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Looks like the down graded from 140kw EM to a 100kw EM for the HEV version, hence the decrease in total system power from 310hp to 285hp.

They should offer colors like Mopar did in the muscle car era. As my daughter likes to point out, car colors are boring, they need more vibrant selections. Probably because she drives our old MkC, which is black on black. If these new, cheap, EV's are intended for a younger audience, make them appeal to the younger audience.

Encouraging to see that inventory levels are sitting around 2.6 months for Ford and 4.5 months for Lincoln (largely driven by Nautilus). All the talking heads on the youtube keep saying that Ford has tons of inventory that isn't selling (a large number of 2025's still) but the averages say otherwise. Likely most of the aged inventory is probably sitting at bad dealers.

Would you go back to work for a manager that fired you without examining all the evidence? How long are you going to last? They will be looking now for any reason to fire him again. I understand your point of view, however, you are not looking at the entire situation. Despite the apologies and back pay, the employee suffered harm, reputational, career, and emotional. His family also suffered. Despite the offer for reinstatement, going back at the point that the offer was made was too little too late as he had already found another job with presumably a management team that wasn't keen on firing people without examining all the evidence. He will get a nice settlement, above and beyond the initial backpay. Ford's lawyers know this, they don't have a leg to stand on. They in essence created a hostile work environment, set up to trap employees with known faulty equipment and surveillance cameras that only looked at one machine. The management team knew or should have known what they were doing. At this point for Ford it is damage control and trying to make these cases go away as quietly as possible. I would also think that several of the people in the chain, involved in the firings, would be moved out of their positions, asked to resign, or terminated.

Sounds like the original guy (the one that was offered reinstatement plus back pay but declined) is intending to sue Ford and Aramark. The 4th one filed a grievance. From other sources and youtube videos covering this, it sounds like the kiosks will beep indicating that the transaction was good but may never process and often people walk away after it beeps without waiting for the final approval screen. And that it has been an ongoing issue that Aramark is aware of but hasn't fixed. It sounds mostly like it is an Aramark issue and a Ford Management issue by firing people, when they knew or should have known, that the kiosks were prone to malfunction without an obvious indicator to the user. Pretty sure the lawsuit discovery will ask for communication internally and between Aramark and Ford about these issues. The lawsuit will be for emotional distress and lost wages. Even though the first guy refused to return to work, the claim would be that he couldn't because of a hostile work environment, and why would you, they fired you already so you know management doesn't have your back and is itching to get rid of people. Guy will likely end up with a sizable settlement and an offer for early full retirement.

Asphalt. Recycled asphalt is a lot cheaper. Dump it and pack it, over the summer it will harden.

Make the tremor on the F-150 an option package on all models, not just its own trimline. I want an F-150 Platinum Tremor Hybrid Supercharged Coyote!

Now only if they would make the tremor a package on the F-150 like it was originally instead of its own trim line. Why can't I get a Platinum interior on a Tremor. There is no reason a suspension and tire package should be exclusive to a single trim line.

That is true. My local dealership moved our saleslady to a delivery specialist (she isn't far from retirement), to handle educating customers, and hired a few new people, but they all give me that used car sales person vibe.

If Lincoln wants new market share they have to have something that differentiates them. We like Lincoln because the interiors are nicely designed, but I am not buying a Lincoln that also doesn't have power. That is why we got the hybrid Nautilus, it had more power. You want to lure buyers from MB, BMW, Caddy, and Lexus, you have to offer something that competes. An offroader (Bronco based or Aviator based) will pull from Lexus GX and Range Rover, offer an A/T package on a short bodied Navi to compete against the LX, more power options for the Aviator and Nautilus to compete against the MB GL series and BMW X series, get a performance electric coupe and sedan to compete against the Caddy blackwing and MB and BMW coupes and sedans. And get the quality right, can't have constant recalls and software bugs. Oh and hire younger sales staff, keep a few old codgers on to serve that crowd, but Z'ers aren't buying from grandpa.

That is great. Too bad they didn't say if or when all of us 2024 Nautilus owners will get upgraded to 1.4 or 1.5. The current one we are on is rather annoying at times. They might get a lot more usage if they got existing customers to the latest versions.

It is the opposite. For medium duty (F-450 chassis cab to F-650) and heavy duty (F-750) the engines must be dyno certified. The regulations are much stricter, which is why dyno certified engines are rated at much lower power and torque numbers in order to meet the EPA regulations. The rules do account for GVW, in that the emissions are scaled in a g/tonne metric instead of an absolute number, which is why you can have really big displacement engines in class 8 trucks, but probably couldn't put that same engine in a class 5.

Probably not worth the cost of EPA emissions certification.

You won't be able to tow a 12,575 lb 5th wheel with the 6.2L and 3.73 gears. The axle ratio is what is your limiting factor. You will need to find one with a 4.30 rear end which bumps the GCWR to 23,000 lb. The 3.73 rear is designed for highway mileage and hauling payload around, not pulling a trailer.

Your best resource is parts.ford.com. From looking, besides fuel lines and vapor lines, the only parts that are involved in the fuel injection to the rail are the fuel pump, fuel pressure sensor (not a regulator) and the fuel pump driver module.