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It is a bit of hyperbole-they are building plants in North America using CATL as a partner along with LG (at BOC), so a Chinese and South Korean company.

Oh so they can do this? Toyota Will Replace Over 100,000 V6 Engines in Recalled Tundras, Lexus SUVs

https://www.autoweek.com/news/a61699950/ford-small-evs-with-chinese-batteries Lots of good info plus talks about Ford Pro and how they can't make enough transits and Super Duties.

not to mention they look weird unless they are on like 35in tire.

But also keep in mind that anything the auto industry does is at least 2-3 years behind when it was first started. They don't toss out engines with no testing and it takes time to spool up production. It goes back to specs being changed to make them cheaper.

https://www.autoweek.com/news/a61687963/tesla-robotaxi-coming-roadster-entry-model I'm betting this will fail spectacularly

I think the driving force behind that is having limited production for it with the Super Duty. That shouldn't be an issue once Oakville is up and running.

The really strange thing is that Hyundai calls it a compact CUV, when it should be considered a mid sizer (it is 190 inches long and 75 in wide, roughly the same size as say a Bronco or Edge)-so considering that, I don't think its too out of line for a top end model (which I'm assuming the one I got a rid in was)...they start at $33.9K

So Sorry to hear about your wife...that is rough. The 2002-2010 Generation Explorer and the 2005-2010 Mustang where the best looking and most timeless looking Ford products of that era.

There are a couple different variants of the grill also

https://insideevs.com/news/727524/rivian-ford-mercedes-benz/

One possibility is that it could require additional testing due to side impact standards?

Time to bring this thread back from the dead- I randomly got a ride in a Santa Fe on Saturday-was a friends party and his wife's friend got one as a loaner and she took it out for a test ride. Anyways-they don't look nearly as good in person vs photos-the car I got a ride in was Silver and black and looked better then the few I've seen previously on the road. The 8 bit graphics looking H tail lights had lots of comments from non-car people I was with (was in LBI with family when I saw the other ones) The tech on it was pretty impressive-it had the 360 camera on it and the dash was sort of larger version of what is found in the 2024 Mustang. When you turn the signal on, you get a blind spot camera view popping up on the dash-which IMO could be more distracting then useful. The rear view "mirror" is actually a screen-which I really didn't like-it worked well but there was an ever so slight perceptible lag with the video vs reflective mirror. The gear selector is a weird block thing attached to the steering column. Passenger side seat had plenty of leg room. All this for $57K...

This is a neat little detail. Huge improvement over the Celestiq styling wise.

How much an impact to range do you have with towing though? I'm not saying its not possible, but if you have to drive say 200+ miles in an EV towing at max load, you may not get there one charge.