With the $$ Ford is spending at Michigan Battery, BOC, LAP and OAP plus the new World HQ...you'd think they would have some spare change to correct that oversight in Flat Rock....

What concerns me is that Ford has put its Canadian workers through hell with mismanaged changes. All they had to do is give them C2 Equator/Equator Sport, renamed Escape and Edge plus Lincoln variants, new Corsair and Nautilis.      

This news of it's discontinuation deserves its own thread - not a blurb in a thread talking about the previous direction to fold BD into Chevy... 

Took a drive today through the yard of what I believe is the largest truck equipment up fitter in New England. If I had to guess I would say at least 250 pick ups, class 4-5 ,  6-7 and class 8s.  Large number of 150's in Mass DOT Yellow.  Probably 30 Mass DOT Fl 114's single axle and tandems , then my guess would be an equal mix of Macks, Western Stars, and Internationals.  Surprisingly only a couple of Paccars. Highest percentage of the class 8's were obviously plow trucks judging by extended front frames for head gear.  F-750's  ...2!  Both same order judging by red color, V-8s  and extended front frame extensions without bumpers.   I would say the majority of 1-5 were Fords followed by GMs, very few Rams.

I warmed up to this name.  

Nah just delayed, as of August of this year   Ford delays electric pickup, van to 2028 as it chases smaller, affordable options  

Until EVs reach a price parity with ICE, electric vans are always going to be a hard sell to fleets. Beyond the well capitalized Fortune 500 companies like Amazon, most fleet buyers want something inexpensive, reliable, and easy to fix. I am not sure about reliability or repair costs, but BrightDrops were not cheap by any means.

In overall length, its 185 inches long, not exactly small-about the same size as the old 1990s Ranger Single cab.    The Slate is about 11 inches shorter, which makes me wonder how much actual appeal it will have with people once it comes out and they go...oh this is too small.   

That is basically the entire lineup for the past 10-15 years! Who the F was the supplier for the cameras? JFC  

There is a 10 inch difference in height between a Mustang/Fusion vs an Escape/Maverick/etc...that is the issue.