-250, 3 F-350, etc). The 3rd digit tells whether 2 or 4 wheel drive (on New F-150 2 is 2wd, 4 is 4x4, old style was 7. This explanation applies to F-Series trucks, cars can be different. This item is also needed to check an order. Dealer code- This is also on the order and is needed to check the status of an order (with Ford, dealer only gets listing of his units). This is a set of 2 numbers, a letter, and 3 more numbers. The first two correspond to the region, letter tells the zone in that region, and last 3 identify the dealer. Mine is 53W544 (53=KC region, Zone W, dealer 544). This is the 3rd thing needed to check the status of an order. All 3 are listed together on a DORA on the Upper portion far right a few blank lines below the priority code. A DORA is a Dealer Order Receipt Acknowledgement. It’s a printout we get back from Ford after ordering. Usually comes next business day. You should get one from your dealer after ordering. It’s a good way to verify what's ordered is what you want. \2. Priority Codes. This is listed on the far right upper portion of a DORA. It’s also on the dealers print outs of order status. This only applies until a unit is scheduled. Once assigned a VIN this doesn't mean anything anymore. The codes start at 1 and run to 99. A dealer can only assign between 10 and 99. A 99 order can't be scheduled. I use these for people that tell me to get them a unit on date (later than normal orders take). I put in a 99'd order so I have what they wanted in the system and don't forget about it and then change it to a buildable priority when time comes they're ready for the truck. The region (or other Ford divisions) can prioritize below 10; I've only seen a 01 priority below 10. They do this in the event of something unusual; most orders never see a priority 01. An example is if they're manually scheduling (like the First F-150 for each dealer, or first year T Birds) or if it’s something that needs to be urgent (first order destroyed in shipping, etc). Again I normally only see this a few times a year. Also if you do get a priority 01, things usually get scheduled fast even if you have some hard to get commodities (but not hold items). More on commodities later. I believe that the under 10 priorities go first through the allocation system. Other priorities are to organize what order the dealer wants the trucks in. These only affect that dealer and have no bearing on other dealers. If a dealer only uses 50 or higher, another dealer that starts at 10 won't get his trucks any sooner. This system is to organize the order so they are "in a row" for scheduling. That way in the first pass of scheduling they only look at 1 truck per dealer, then on second pass look at 2nd one. Regardless of what the number actually is. If 50's the lowest at dealer a and 10's my lowest, they are both in the first pass, and are equal to each other. More than one order can have the same priority. If this happens the system looks at order types and then order date. Retails take priority over stock and oldest takes priority. For example: order 1234 Retail order date 9/3/03 order 4321 Retail order date 5/5/03 order 5555 Stock order date 4/4/03 The Retail orders take priority. and then oldest order comes first. So the system would look at these in this order: Order 4321 because it’s the oldest retail at this priority order 1234 2nd as it’s a retail order 5555 being a stock order its 2nd despite order date. Also Priority can override stock, retail or order date. If a retail is priority 20 and a stock is 19, the stock tries to schedule first; the retail and date thing only applies to orders with the same priority number. So the big thing I want everyone to know is don't get too worried if your not a priority 01 as this is very rare, also don't worry if your not at priority 10, I start my retail orders at 20 so I've got some room if something comes up that I need to prioritize under my current orders I can. On Fleet orders, none of this priority stuff applies. The priority codes are to control build date and are a letter and a number that correspond to a build month and week. This isn't to get stuff quicker but actually slower. Often fleets will order in January and not want the units for a few months. I can order so it can't be built until later so it will arrive in time but not overly early. Fleet units don't compete with retail or stock at all for scheduling as fleet comes out of their own pool and not from a dealer’s allocation. 3. Allocation- Now that we've got orders in the bank they have to be Scheduled, oh getting ahead of my self, I better list some terms that apply to order status. These are on the dealer printouts so if you see these you'll know what they mean. Matl HOLD - unit can't schedule something is not available. for example, my Harley F-250 is in this status as production doesn't start until 11/3/03 unschd/clean- unit isn't scheduled (no VIN, no date, no guarantee to build), but is a buildable order once allocation and commodities allow. Submitted to plant- Unit assigned a VIN and assy plant, plant is assigning build date. Scheduled- has a build date and a vin Locked in- Changes can no longer be made to this order, unit is either close to being built, or at the end of the year they lock in orders early so they don't have left over parts between model years. Bucked- Unit is close to production, it’s my understanding that this mean the frame is on a Buck that’s used to roll it down the line. Produced- Unit is built Rel from plant- Unit is built and through inspection, available to ship. May also say Rel to Rail, or rel to convoy depending on location ttgxx7837934- or some weird number like this means it’s on a rail car and that’s the number. Arrived at ramp XX- has arrived at the rail head and been unloaded, the XX is a usually a number and letter. Mine go to 6P (Kansas City) or 4T (Joliet, IL) Ok, now that we've got some terminology lets talk allocation. Allocation determines who gets the units for that build week. The way allocation is split is based on Sales and availability. They don't count equally; I think sales factor 60% and availability 40%. The region like to call it turn and earn. The more you sell and fewer you have, the more you get. So if you've got lots of units on the ground and haven't been selling them, you won't get many new allocations. If you have none because you sold them all you should get a good number allocated. This information doesn't help a customer much as you really can't tell what dealers will get allocation. Larger dealers will get more allocation, but will have more orders also so doesn't mean faster scheduling. Generally most dealers are in similar situations and wait times will be similar. There are exceptions to this, for example 1999 Super Duty's were hard to get, but we had plenty of them as in a rural community we've always sold lots of HD trucks and the sales history helped us and hurt the city dealers that were selling them because they were "hot", this will hurt us the other way when the 05 Mustang comes out as I don't sell many normally I'll have a harder time getting them. Now this system ends up with leftovers as it doesn't end up with every dealer earning exact allocation and its hard to schedule .44 of a truck, so the left overs are used to get allocation to dealers that have retail orders and didn't earn (or earn enough) allocation to schedule them. Select and Contact dealers. There are 2 classifications of dealers Select (smaller dealers) and Contact (large dealers), for scheduling there are sometimes some differences. Right now on F-150 both work in the same allocation system, but on most other models (and F-150 starting in aprox December) the select dealers won't have to get allocation; they get every order they place automatically. So on most models, the smaller dealer will be able to get them quickly. Fleet- Fleet doesn't go through the allocation system. Fleet gets a percentage of the week’s production and schedules by order date so this eliminates any time differences between dealers and also allows them to sell to fleets without using a allocation that should go to a normal customer. Fleet unit sales don't count to earn allocation either. 