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Kind of what I suspected... there is no replacement for Edge per se in North America. Oakville gets to keep making the lame duck Edge until the next generation of EVs are ready.

 

Good news for Oakville: it will be an EV plant.

 

Bad news for Oakville: 2024 is a long ways away.

 

So things are starting to fall into place...

 

Ohio gets the new midsize MME based midsize CUV. Oakville will get in on the fun on next gen products, which we don't even know about yet. 

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6 minutes ago, JTL2017 said:

So that means the Oakville Plant could have a Ford and a a Lincoln EV by 2024? I could be wrong.

 

Ford promised 5 EVs so some of them are likely to be Lincoln.

 

Just spit balling here... two of them are probably large EVs - this is why Ford backed off the Rivian based Lincoln. They are going to make a large Explorer sized CUV for Ford and Lincoln at Oakville. 

 

 

4 minutes ago, jasonj80 said:

Actually 2024 isn’t that far away from a product development standpoint, product short of cancellation is locked in and hard points on that product is all locked in. 

 

It takes minimum 36 months to go from concept drawings to prototypes so if retooling starts in 2024, that means these EVs are still in development phase.

 

Also, Ford is not going to produce 5 EVs from the get go in 2025. Some of them will stagger in later. So only 1 or 2 out of the 5 are in development now. The rest are still just ideas.

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11 minutes ago, bzcat said:

 

Ford promised 5 EVs so some of them are likely to be Lincoln.

 

Just spit balling here... two of them are probably large EVs - this is why Ford backed off the Rivian based Lincoln. They are going to make a large Explorer sized CUV for Ford and Lincoln at Oakville. 

 

 

 

It takes minimum 36 months to go from concept drawings to prototypes so if retooling starts in 2024, that means these EVs are still in development phase.

 

Also, Ford is not going to produce 5 EVs from the get go in 2025. Some of them will stagger in later. So only 1 or 2 out of the 5 are in development now. The rest are still just ideas.

Do you think this is a good deal for Oakville??? I don’t know why but I’m skeptical. 

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What about this bullet point: 

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Oakville will assemble batteries, creating 300 jobs

Someone with more knowledge than me needs to comment, but this sounds exactly like the added employment that Ford have attributed to the Rouge addition that will build batteries for the BEV F150 (along with building the BEV once the body exits the existing plant). This makes me wonder if perhaps OAC is becoming essentially Ford's second battery assembly facility (alongside Rouge). I just don't know how significant this point is.

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20 minutes ago, Oacjay98 said:

Do you think this is a good deal for Oakville??? I don’t know why but I’m skeptical. 

With Canada being a leading country in the fight against global warming, this deal makes a lot of sense. Canada and Ontario especially want to be a leader in BEV vehicles and put a lot of money into this deal. Kudos to Canada making Oakville a center for fighting climate change. Somebody has to take leadership. 

 

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2 minutes ago, FordBuyer said:

With Canada being a leading country in the fight against global warming, this deal makes a lot of sense. Canada and Ontario especially want to be a leader in BEV vehicles and put a lot of money into this deal. Kudos to Canada making Oakville a center for fighting climate change. Somebody has to take leadership. 

 

 

Does Canada have the natural resources needed for BEV high voltage batteries? Being able to source the minerals and keep transport in country would seem to be an attractive proposition.

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40 minutes ago, Oacjay98 said:

Do you think this is a good deal for Oakville??? I don’t know why but I’m skeptical. 

 

Long term yes. Very good because you guys will be building EVs, without which there is no future. You also got the support of Canadian and Ontario Govt which are always good too. UAW doesn't enjoy that kind of support south of the border. 

 

Short term, I think you guys got some bumpy road ahead. I don't know if Ford can really make the Edge and Nautilus last until 2025. Buyer interest is going to really drop off when these cars age beyond 7 years.

 

 

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Just now, bzcat said:

 

Long term yes. Very good because you guys will be building EVs, without which there is no future. You also got the support of Canadian and Ontario Govt which are always good too. UAW doesn't enjoy that kind of support south of the border. 

 

Short term, I think you guys got some bumpy road ahead. I don't know if Ford can really make the Edge and Nautilus last until 2025. Buyer interest is going to really drop off when these cars age beyond 7 years.

 

 

I would have to agree, they will slightly refresh the interiors and maybe some exterior updates then ride it out til 2024. Then massive overhaul of factory will begin. I was stunned to hear the amount the government wants to invest. They’ve never ponied up 500 million! 

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As we've seen before, Ford likes to count every trim level of electrified vehicles as a separate vehicle

to get the count up and they like using the term electrified vehicle to include hybrids and PHEVs.

 

Like others here, I'm concerned that this plan doesn't begin happening  for at least another four years,

normally Ford is loathed to discuss new products so far away from delivery yet they see fit to do so

as a negotiating strategy for this contract.....I will be interested to see the linkage in production

between now and when these new products are planned  to arrive.

 

Its encouraging to see Ford talking long term  investment in Canada and I hope Ford sticks to its plan.

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18 minutes ago, Harley Lover said:

 

Does Canada have the natural resources needed for BEV high voltage batteries? Being able to source the minerals and keep transport in country would seem to be an attractive proposition.

Canada is extremely resource rich, I don’t see how this country would lack the natural resources needed.

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22 minutes ago, FordBuyer said:

With Canada being a leading country in the fight against global warming, this deal makes a lot of sense. Canada and Ontario especially want to be a leader in BEV vehicles and put a lot of money into this deal. Kudos to Canada making Oakville a center for fighting climate change. Somebody has to take leadership. 

 

Well I hope everything goes as planned because electrification means job losses too! 

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30 minutes ago, Harley Lover said:

 

Does Canada have the natural resources needed for BEV high voltage batteries? Being able to source the minerals and keep transport in country would seem to be an attractive proposition.

In the article, it states that Canada does have the minerals like cobalt to make batteries. 

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1 hour ago, bzcat said:

 

Ford promised 5 EVs so some of them are likely to be Lincoln.

 

Just spit balling here... two of them are probably large EVs - this is why Ford backed off the Rivian based Lincoln. They are going to make a large Explorer sized CUV for Ford and Lincoln at Oakville. 

 

 

 

It takes minimum 36 months to go from concept drawings to prototypes so if retooling starts in 2024, that means these EVs are still in development phase.

 

Also, Ford is not going to produce 5 EVs from the get go in 2025. Some of them will stagger in later. So only 1 or 2 out of the 5 are in development now. The rest are still just ideas.

If you look at your timeline, that means the first of those vehicles is only starting development now

Or early next year for a prototype to begins field testing in late 2023/ early 2024.

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3 minutes ago, rmc523 said:

I too am surprised this is so far out and that these products weren't being worked on already.  Though I guess you don't plan something without having the place to make them lined up.

Is this Jim Farley hitting the go button on products that maybe Jim Hackett wasn't prepared to do on his watch?

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1 hour ago, bzcat said:

It takes minimum 36 months to go from concept drawings to prototypes so if retooling starts in 2024, that means these EVs are still in development phase.

 

BZ, is it possible that the use of a skateboard chassis negates some of the time element of a "traditional" development cycle, and consequently these vehicles could be ready sooner?

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3 minutes ago, Harley Lover said:

 

BZ, is it possible that the use of a skateboard chassis negates some of the time element of a "traditional" development cycle, and consequently these vehicles could be ready sooner?

You're back tongue body on frame argument but the answer is still the same time.

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