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  1. Never mind. Might as well bang my head into a brick wall.
  2. Sport and fx4 packages have a black or dark grey grille and should be an easy swap.
  3. You are incorrect to believe most drivers in the U.S. can install home chargers. Older homes require service upgrades and a lot of areas don’t have the infrastructure to support it. It’s one thing for an apartment to install a few chargers and something entirely different to install dozens that would most likely be in use concurrently (and require rigorous scheduling if they can’t provide enough chargers for each tenant.). Readily available public chargers are a requirement for widespread adoption. It’s not physically or economically viable for everyone to charge at home.
  4. And to think they almost killed it for North America…..
  5. I mean - what if you’re driving in a torrential downpour?
  6. Don’t confuse gross profit with net profit. Every person on that 100 person skunkworks team plus the entire T3 design, engineering and testing team plus all the folks working on next gen batteries and platforms and future vehicles are an expense without a revenue stream. You're looking at a division that is staffed for and working on 8-10 vehicles (more counting Europe) but only selling 3 and developing new platforms, technologies and processes and building new plants (construction is capital but there is still a lot of expense). All of those costs go against net profit and it’s virtually impossible to turn a net profit more new EVs are on the street generating revenue and profits.
  7. Wow - almost a 17% margin for Ford Pro. How do they break out vehicle sales between pro and blue? Is Pro fleet only?
  8. For the record, I’m not against unions. I’m against union tactics like strikes just to get more compensation - especially when it’s significantly higher than the rest of the market. It puts employers at a competitive disadvantage and it absolutely drives business to other states and countries. And it protects bad employees and stifles productivity. I’ve seen it first hand. I believe an employer has the right to determine employee pay. Period. If you don’t like the pay or benefits then go find another job.
  9. From what I’ve seen they’re planning to make cheaper versions of existing vehicles not an all new model 2.
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