4. Commodities- We usually get a list of controlled commodities on Wednesday these are the items that are not available (not Material hold, just overscheduled from past or supply issues, short term shortage, Material hold items Can't schedule, IE DVD is currently Material hold) and items that aren't going to be "Free demand". Free demand items are ones that you can get as many as you want, supply outdoes demand. Other items may have a restriction. Currently two-tone paint is a commodity. For example let me give a list of controls (not actual amounts, just for example based on things I've seen in the last few weeks. Two tone paint (supercab/Regular cab) 30% two tone paint (SuperCrew) 18% total SuperCrew 35% 5.4L V-8 80% Other items can also control, this is just an example (and items that I've seen on control already for the 04's). What this means is the % of the trucks scheduled that can have this option. That isn't an individual dealer thing, but all dealers in the region (controls are often regional, but usually most regions are the same). That means that if 1 dealer doesn't use his share another may get a higher percentage, or if another doesn't prioritize right, he may miss all the controls and get the free demand items only. Now were ready to go to the complicated part, Scheduling. 5. Scheduling. Scheduling usually happens Thursday night (allocation happens Wed night and we get the results sometime Thursday). Basically it’s all done by computer (unless something like a priority 01 may be manually scheduled first to make sure it gets scheduled). It lines all the dealers (that have allocation) in some sort of random order. If there are no commodities, this is easy, first dealers unit scheduled, second dealers, third dealers, etc, Once all dealers first allocation has been scheduled they go to the next round and do the same for the dealers that have a second allocation, once everyone's second is done they go through those with a 3rd and so on. Now that’s in a perfect world where there aren't any commodities. Here in the real world it works a little different. Commodities screw this all up. Right now most vehicles only have 1 or two commodities so it’s not as big of deal. At times there might be 10 different commodities that are all separate and different and can make things difficult. If when scheduling gets to a dealers allocation, and his order has a commodity that has already run out, they skip him for that pass. He doesn't loose his allocation, it gets used in the next pass, but it can cost him in other commodities. Let me do an example. This is PURELY SAMPLE, not actual numbers. Lets say Super Duty F-Series commodities 5% Crew Cab 30% Two tone 50% Power Stroke 25% V-10 now we're going to use Dealer A and dealer B. Lets say they both got 3 allocations. Dealer A F-250 V-10 Supercab with 2 tone priority 20 F-350 V-10 Regular cab with 2 tone priority 25 F-250 PowerStroke priority 30 Dealer B F-250 V-10 Crew Cab priority 10 F-250 V-10 Crew Cab priority 11 F-250 Supecab Two tone V-10 Priority 12 F-250 Regular cab PowerStroke priority 13 F-250 Supercab 5.4L priority 17 F250 Regular cab 5.4L priority 18 F350 supercab 5.4L priority 20 OK now to schedule. Let’s say dealer A is toward the beginning of scheduling and dealer B is at the end (supposed to be a random order, but someone has to be first and someone last, but the dealer has no say in this). 1. System looks at dealer a's first order, Commodities still available so it gets scheduled. 2. System gets do dealer b's first order and is out of Crew cabs before it gets there so dealer b doesn't get a unit scheduled 3. Dealer A's up again and gets his second scheduled as both are available. 4. Dealer B's second order is a crew cab again so nothing schedules again this pass 5. Dealer A's 3rd order is still OK so it also gets scheduled and uses up his final allocation. 6. Dealer B's 3rd order isn't a Crew cab, but after 2 and 1/2 passes 2 tone is exhausted so again nothing scheduled. 7. Dealer B's Power Stroke order doesn't schedule as they are used up in previous passes so he has yet to have a unit schedule. 8. Dealer B gets the next three units scheduled in the next three passes as the commodities ordered are still available (in this example). So when it’s said and done Dealer A got 2 V-10's 1 Power Stroke and 2 two tone orders where dealer B got nothing off of the control list. He gets his three units that he was allocated, but doesn't get any of the hard to get stuff due to the way his order bank was prioritized. This is why a dealer would want to put some of the moderately difficult items in the middle instead of all the hardest to get stuff at the first priority. If I had set up my order bank (in this example) I would have had a crew cab 1st and some a two tone second. This example was a little extreme, but it shows how the system works. This info doesn't really help you as a customer as there aren’t much you can do to affect this, but I thought people would find it interesting on how the system works. With current commodities, there isn't a lot of risk because after the only major commodities (not holds) are two tone and SuperCrew so after they run out you can still get some decent vehicles. But in years passed, they tried to stick dealers with some stuff that wasn't worth ordering. If you don't want something you can pass on your allocation, but many dealers will take slow moving trucks instead of passing on allocation. This can hurt worse thought as now the system shows you with that truck in inventory so it can cost you future allocation (remember the turn and earn system). Sometimes vehicles are excluded to get dealers to take them. In years passed, V-6 F-150's were excluded and 6 speed diesels didn't count against you. 6. Other Now that your unit is scheduled, here are some other points of interest. Once scheduled some changes can be made. If an item is a commodity, it probably can't be added, but can be removed. Trim level (XLT, Lariat, etc) can't be change nor can body style (4x4, 4x2, Crew cab, Reg cab, etc). But color and options can be mounted until the truck is locked in for production. If the change takes, you'll get a new DORA the next day. If not nothing happens. After Locked in status the truck gets "Bucked" and will be produced very soon. Next step is produced. This means the truck is built but hasn't left the plant yet. Rel from plant is next, self explanatory then things change based on your location. It may be REL to convoy (truck); Rel to Rail (train) or it may have a long number like ttx198345, that is the rail car the truck is loaded on. There may be a space and then a 2 digit number after this. That’s the Ramp (rail yard where loaded and unloaded) where the train is at. Arrived at ramp XX (the XX is a 2 digit number) this is again the place where loaded and unload, unfortunately I don't have a list of them. This means the truck has been unloaded from the train and is waiting truck shipment. Next step truck arrives at deal

