Escape is cheaper and BS has no hybrids.

That's exactly right.  Orion was a Canadian company but opened their NY plant to get the incentives.  Nova Bus opened a plant in Plattsburgh for the same reason. 

Bronco Sport demand hasn’t been that strong. Escape is outselling it. 

Very exciting. Hopefully it’s closer to the size of the long wheel base TC. The short wheel base was SO short. 

Rick73, Transit customer at 79” wide  is larger than Transit Connect based Maverick (72.5”) So what Ford is looking to do is sell a Transit Connect sized van with Maverick front end.

As an owner of an Escape PHEV I recently got a marketing type of e-mail from Ford. It had a one liner in it that caught my eye. It said "Like your hybrid Escape or Corsair? Stay tuned." I have been looking all over for it so I could post it here but now I can't find it anywhere. I wish I would have saved it.  But it does sound like Ford has something cooking.

Orion Bus was built at the old Oneida County airport. Locally to me and I had lots of friends that worked there. It was located there so that Western Star could take advantage of "NYS built" incentives but as usual, that all dried up with new administrations and of course, the plant was closed.

Indeed, external constraints force decisions to suit the situation?   Maybe Ford has that contingent but is waiting until the last moment to announce this in case Tariff issue suddenly change again…..   The last thing corporates like Ford need is constant change  with the rules….  

I wonder if they can add F150 production for domestic consumption if the tariffs continue?

And if the pan with CE1 doesn’t work, Ford will have a contingent hybrid to EREV plan ready to roll out before 2028. It will take the learning from CE1 and apply them to its ICE based vehicles to reduce costs while making more efficient vehicles. Im waiting for another shoe to drop at Oakville, Ford is treading water with SD plan but don’t be surprised if this changes again given the Canada-USA trade issues. Production volume and costs means that the business plan won’t work but is it now too late to change again?