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. 

My 2 cents, and that’s all it’s worth, is that affordability of a viable car remains key to mass adoption.  And by viable I mean a design many buyers (but not all) will consider an acceptable compromise, not what they would want in a “perfect” world.  Trying to please everyone is a waste of time and money, yet seems to be what legacy automakers have attempted.   Since many buyers are unwilling to compromise on vehicle size, aerodynamic shape, range, etc., it’s best to ignore them initially and focus on buyers willing to compromise; and therefore provide vehicles similar to what has sold best for years — Tesla Models Y and 3.  To penetrate a larger segment of market, even Tesla knows lower costs are needed.   We shouldn’t have to wait much longer for lower-cost BEVs to arrive in order to test affordability premise, assuming Tesla plans to introduce a viable lower-cost vehicle in first half of 2025 is for real.   It has been reported price will be $30k after credit, or $37.5k if tax credit is eliminated.  That’s roughly $5k lower than lowest-cost present Model 3.  I personally expect it will mostly be a shorter-range, less powerful, and decontented Model 3; though I could easily be off.  Regardless, since Model 3 sells relatively well for a BEV, a cheaper version or something similar should confirm if much greater numbers of buyers will flock to purchase based solely or mostly on lower price.

Since Tesla is reportedly about to introduce a $30k vehicle (with tax credit, or +/- $37.5k if credit is cancelled), it seems to me they don’t think of themselves as a luxury brand.  Maybe initially in days of Models S and X, but that was more to hide the cost penalty of building BEVs at that time.  Today Tesla is mostly about Models Y/3 which I agree are not luxury.  The upcoming model “Q” (as recently referred to in news) will be even cheaper, so definitely not luxury at all.  And I don’t mean that in a derogatory way.  Their models Y/3 sell more than all luxury BEVs combined as of last data I recall.  I know volume doesn’t necessarily correlate with profitability, but the main reason to build BEVs in the first place supports volume over luxury IMO.