This is an interesting conversation with several moving parts. In regards to the economy, the ridiculousness over the past 2 years needs a correction. We are at the beginning of a recession and bubble burst. Too much free money which promotes unbridled spending, which combined with the pandemic has prices soaring. The housing market needs a reset. Dealers charging 10-20k ADM needs a reset. Credit availability needs a reset. Government handing out "free money" needs a reset. The chip crisis is real but I think "more real" for non Asian carmakers. So until that is resolved, we are going to have somewhat of supply issue. Ford has a pretty respectable plan, the chip crisis and battery supply issues is making it harder to implement. I think basically making a HEV/PHEV bridge to pure BEV makes sense. Sure their trucks can be thirsty, but the F-150 has a hybrid and the 2.7 which get respectable mileage. I do fault Ford their reliance of Asian chip manufactures. Worst case scenario has occurred and they got bit pretty hard. The uproar over $4.00 gas seems to highlight how many people leveraged themselves to the brink. Gas prices have increased a lot for sure but this should not be OMG, I can't afford to fill up. Americans are good at overreacting and making knee jerk decisions that don't make much financial sense. Banks and dealers are more than happy to accommodate them. I predict this year will be a wild ride. Hold on tight. It's needed though to get back to "normal"....whatever that is.

The big issue is finding enough chips and supplies to build anything, can’t sell what you can’t make…

