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They could take the CD6, make it look like an Audi Q5 Sportback with Mustang styling and call it the Mach 4. I'd be okay with it as long as the 5.0 Coyote was an option and it would start under $50K. I would place an order as soon as they'd let me to replace my Edge ST. I'd be okay with a sedan as well with Audi S5 Sportback styling, as long as it also had the 5.0 Coyote as an option and start under $50K.

I think more people need to actually drive an EV for themselves before completely dismissing them. Once they feel that torque, especially in a vehicle like an F150 Lightning, they will like it. Then maybe EREV's could get popular since they have all the advantages of an EV with the range of a gas car. Anyone following Edison Motors on YouTube or TikTok? I think their Diesel Hybrid pickup kits will be pretty popular.

There's mostly Tahoes here in North Texas, but that's probably because of them being built here in Arlington, Texas.

Adding a simple NEMA 14-50 outlet shouldn't be that big of a deal. When I built my house in 1999, I had the garage pre-wired with three NEMA 14-50 outlets. They have come in handy for things like my motorhome & travel trailer, welders, and home brewing equipment. In other words, being "EV Ready" means that you also have options for other things and it could be a great selling point down the raod. I don't have an EV, but if/when I do, I'm ready. In the meantime, I'll use those outlets for other stuff.

I agree, it would need 8 lug wheels.

They could take a F150 SuperCrew PowerBoost with a 6.5' bed, and sterling rear axle with either 7 or 8 lug wheels and sell that as an F200 with a 15,000-pound towing capacity. There are a lot of F250's pulling travel trailers & fifth wheels that are under 15,000 pounds, but that are too big for F150's.

That was my exact thought when I heard this. If anything, GM needs fewer brands. If they do this, they will have more brands than before they canceled Oldsmobile.

Building an identical engine to the 7.3 except making it a 6.8 doesn't make much sense. But if the block is aluminum or made stronger for boost, that would make more sense. An EcoBoost 6.8 with Port & Direct injection and cylinder deactivation would be interesting.

Do we know if the 6.8 will have an aluminum block?

It would make production a lot easier. I bet they didn't sell many 2.0L trucks and probably won't sell many with the "entry-level" 2.7L engines either.

https://www.autoblog.com/2022/07/01/ford-trademarks-thunder-name-for-f-150-ranger-and-maverick/ I would like to speculate that this means we will get a performance street version of the F150 Thunder w/the 5.2L V8 from the Raptor R, Ranger Thunder w/the 3.0L EB HO from the Bronco Raptor and a Maverick Thunder w/the 2.3L EB from the Focus RS.

That makes the most sense considering the Ranger and the Ranger-based Amarok will be due for replacement once it's ready.

If you plug in every day when you get home from work, you could back feed what's left during peak when rates are higher and then re-charge off-peak when rates are lower. Not many people are discharging 100% of their EV battery daily.

That's where EV's like the F150 Lightning can actually help that problem by feeding back into the grid during high demand times and re-charge during lower demand times.

I always find it a little funny that people that don't like EV's for "environmental issues" don't typically care how dirty it is to find, extract, transport, refine, transport again & burn petroleum. EV's aren't the silver bullet solution to any problem. But they are a stepping stone. As batteries transition from Lithium to Solid State, they will get cheaper, lighter, and cleaner. And going forward, they will be charged from sources that will only get cleaner such as solar, wind, nuclear, etc. Oil production will never get "cleaner", so anything that transitions from it, the better. Obviously, there will always be a need for oil for things like medical, plastic, fertilizer, etc., but if we can burn less oil by going to EV's, Hybrids, ICE on synthetic fuel, Fuel Cell, etc., then that will be better for everyone. The advancements on Solid-State batteries and Fuel Cells are pretty exciting. And if I can keep driving my Raptor for years to come by using clean burning synthetic fuel, that would awesome too. Progress is a good thing.