Correct, the zero emission zones in euro cities means that PHEVs have to run in charge sustain or worse, try to recharge on the run so they can operate in electric mode within the zero emission zones.   All of that tied with infrequent home charging means much higher emission than the official figures.

Now you’re just trolling because you can’t be that thick headed.  This is a temporary situation caused by the aluminum shortage which should be resolved in 6 months or so.  They don’t know the exact timing because they don’t know exactly when supplies will return to normal nor do they know what the inventory situation will be when that happens so they don’t know which vehicles will get priority.  REVC will restart Lightning production at some point in the near future.  Reading anything else into those statements is ridiculous.

Originally I said it the same data from the early 2020s, I was only half right as you pointed out  a second study released in 2023, still in the early 2020s. Now, two years later, they are still going on about a study done in Europe two years ago.

I was wrong.  The number is closer to 3,400.  Again, from the Detroit News:   More than 3,400 General Motors Co. workers who made electric vehicles and batteries will be laid off as the company rapidly adjusts to new policy under President Donald Trump and sluggish interest among U.S. buyers. Employees at the automaker's Detroit-area all-electric assembly plant will be hit the hardest, with 1,200 jobs cut as the company downsizes to a single shift in response to the slowing U.S. electric vehicle market. The company also will cut 550 jobs at its joint-venture Ultium Cells battery cell plant in Ohio, with another 850 slated for temporary layoff. The Ultium Cells Tennessee plant will temporarily lay off 700 workers. Nearly 120 others at plants that make other EV parts face temporary layoffs.

Is it? I mean, they promised a 40k price tag, and 3 months later, removed the 40k variant and increased the vehicle's price every few months. 

This could be huge move if followed by other manufacturers due to much lower BEV demand after tax credits ended.  As I mentioned in Lightning thread, October sales should tell us a lot more.  We need more context.

This is exactly how you improve quality.  Give it a rest.

If it’s a month or two, then definitely the Lightning.  However, if it’s 2 years from now, who the hell knows?  That’s my point about the statement being vague enough to mean very little and commit to even less.  Ford can do anything and still not contradict that statement.  Wording seems very deliberate to me.   By the way, on related subject, GM layoffs mentioned in other thread could be first sign that BEV sales are worse than expected, or maybe not.  Just wondering what happens if existing inventory remains adequate for reduced demand.  Ford could be buying time until they are ready to announce greater change.

Agreed but you can’t cherry pick one model or one market segment.  Kia has more money to spend on utilities and cars because it doesn’t build 1 million full size trucks and SUVs.