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If anything I think it would be the same or worse as the % requirements are higher for 24. Unless Ford pulls a rabbit out of their hat and finds different material sources and battery supplier that meet the increasing requirement demands. Right now no one knows how close to either edge the Escape battery is.

I’m sure Ford will write a check for the other $3750 because they feel so bad for their customers 😏

https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-treasury-release-ev-battery-sourcing-rules-next-week-2023-03-22/

Something to keep in mind. Ford “ built “ 3900 2023 Escapes in January. All of them waiting for software fix. Then they have to be shipped. So quite a backlog that’ll affect new build’s getting shipped too.

Build and price shows the increase. Base msrp for the 2023 PHEV was $38500. Now it’s $40500.

Been watching and not seeing anything yet. Crickets 🦗. Ford just jacked the msrp of the Escape PHEV’s $2000. That could be a clue or not. If they don’t meet the requirements or only half I’m sure they’ll get a bunch of orders dumped. And maybe that’s why they’re not scheduling very many of them yet.

We’re from Michigan spending a couple months down here. Started looking around down here when it was becoming more obvious that our 23 order was going to be long or non existent. Easiest car purchase we’ve ever made.

We just bought our 22 Titanium Premium from Mullinax in Vero Beach. It was well under MSRP. Their website lists multiple PHEV’ s under MSRP. Great folks to deal with.

We bailed on our 23 PHEV order last week. Bought a 22 Titanium PHEV off a dealer’s lot. Here’s our sad timeline 09/21/22 ordered at dealer 09/21/22 recd order confirmation email ford 09/21/22 sched starts 10/20 build start 11/28 10/03/22 sched starts 10/20 build start 12/12 10/15/22 sched starts 11/03 build start 12/12 11/03/22 sched for 12/12 & 12/19 - nope 11/05/22 recd 45 day supply delay email 11/10/22 no scheduling 11/17/22 sched for 01/09/23 - nope 11/24/22 no scheduling 12/01/22 sched Jan through 02/06 - nope 12/07/22 sent email for SXM removal (21P) 12/08/22 no scheduling 12/09/22 recd email confirm SXM removal 12/15/22 sched Jan/Feb but not PHEV’s 12/20/22 recd 45 day supply delay email 12/22/22 no scheduling 12/29/22 no scheduling 01/05/23 no scheduling 01/12/23 sched for 03/05- nope 01/19/23 sched for march - nope 01/23/23 call ford cs, on material hold 01/23/23 emailed dealer about hold 01/26/23 no scheduling-nope 02/02/23 sched up to 3/27- nope 02/03/23 bought 22 Titanium PHEV off lot 02/06/23 cancelled order @ dealer

We found and purchased a new 2022 loaded Titanium PHEV on a dealer’s lot for $2.2K under MSRP. So no more waiting for us.

Thanks. Been waiting 4 days for our sales manager to get back to me. Salesman previously said that they don’t have the info so I’m just trying to figure out who’s telling the truth. And get an answer.

Thanks for sharing that. That makes sense. Did your dealer provide that info or Ford Customer Service?

I called Ford Customer Service on Monday to ask about status of our order. They said it’s on material hold. Asked them what material was holding it up. They didn’t have that answer available to them but said that our dealer had access to that information. I fired off an email to the sales manager Monday morning and have not heard anything back. We are due for our 3rd 45 day delay email the end of next week. So we’ll see what email comes first. My money is on the 45 day one.

I think your destination is the key factor in getting scheduled and built.