In sharp contrast to my 2010 Dodge Challenger, which is still on the original battery... F350 battery looks to be going bad   Is AGM worth the extra $100?

This makes the most sense to me. Ford has talked about a larger push into HEV’s.  This could help bring the cost down and finally give ford the supply they need for hybrids.    Wouldn’t surprise me if all future non-EV’s go hybrid only. Except for the big trucks. 

Impressive. I don't know why it shows a blank text box when I'm trying to quote you, but there you go lol. 

According to our union Body 2 which was gonna be the new battery plant will remain a part of Body build going forward according to the blueprints for the body shop that they seen.

Agree, 7m, thx for the post.  No doubt the late Mike Parkhurst was NOT a fan of Ford.  One of his reasons I believe was Ford's use of rail for transporting I guess much of its inbound freight as well as outbound finished vehicles. Had to laugh though when he talks about the flat faced W "pushing wind" and you go to the back cover of the issue in question and there is an equally flat faced Pete 362-although it did have a curved corner windshield.😎   But surprisingly, he did have a lot of positive things to say about the "W".   Now if you wanted to read a total hatchet job,  somewhere in my "archives" I have the issue when the Louisville was announced.  Absolutely nothing but negatives.  I'll see if I can find it.  Rarely would he ever mention the price differential between a Ford and say a Pete or KW.

I think we’ll see a hybrid at the very least with pro power onboard.  I wouldn’t rule out a BEV with range extender either,

Not dead just paused while they redesign it and figure out the path forward,  They would certainly be available if needed for Oakville.

I'd guess hybrid more focused on pro-power ability. There were the rumors of an EREV version too, but who knows.   With how Ford's plans changed, the next Super Duty could go to a flying truck and back to the Flintstone mobile by the time it comes out.

Yeah I'd say that is just boiler plate....there are no local battery plants in Canada AFAIK to Oakville and the plans to build them for the 3 row went up in smoke with them getting canceled? 

It's just PR language. Most likely, with the current BEV market and Ford's constant changes in vehicle plans, it'll be years before the market sees electrification of the Super Duty lines.