Well, kinda,,,, HRG

The few sources I found say all of the oil flowing thru the Keystone pipeline comes from Canada to USA, not the other way around. Can you share where your info comes from that only 5% of Keystone oil will come to USA? I read another article where the Canadian oil company TC Energy says they will not finish Keystone pipeline now, they have been jerked around so many times they're moving on. TC Energy will not revive Keystone XL oil pipeline project | BOE Report Gas and diesel prices were already going up before Russia invaded Ukraine and every penny of increase before and after Is because of the stupidity of Joe Biden and his green energy nut jobs in power that think electricity is PFM plus Joe Biden's feckless and idiotic foreign policy that could get us all killed if Putin launches nukes because he smells weakness like a shark with blood. God help us all...

Picked it up last night. Long long wait but worth it I'm my opinion.

So the way to fight high gas prices is to buy a BEV that’s $10 - 15K more expensive than a comparable ICE vehicle? That’s ridiculous. What’s the plan to combat soaring electricity rates?

No one replied, so i will. We stopped wearing em on Friday 3/4. I’m assuming everyone else did too

No argument there, but there is more life left in ICE and the infrastructure for it is very mature. And ICE development continues with some. For example, Nissan just introduced its new variable compression engine in its 2022 Rogue. Very impressive fuel mileage and Nissan will sell a lot of them. I hope EVs do well, but there is still room for ICE and further development. Especially if the price is thousands cheaper than EV. And so far surveys show that EVs are more problematic than ICE. Mainly software/electronic problems.

I’m not arguing one side or the other but those are hardly “facts” unless you have other credible sources and not just internet rumors spread by confirmation bias.

With all due respect, I think you misinterpreted this announcement. Ford isn't getting rid of ev development or creating another company for it. They're just giving it its own dedicated division, which will result in a more efficient organization, and better products.

