Harley Lover

This post needs to be pinned. Not for the explanation, but for the history and background of our own IC! Awesome post!

Rivian is building a $5 billion dollar plant with 7500 jobs in Georgia.

I asked a friend who knows both engines well, he said: - pull a spark plug and get the part number (4.6 and 5.4 used different plugs) - most 4.6 had aluminum intake and 5.4 had plastic intake Hope this helps.

Not if the plan is bad; this story, if true, can be seen as another repudiation of a decision made by Hackett. He screwed the pooch on his decision regarding battery supply and now this - again, if true. Ford is still set to use MEB in Europe, but that always made more sense than in North America.

There are rules regulating how soon after the IPO Ford could sell - they didn't have the option to sell until recently.

In a report issued by the NERC, they warn of potential blackouts this summer in several parts of the U.S.. Let's start with the NERC. Who are they? They are the 'watchdog' for the power grid in the U.S.: Now to their warning: The specifics: Meanwhile in California: Get ready for government control of your charging: It would appear that our government(s) have much more work to do to support growing EV sales and their effect on the grid.

Nothing in that article mentions Bronco.

Also self serving in his case as they are behind everyone else in the EV transition. If GM display all sorts of issues as they bring their product online this year, that will be very interesting (with apologies to Laugh In).

No argument from me, but I don't know if that's the prevailing mindset within Ford. I think it would be a hard sell to move ahead with a program that would break even - too much competition for funding from programs that offer acceptable return on capital employed.

If the product were to be an EV crossover fastback (or even on the Mustang chassis for that matter), there's nothing preventing a Lincoln stablemate to Thunderbird. Lord knows there's plenty of historical precedent for it.

More utilization of the Mustang chassis? Hard to see this product being developed ($$) without piggy backing on another program. This could actually help Mustang by increasing revenue for the program if Ford were to follow this path. Edit: Coupe in this instance could also be defined as a fastback crossover - that might make more sense particularly if it were to be an EV fastback crossover.

Why perpetuate the mistake?

And it's wrong. Why perpetuate the mistake?

Maybe the thread title should be updated to reflect what this vehicle is actually thought to be (Nautilus)?

Logano raced Byron the way Byron raced him: I do not disagree with his thought process: https://racer.com/2022/05/08/logano-unapologetic-about-using-the-chrome-horn-to-take-first-darlington-win/

Nice looking van, would like to see Ford offer more van options over here: Ford plan a nice range of EV vans in Europe:

Makes sense, the tapering roofline is certainly a Lincoln styling motif at this point. There might even be a little bit of the Star concept showing itself in the styling. If this is the next Nautilus, does that mean it will be an EV?

If the reporter for AN got the quotes from Farley correct, it isn't an F150 and it is a truck: No ambiguity from Farley that it will be a truck, just not specific about the product. https://www.autonews.com/cars-concepts/ford-ceo-jim-farley-new-plant-tennessee-build-another-truck-thats-not-f-150-lightning?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20220426&utm_content=hero-headline

Agree on the front, it's not distinctive in the way a Lincoln should be. Get used to these proportions - EVs will allow larger passenger compartments relative to the wheelbase, given the absence of the engine/tranny, and designers are going to take advantage of that extra space. I think the falling line from front to rear is visually exaggerated by the front fenders - if you look closely, the tops of the front fenders are raised above the frunk line, so they exaggerate the height of the front end relative to the rest of the body when viewed from the side. You can see the raised fender tops from these images:

If anyone read the interview with the new Design honcho, he said he wants to introduce more pure concepts to test public reaction to their design ideas. Well here we go! I don't want to be negative, but unfortunately for me, the rear end treatment (especially tail lights) immediately gave me vibes from the Kia EV6:

The deal is actually with an Australian firm, Lake Resources, in Argentina: https://www.automotivelogistics.media/battery-supply-chain/ford-signs-deal-for-clean-lithium-supply-from-lake-resources/42927.article#:~:text=Australian lithium extraction firm%2C Lake,vice president of EV Industrialisation.

Toyota plan to sell a whopping 7,000 in 2022: https://www.autonews.com/cars-concepts/its-best-consider-2023-toyota-bz4x-ev-numbers?utm_source=cars-concepts&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20220412&utm_content=article1-headline

Press day is April 13/14, this Wednesday/Thursday. We'll know really soon - I hope you're right!

VW (and BMW) now say that chip shortage will last into 2024: My inner conspiracy theorist can't help but wonder if chip supply is being either constrained or (over)consumed in a manner that is obviously detrimental to Western auto companies. https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/vw-expects-microchip-shortage-last-until-2024?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20220411&utm_content=hero-headline

Unreal that it got to you in that state. A good reminder to all of us to check our new vehicles when we first get them.