Steve557

So just buy a spare F series when you get a foot or two of snow and power goes out? Doesn't make much economic sense. Maybe if you live in a urban area I could see owning a electric but for rural suburbia I don't think they will ever work or for that fact anyone that commutes a decent distance.

Yup, dealer told me he has lost a few sales on the new 150's once people realize the motor shuts off at lights and you have to press a button each time you get in.

It doesn't take a hurricane to lose power, for instance 2 days before Halloween this year I lost power for 2.5 days. Work 50 miles to North never lost power and expected me there. Range of my F350 is about 400 miles, filled up before storm (had no issue waiting in any long lines or such). If I had an electric car I would have had to find alternate means to charge car. There are plenty of winter storms where towns/areas lose power for days but the roads are safe to drive and just to get food you may have to go few towns over where they have power. Not every outage is a huge natural disaster that means you can't/ are not expected to go to work or safely travel about.

Recently during the North East cold spell due to most of the gas being take up for heating people's houses the plants up here in Mass/CT had to switch to burning oil/coal for power generation. Nevermind what happens if you lose power for a few days during/after a good storm and you are stuck with no car if electric unless you happen to have a generator.

Nope not even close, actually just bought a new F350 two months ago so try again.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/south-carolina/articles/2018-01-02/s-carolina-utility-urges-energy-conservation-in-cold-snap While many/most (depending one area) people use either wood, oil, or propane to heat their homes there is widespread electric heat still which is high enough in numbers to put a strain on our electric grid in the north east during prolonged cold spells.

Don't need to drive one I only buy Super Duty's, weird that no ecoboost is offered in the model line that is expected to see the most severe use.... 6.2 gives me no reason to try inferior drivetrains.

Except for the fact that during recent east coast cold snap folks were told to cut down on electricity usage? What would adding a bunch of electrics do to it. We do not have the infrastructure to support it.

My expectations for the Bronco are very low, I expect a four door powered by an ecotrash four banger that looks like it could wear a Suzuki or Isuzu badge. Currently in the market for a 94-96 Bronco as I gave up waiting and based on recent Ford products with the the exception of F Series I don't see much hope.

So who is actually buying these vehicles again? Nothing more than a niche market. Our electric grid cannot handle widespread electrics. Where does the the power plant gets it energy from anyway? What a joke this whole electric car is, we have been hearing the same thing for over 20 years about how electrics will take over...

Auto? Does Ford still have the unwritten rule of no auto Cobra's/Shelby's?

That's great and all along the East Coast during recent cold spell people were told to limit energy usage. https://www.wwaytv3.com/2018/01/14/duke-energy-asks-customers-to-reduce-electricity-use-during-cold-snap/ History shows us electric vehicles will never become the norm, ICE is here to stay for a long time. Not like some power plants aren't powered by sources worse than what gasoline motor puts out. Here in New England they recently had to relax environmental regulations to allow plants to run more coal due to very high demand. Our grid just simply cannot handle widespread electric vehicles.

Pretty cool that the original survived, especially when you look at what happened to the General Lee's from Duke's of Hazzard.

Looks pretty good, definitely conservative styling but it will sell well. Good variety of trim offering also, wish the Super Duty would get a Lariat sport trim.

I think I have heard it a few times in my life? I prefer just to looks at actual occurrences/facts which point to a grid that cannot support widespread electrics and thus far American buying preferences. Giant waste of money by Ford.

Might as well just call it the Explorer Mach 1 Probe.

For sure, this will end up as another electric failure. Between this and the self driving fad I am not sure which is worse.

I have heard this electric spiele a few times in the last thirty years... never goes anywhere. I thought I read something about the North east power grid maxed out during recent cold spell? Or maybe recent requests to lower electricity use in North Carolina due to cold?

Meh all the historical Mustang name plates should always stay V8. Base model electric is fine but never a Boss, Mach, or Cobra electric or turbo V6.

Yup and 10 years from now we will have a Mach 1 special edition Mustang to restore the nameplate powered by a V8.

I don't see many people buying that, with the Bullitt back today I would have figured the Mach 1 edition was due in a few more years? This name choice is not going to go over well. Name it eco trash whatever but to dig up a historic Mustang nameplate is just wrong.

It's not like the ICE is disappearing, plenty of other names to use. This is the kind of decision we will look back at in 20 years as an equivalent to Shelby Dodge Omni/Charger.

It looks alright but it doesn't look like a RAM anymore which I am not sure is good for them.

New one looks good, always my favorite special edition Mustang.

Terrible name choice, Mach 1 should not be used for anything electric never mind an SUV. Shame on Ford.