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    Progress on Orders for Fusion Energi and Hybrid Titanium

    in Fusion Forum

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    So for those of us who are getting built this week and next week, how quick is shipping going? I am hoping that the car can be delivered to me within a few weeks of being built. That would be awesome!

    Wish I could give you good news. My car was built on February 23rd. Since at least March 4th, 2 weeks ago, it has been sitting on a ramp in Hermosillo waiting to get on a train. Some people are seeing faster shipping, but it's a matter of good luck or bad.

    Active Grille Shutter

    in Fusion Forum

    Posted

    I think etis is pretty accurate, except for the rear seat belt thing. Just spend a little time with the data.

    Interesting to hear others have seen a rear-seat-belt problem in ETIS. I thought I was the only one.

     

    ETIS also says my car is missing ("less") ESC, but I'm pretty sure that must be wrong. Anyone else seen that problem?

    Progress on Orders for Fusion Energi and Hybrid Titanium

    in Fusion Forum

    Posted

    Cyberdman's alright.

     

    Last time I asked him for an update, I neglected to put the VIN in the post, thinking he could just look at an earlier post in my thread and get the VIN from there. But he ignored my request. Which led me to re-read the rules and see that he asks for the VIN (or dealer number / order number) in every bump.... and that he says he won't give a reminder, so if a request is ignored, we should re-read the rules and figure it out.

     

    Well, I added the VIN and mentioned that I had had to re-read the rules. He replied right away with the updated info, and also said "I got ya covered". He's a real mensch.

    Interior and Exterior LED Mods?

    in Fusion Forum

    Posted

    Agree. I think the distinctive DRLs, which allow you to identify the make of a car from far away, are really intended for Europe. When driving on a speed-limit-free highway (like an autobahn), you will sometimes see a car in your review mirror, closing on you at over 50 MPH -- that is, you're doing 100 MPH but he's doing 150. The manufacturers want to make it easy to identify their cars from the front. IMO, this is why the grills have become so distinctive. But DRLs in fancy shapes are even easier to identify from far away.

    Virginia to charge Hybrid, EV and PHEV owners $100 fee.

    in Fusion Forum

    Posted

    Early adopters always pay more for a new technology. That's what helps new technology come to market, the eager anticipation and participation by the early adopters who can afford it.

     

    Supporting new technology is an appropriate role for government. Without that, we would not have the interstate highway system or the Internet.

     

    Does government ever pick a loser? Sure. Does venture capital ever pick a loser? Do big corporations ever make a losing investment? Well, yeah. Not all bets pay off.

     

    Over time, the costs of this technology will come down and the later adopters will never believe that there was this kind of debate back in the dark ages.

    Leaked 2014 Jeep Liberty / Cherokee / Whatever

    in Competing Products

    Posted · Edited by rprobst

    A long way from where it all started. Here's the first-ever Jeep (in the Heinz museum in Pittsburgh).

     

    http://www.fourwheeler.com/featuredvehicles/129_1102_jeep_the_first_70_years/photo_03.html

     

    EDIT: Actually, this is the first-ever Jeep, but before the name was made up, and apparently no longer in existence:

     

    http://www.fourwheeler.com/featuredvehicles/129_1102_jeep_the_first_70_years/photo_02.html

    Honda Accord Plug-in dealer markup

    in Competing Products

    Posted

    Well, Silicon Valley is sort of electric-car crazy. Not that there's anything wrong with that; I'm electric-car crazy myself...

     

    But I think the GM is just going to see what the market will bear, and will drop the markup if nobody bites soon. He hinted that I should check back later.

    Honda Accord Plug-in dealer markup

    in Competing Products

    Posted

    No, definitely not. This is pure dealer markup. The GM said that Honda told him he would get exactly 2 Accord Plug-ins for 2013, so he is not trying to move this car quickly. He wants to see if a buyer will show up who doesn't care about an extra $7500 -- and in this neighborhood, that's not unlikely. I have been seeing a lot of Teslas lately.

    Honda Accord Plug-in dealer markup

    in Competing Products

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    My local Honda dealer just got in their first Accord Plug-in. MSRP is $40,570, but the dealer has added $7,500 to that, for a grand total of $48,070. The GM said with Facebook just up the road one direction, and Google down the road the other direction, there are probably people who won't mind the markup.

    Progress on Orders for Fusion Energi and Hybrid Titanium

    in Fusion Forum

    Posted

    I don't diasgree with the meaing above and I may be wrong with my oberservation, however, I read somewhere that Ford can build 6700 cars a week in Hermosiilo, so they may be skiping numbers so that the week starts with a new digit in position 13.

    Notice LongIslander's VIN. The 14th digit is a 7, the next 3 digits are 005. My guess is that that will be the 5th Fusion built that week.

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