The battery management systems (BMS ) on older EVs are known for poor battery wear.    Lower cost replacements exist for for some models on this list. There is a large market for replacement batteries for Leafs and I3s plus there is a growing market used EV batteries.    Old BMW i3 Gets Double The Range With This New Chinese Battery    

F-series and Expy/Navi have it. Aviator as well (did it lose the opening option too, or just Explorer?)   I'd imagine Nautilus has one?

Gee, I sold auto parts from 1966 to 1996 and I've been repairing my own cars for longer. Pontiacs had timing chain issues. The only other GM issue was starters. The only other GM issue was starters.  Same for Chrysler and Ford.  And that was it!  Mid-80's Fords had Control Module issues. It was mounted in front wheel housing. You loosened two bolts and unplugged electrical connections and in 5 minutes you were done. There were only three headlight part numbers that fit GM, Chrysler and Ford. A fourth was the 6 Volt for VW Beetles. Fifteen air filter part numbers were all you needed for all three mfrs.  There were no recalls. We've made no progress!  On a side note, Farley says AI will eliminate 50 % of white collar jobs. What are these people going to do?  Watch and listen to the lyrics of the link below. Virtually nothing has change in 60 years! Very sad.  In Terminator 2, the young John Connor says to the original Terminator (Arnold), "We're not going to make it, are we?" The Terminator says, "You have a tendency to destroy yourselves."  We haven't learned a damn thing from the Terminator and Matrix movies!!!!   (819) Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction - YouTube  

Was Explorer the last vehicle with BAMR?

I have the 30 way adjustable seat.

That's good to hear. Hope this addresses the "Not Invented Here Syndrome" that has bedeviled Ford for such a long time

Ford has similar conquest rates for its EV. The following is from 2023, but the rate should be about the same now.   The Ford EV conquest rate in Q1 of 2023 was over 60 percent, according to the automaker, meaning that it hasn’t wavered much over the past few months as the Ford E-Transit, Ford Mustang Mach-E, and Ford F-150 Lightning continue to prove appealing to those that own not only other-branded all-electric vehicles, but those that own vehicles from other brands in general.   This appeal has proven so strong, in fact, that the automaker has made conquests part of its overall EV strategy as well.   “What we’ve learned is that we can conquest more as we go electric than we thought,” CEO Jim Farley said in a recent interview. “Most Mach-E and Lightning customers are new even though the products are first-gen products. So, second-generation products, we’re going to lean more into the conquest.”

Yea, I have an adapter for both my F-150 Lightning (complimentary from Ford) and my wife's MME GT ($200 extra). While it's not a big deal to use the adapter, a built-in NACS port for the vehicle is better, and as twintornados mentioned Ford was the first OEM through the gate to join the NACS revolution.    Yet Hyundai/Kia has built-in NACS port on several EV now while Ford customers are still waitin'

its amazing what happens when they get stuff right...nice to see once in a while lol 

The problem you have is with expectations-If your used to driving say a Focus or Fiesta sized vehicle in the EU...going to something smaller like what the Ka was is going to be a non-starter.   The other issue is that EV are "expensive" to manufacture because they don't have the benefit of 80+ years of improvements that ICE engines have had. Its hard to make money on EVs when there isn't enough manufacturing capacity for cells for batteries, when an ICE engine can be built for say $1500 net price.    The Chinese can sell cheap because they are getting subsidized by the CCP