Yep, working at home is great way to conserve fuel. If everyone could try to conserve even 1gallon/week of fuel, it would help a lot. Also E bikes are the rage now and can be used for simple errands. Bring the fuel demand down maybe 5 to 10%, and prices could moderate a bit.

Working from home I don’t visit a gas station very often either. So what does our President do? Suggest that we return to our downtown offices. What ever happened to conservation? The last time gas hit $4+, companies allowed more work from home.

Yeah, I am taking the $100K rumor with a grain of salt. we already looked at real estate in the surrounding towns of Stanton, out of curiosity, and it's actually not that bad compared to Kansas City. much nicer and newer homes and cheaper prices. The homes we found in Tennessee would be in $500-$600K range in KC, but down there they run between $300-400K. It's actually a bit cheaper, and buying in during a development phase is an investment that will pay off well later.

Gonna need another digit on those signs. I wonder when someone will be smart enough to add c0.1 to a gas tax so we can do away with the the .9 BS.

The key to low USA fuel costs are to be energy independent. If we produced 100% of our own oil and gas, the price would stabilize in the USA and I can't think of anything else around the world that could change that price. Finishing the keystone pipeline and opening up exploring and uncapping wells that are ready to pump is what we should do immediately, this is what Trump was doing until Biden had to reverse the progress. We shouldn't import one single drop of oil, especially from any country that hates our guts and wants us exterminated like Iran or Russia. Okay, I agree the keystone pipeline wouldn't fix our problems right away, but every day closer to opening that spigot would help our morale and ease tensions and possibly ease gouging. We have all the energy in the USA we need for over 100 years, that has been proven, all we need to do is extract it and use it. Getting oil and gas from other countries doesn't do a damn thing to help the global climate, and it's actually worse for the planet because in many of these foreign lands, they are careless with the extraction and cause more issue than extracting here in the USA. Electric cars are cool, I agree, but the electricity must come from somewhere and solar and wind cannot provide what is needed. Nuclear is the best solution for electricity and it will take a long time before an individual all electric transportation system is ready in USA. The Liberals and environmentalist are trying to force electric vehicles on the public, this cannot work because there is not enough electricity to go around and the infrastructure is not ready so we must do both at the same time, develop a long term solution to our electric demand and keep progress moving forward by using the fossil fuels we have available. We shouldn't import one single drop of oil or gas from outside the USA, it can be done. Trump used to say we were energy independent when he was president and a net exporter at the same time. I don't know the truth, some have said we were still importing from Russia and other foreign countries at the same time and we were selling enough through exports that on paper, we could say we were independent and exporting at the same time. Either way, we have the ability to be 100% energy independent, we just need leaders that have the will to make it so. I apologize for the rant... 787Toolman

Good story DeluxeStang. My wife and I have attended several BEV education events like National Drive Electric Week, and let several people test drive our 2 BEV (Ford Mustang Mach-E and Tesla Model S). Some of those people, like your father, were "highly resistant" to BEV prior to experiencing one. Each one that my wife or I met personally changed their tune after test driving a BEV and chatting with us and other BEV owners. J.D. Power's latest U.S. Electric Vehicle Experience Study confirms this. They said "Making the initial leap of faith into owning a BEV is proving to be very satisfying" and "once someone has purchased a BEV, they’re pretty much hooked." For Ford, the biggest goals related to getting to a 100% electric future are. Build in-house talent and capabilities for BEV design, engineering, manufacturing, and marketing Expand production capacity to meet demand for BEV, including producing components such as a HV batteries and electric motors Accelerate the timeline for exiting the ICE age simultaneously with growing the BEV and advanced technology businesses The separation of business units described in this thread is a great starting point to achieve all 3 of those goals.

If you like it, does it really matter what everyone else thinks? It's original and doesn't look all that bad. For me the name has no context JMHO.

WOW I miss those days I did 30 years in New York City Housing FDNY could tear shit up but it kept us working. Thanks for the memories congratulations on the new rig I’m biting at the bit for mine.

