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VW Workers Vote to Join UAW in Historic Southern Win for Union
akirby replied to silvrsvt's topic in Competing Products
Never mind. Might as well bang my head into a brick wall. -
Slowest-Selling New Cars: Lincoln at the Top
akirby replied to joseodiaga4's topic in Lincoln Motor Company Discussion
Need a lot more context to judge how bad it is. -
2024 XLT Replacement Grill Options
akirby replied to chevytwonova's topic in F-Series SuperDuty Forum
Sport and fx4 packages have a black or dark grey grille and should be an easy swap. -
VW Workers Vote to Join UAW in Historic Southern Win for Union
akirby replied to silvrsvt's topic in Competing Products
And you hate businesses. Got it. Let’s all move on. -
Now 1 EV Fast Charging Station for Every 15 Gas Stations in USA
akirby replied to silvrsvt's topic in E.V. Central
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. -
New Nautilus on Ward's 10 Best Interiors List
akirby replied to Gurgeh's topic in Ford Motor Company Discussion Forum
And to think they almost killed it for North America…..- 1 reply
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I mean - what if you’re driving in a torrential downpour?
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Ford F-150 Lightning Causes Havoc at Car Wash
akirby replied to ice-capades's topic in Ford Motor Company Discussion Forum
It started moving forward then took off. -
What's your favorite modern Ford color?
akirby replied to DeluxeStang's topic in Ford Motor Company Discussion Forum
Area 51 and Velocity Blue -
Ford Q1 Earnings Top Expectations
akirby replied to rmc523's topic in Ford Motor Company Discussion Forum
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. -
Ford Q1 Earnings Top Expectations
akirby replied to rmc523's topic in Ford Motor Company Discussion Forum
Wow - almost a 17% margin for Ford Pro. How do they break out vehicle sales between pro and blue? Is Pro fleet only? -
Ford F-150 Lightning Causes Havoc at Car Wash
akirby replied to ice-capades's topic in Ford Motor Company Discussion Forum
Didn’t help that the cars inside were in neutral. -
Ford F-150 Lightning Causes Havoc at Car Wash
akirby replied to ice-capades's topic in Ford Motor Company Discussion Forum
I thought cruise only worked above a certain speed? -
VW Workers Vote to Join UAW in Historic Southern Win for Union
akirby replied to silvrsvt's topic in Competing Products
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. -
You can’t make this stuff up.
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Sorry first column was Japan.
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Now 1 EV Fast Charging Station for Every 15 Gas Stations in USA
akirby replied to silvrsvt's topic in E.V. Central
Still a huge gap and quoting that statistic is misleading. They should have at the very least quoted # chargers vs number of gas pumps. -
Or 8-10 ft lumber and plywood
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Ford Q1/March 2024 Sales Results
akirby replied to rmc523's topic in Ford Motor Company Discussion Forum
Commodity implies a lot more than lowered prices. There is nothing about those vehicles that come close to being a commodity. And they’re lowering prices after having raised prices significantly. This is just a natural correction of prices that were higher than normal during times of short supply. I agree they have to keep the products fresh to maintain margins. -
FTFY 😎