But Farley’s point is it won’t be forced by regulators, it will be forced by market demand. Nobody is forcing anyone to buy them today and overall sales are still increasing. My truck is a second vehicle that is never driven more than 50 miles per day and I can charge at home. No more stopping at gas stations. No more oil changes. No coolant changes. No transmission fluid changes. Extra lockable frunk storage. Perfect use case.
Yea, even though Jim Farley's got a huge ego and isn't my favorite big shot at Ford, everything he wrote in that confession shows he's a real car and truck guy and he knows what he's talking about.
I bought 4 new F-150s using A-Plan in the past 25 years. Two years ago I bought a new F-150 Lightning PRO even though I couldn't get Z-Plan on it. It's the best truck I've owned. The big shot said electric vehicles are removing daily hassles and reminding us why we love to drive, I can vouch for that.
That’s some quality propaganda there, even if it’s all well researched and factual.
Still doesn’t mean I have to like it. This is what I mean when I say it’s being forced on people.
Thanks, that was my original plan for paint when I bought it ~12 years ago, but the brandywine kandy swayed me lol
I'm slowly gathering parts for one of them. I keep going back and forth between doing the new 7.3 godzilla or the PI head 460 I already have sitting in the shed for it. Plan on doing crown vic front suspension and going pretty crazy with building 4 link/cantilevered/coilover suspension in the rear.
But there was/is a plan to replace it. First there were 5 new EVs slated for Oakville, the the 2 three rows. Remember we’re not talking about a like for like replacement, just that the engineering, marketing and production resources would be reassigned to new products as opposed to just shutting them down.
Like a diesel electric train - the engine generates electricity that drives the electric motors. In this case it doesn’t need to provide all the power the truck needs - it just extends the range of the batteries.
I think 2010s to 2020s was Ford's transition from reasonably priced vehicles (with premium features) to just expensive. I think this is more obvious for North American and European models.
Looking at the bigger picture, Ford didn't utilize its regional plants. For example, in Australia, I think the Mondeo I believe was imported from Europe. This put it at a disadvantage over its Asian-sourced rivals.