One thing to keep in mind - if someone develops a reasonably priced gasoline replacement with zero or near zero CO2 emissions then ICE may suddenly be viable again long term. At least for a subset of vehicles.

I guess in Canada we call the XLT Chrome Appearance Package the XTR Package. My '22 Powerboost is coming in this color......or is that colour? ?

Mine was estimated 3/1 to 3/7. Shipped 2/19 to , Arrived at rail yard on 2/25, Jessup, MD, Arrived at dealer 3/7, Rising Sun, MD

Good God, I feel like this is the middle/end of a recession that kicked off under the lockdowns. I pray this isn't the beginning.

Forget all this speculation about scheduling this week. As posted previously, there is no Super Duty scheduling this week.

Just to clarify - your dealer sets the priority code and it’s all relative to the other orders. If you’re the only one at 19 and the rest are stock orders at 20+ you’re first in line. But if you’re 19 and 10 others are at 18 you’re #11. Some never change it from the default and just let Ford decide which one to build first. Others may change the priority as orders are scheduled. You just need to ask the dealer and make sure you’re at the best priority relative to other orders.

Thank you. Will check back in a couple weeks. Appreciate your service to all of us Ford buyers!

Gunna be a big old sticky ball of poop rolling over most everything. From those that just waited forever to get the 80K to 90K super duty to pull the fifth wheel all over the country to those that have those monthly social security checks to stretch. Then the new traditional label peep`s in the auto industry just might get the realization of just how secure their futures are with the 401k nest egg. Dare I say it`s already started to get a little poop pee.... back when the band started playing hail to the chief.

Thanks for the update, hope it doesn't get pushed back. Been a long haul.

You do realize petroleum products are a worldwide commodity, right! Domestic prices reflect worldwide supply and demand. When supply was plentiful and demand lower price goes down , as demand increased , supply becoming limited, price when. Elections impact, none

I don't know, remember Philco TV's were junk and Ford's Aerospace/Defense business gave us the Sergeant York anti-arcraft 'system'. Getting rid of those two turkeys was good business!

For the other 160 million owners not buying a new vehicle this year, it’s just a case of reducing discretionary mileage and only doing essential trips.

Bosch has developed a new engine management strategy for Diesel engines that actually exceeds a lot of the approaching tougher emission levels. The secret is in increasing and holding engine and exhaust temperature more accurately, the system contains existing available equipment but cannot be fitted retrospectively. https://www.bosch-presse.de/pressportal/de/en/breakthrough-new-bosch-diesel-technology-provides-solution-to-nox-problem-155524.html Record readings under real driving conditions: 13 mg NOx per kilometer Since 2017, European legislation has required that new passenger car models tested according to an RDE-compliant mix of urban, extra-urban, and freeway cycles emit no more than 168 milligrams of NOx per kilometer. As of 2020, this limit will be cut to 120 milligrams. But even today, vehicles equipped with Bosch diesel technology can achieve as little as 13 milligrams of NOx in standard legally-compliant RDE cycles. That is approximately one-tenth of the prescribed limit that will apply after 2020. And even when driving in particularly challenging urban conditions, where test parameters are well in excess of legal requirements, the average emissions of the Bosch test vehicles are as low as 40 milligrams per kilometer. Bosch engineers have achieved this decisive breakthrough over the past few months. A combination of advanced fuel-injection technology, a newly developed air management system, and intelligent temperature management has made such low readings possible. NOx emissions can now remain below the legally permitted level in all driving situations, irrespective of whether the vehicle is driven dynamically or slowly, in freezing conditions or in summer temperatures, on the freeway or in congested city traffic. “Diesel will remain an option in urban traffic, whether drivers are tradespeople or commuters,” Denner said. Bosch delivered proof of this innovative advance at a major press event in Stuttgart. Dozens of journalists, from both Germany and abroad, had the opportunity to drive test vehicles equipped with mobile measuring equipment in heavy city traffic, under especially challenging conditions. The results recorded by the journalists, along with the route driven, can be viewed here. As the measures to reduce NOx emissions do not significantly impact consumption, the diesel retains its comparative advantage in terms of fuel economy, CO₂ emissions, and therefore climate-friendliness.

