Sherminator98

Uh this was almost 2 years ago and it was due to production delays

Don't they already have a plant in Michigan they are working on? I know one was cancelled and another was half way done?

There was a FMC "Bot" at the Bronco6G forums, but it shut down a while ago.

I dunno-all I can see is dealerships adding a 100% ADM on them (being completely unaware of how they are being sold to customers). I see no reason why GM shouldn't be selling this car for $250-300K. Ford sold every single GTD and GT they made.

Since the Bronco and Ranger Launches, we've had no new products released....so yeah there is an issue.

Also throw in the rumor that Louisville assembly will be building a EV pickup that is in-between the Ranger and Maverick also. I have a feeling that Ford isn't showing all their cards here either-or one of these products will be a Bronco branded one, which would help make sense of having 3 different EV pickups, which coincidentally are the worst selling EV products too.

Rouge Electric Vehicle "Plant" is more or less just an additional assembly building that got fed from DTP from what I understand. People who work there have first dibs for jobs at BOC from the last UAW contract also.

Why should have people been forced to buy cars with catalytic converters/smog pumps that cut power 50% that made vehicles more dangerous to drive? In my experience with stop/start-it doesn’t engage unless you have the brake completely pressed down to the floor. You can let pressure off the peddle a hair and not have the vehicle move, but the stop start disengages, for situations like that. It’s pretty much unobtrusive at this point. I do notice that the Fusion hybrid I had did have a more noticeable delay in it vs the Escape or the Broncos I have now.

I dunno the Model X and Y look like bloated ticks to me.

Because people are more concerned about saving a buck then image

More info on the 2026 Escape Some 2026 Ford Escape Trims To Add Hybrid As Standard Powertrain

Ooh I forgot that the Tracer moved to the 323/Laser Platform in the late 1980s-remembered the second gen one

I dunno about the wear and tear thing with stop-start, you'd think that hear more about starters failing then you do since that was implemented. It became wide spread about 12 years back and has been around since the 1980s. Personally I get about 20 MPG out of my Bronco, which the best mileage I've gotten out of any of my cars, save the Fusion hybrid (which was an unexpected purchase I only put 3K on) and my old Escort GT. Stop Start I'm sure helps with that.

So reading comments-how are the vehicles built on the production line get charged? So if the plant is making 60 units an hour, even if those charging units had 2 or even 4 ports to charge from, that doesn't sound like that would be enough to charge then to say 50% or so for transport? The Ford Authority article claims its going to be an EV Ranger Pickup LOL

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2025/06/10/gm-plans-4-billion-push-to-move-production-from-mexico-to-u-s/84135790007/

We’re going to experiment with the brand=we have no idea what to do so we are going to throw shit against the wall and see what sticks instead of just shuttering the brand.

The exterior is awful on that. The interior isn’t bad.

It’s just not Ford-Honda is stopping selling the Civic type R in the EU. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a64984345/honda-civic-type-r-sales-end-europe/ Looks like emissions standards are the issue.

No it wouldn't, no politician is going do that because they'll never get voted in or they'll get voted out in the next election.

Except that there isn't a cost effective renewable fuel available that would cut GHG either...and wouldn't be as scalable as dino oil either.

https://fortune.com/2025/06/08/byd-ev-industry-competition-price-cuts-weak-demand-overcapacity/

The unfortunate fact is that you can't force people to buy something they don't trust or "want" Unless they figure out a way to market EVs to appeal to people and remove most of the preconceived notions people have about them, its going to be a struggle to sell them or even make money off them.

The government sets the rules as to how this is all supposed to work-and the F-250 is a significantly bigger/heavier vehicle and costs more then the F-150

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-declares-biden-fuel-economy-rules-exceeded-legal-authority-2025-06-06/

https://www.motor1.com/news/762063/toyota-says-hybrids-cleaner-evs/