From today's Autoline Daily.  We'll see where this goes.   Last month President Trump told the Detroit Economic Club that he would welcome Chinese car plants in the U.S.  And now come reports that Ford has been talking to at least two Chinese automakers to form a joint venture to make EVs in the U.S. The Financial Times reports Ford was in talks with Xiaomi and BYD. We think the FT is a pretty reputable source, but Ford and Xiaomi deny they’re in talks while BYD declined to comment. Here’s our Autoline Insight. While nothing may come of this, it would be sensible for Ford to explore possible options with Chinese automakers. We keep looking at that $5 billion, 5-million square foot manufacturing facility that Ford is building, called Blue Oval City. Located in Tennessee, that plant is supposed to make 500,000 electric pickups a year, but right now it looks like it could be a financial disaster. However, with a Chinese partner on board that plant would come closer to its targets.        

I love the auto-dim in my 2020 Escape and my "new to me" 2024 F150.   My coworker says in the 2025 Lariat, Ford decontented the fog lights to be the same ones as the XLT.  So they don't  have the LED strip in them any more to match the Lariat LED running lights.

Found a spy shot 😛   https://fordauthority.com/2026/02/2000-ford-24-7-pickup-concept-designed-for-modern-lifestyles/  

Also simplifies the harness to the door to a point too?    

While that is true, that's not a good enough reason to put it there IMO.  It's not a big deal, but it's the opposite of every other Ford vehicle out there.

Wait, the Porsche doesn't have auto dimming headlights?  Even the Bronco does that!   My daughter's Escape doesn't have it, and it's a real challenge to drive that thing at night because I forget to dim them a lot.   

Oh please Bob.  Ford Pro sold roughly 1.5M units last year worldwide.  That's far more than just Transits and software.  Why do you ignore F150/250/350/450/650/750 just because they don't have a class 8 entry?  

It does save one door switch plus it allows the passenger to control all the windows.

It gets worse.  Driving home the other night in the Porsche I was forced to manually dim and brighten my headlamps.

Oh my, these first world problems are a struggle.