After a 6 month wait my truck finally arrived to the dealer Sunday and I took delivery Monday evening. Ordered 10/4. cyberdman, Thank you for the amazing service you provide for us. This has been a very pleasant experience in a vague and ambiguous ordering process. Much appreciated!

But, we were going to make so many jobs by capping oil wells. Unfortunately every time we have experienced "oil shock", the repercussions for the auto industry have been disastrous for domestic automakers. This time, with BEV and PHEV on tap, will we avoid it? The transplants and Tesla have a reputation advantage. Products built at non US facilities (Mach E) helps the corporation, but little for UAW represented facilities.

"Race on Sunday and Buy on Monday" is long gone. I guess Ford Performance needs something to do is all. Lots of smaller, regional tracks do have fans though. And Vintage racing which attracts my attention and many others.

Line X in Nicholasville KY for the basic is 580.00 and 705.00 for the premium and color match is 880.00. This is for a 8 foot box.

Going from 15 to 25 saves you 400 gallons per year at 15k annual miles or $1600-$2000 ($4-$5/gallon). Going from 20 to 30 only saves you 250 gallons. 25 to 35 only saves 171 gallons. Most trucks now are over 20 unless you’re towing and people that need to tow don’t have a choice. Recession could cause a drop in new vehicle sales but given supply chain issues that might not be so bad either. I certainly don’t see fuel costs alone impacting sales too much in the near future.

The oil from the Keystone pipeline would also be imported from Canada. With only 5% at most destined for the US the impact of the pipeline for the US would be negligible. The current prices of gas are due to Russia waging a war that never should have been and OPEC countries not living up to their promises to pump more oil after the pandemic was predominantly over. They promised to increase production by 400,000 barrels per day but have barely managed to achieve a 200,000 increase. Shale oil production in the US stopped when the pandemic hit because the price per barrel fell so low it made it financially impossible. Most of the shale oil producers went bankrupt. Until we get that capacity back, we are reliant upon the external market.

But that should be partially offset by new jobs on the EV side at least for the people involved. The cuts are probably mostly in powertrain development and facilities. At this point they don’t need new engines or transmissions. Hopefully most can transfer to EV powertrains. I’m sure there will be a lot of retirements as well.

There will have to be relief from the Fed, no way they can keep gas prices this high along with inflation at 5-7%. Yes diesel is high but so is regular gas, all a product of speculation in the oil market specifically Brent Crude futures. This will trigger over production in the US/OPEC/Venezuela due to some shady back room deals, and the market will become saturated by the summer driving season. This is my guess anyways.

Drove up to Gatlinburg from Charlotte Sunday Stopped and took a picture, thought the picture turned out really neat almost looks like a photoshop.

If this crap keeps up...the market pricing for SD trucks will go from crazy high prices to ridiculously low. Many people that have 3/4 or 1 t trucks that do not tow or haul and just use them as daily drivers will be dumping them. I can see the market getting flooded with used HD trucks if this keeps up.

Just checked on mine with a build week of 3/21, but unfortunately no change in production status, nor is the window sticker available. Happy to see someone is moving forward in the process. Maybe there is still hope for the rest of us.

I would buy a hybrid that gives me the best of ICE and EVs.

One could argue that Ford's hybrid powertrains are the most reliable in its fleet. Certainly more reliable than the ecoboost drivetrains. My Ford hybrid is now 2 years old and ZERO problems. However, Ford is about to recall 120 2021 Escape Hybrids with faulty crankshafts. Of course only the ICE 2.5 is affected. Must have been a small defective batch.

As demand increases or tech changes (more rapid charging options) they'll add more charging stations at high density living (condos/apartments/etc) It is the old chicken or egg situation.

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