The EV4 sedan is horrid and should have never been made for production, however the hatchback is much better looking and I could see it doing quite well. The EV2 is the best of the bunch though.

Yes, gearing multiplies torque, but I don’t know what point your post is making.  Can’t tell for certain if you’re agreeing or disagreeing with my post.

It’s 100% torque.  What does gearing do?  It multiplies torque.  

That is good acceleration performance but the reviews I read stated fuel economy wasn’t great after battery depleted and engine had to run, and also that small engine working at high load was noisy.   Seems doubtful to me given simpler vehicles cost much more.   Do not know anything about the Mazda EREV, but the RAM is very different than the Transit Custom in that the battery is much larger so it can drive around most of the time as a BEV, and only switch occasionally to range extender power a small percentage of time.  The Ford Transit Custom PHEV with range extender had small battery and short EV range, so EB engine ended up working much of the time per European test reviews — worst of both worlds for many owners who drove more than roughly 20 miles.   A pure series EREV like RAM is planning will likely have poor fuel economy on longer trips, much like the Custom PHEV with range extender.  Difference is that RAM should manage most daily trips as a BEV.   IMO Farley should be willing to copy competitors when they have better ideas, and improve on them when possible.  That’s how Japanese, Koreans, and now Chinese became so successful.  The C&D quote below makes Farley sound like he suffers from “not invented here” mentality.  Assuming he was quoted accurately.   “That said, Farley doesn't want Ford to be seen copying any else's homework.“

This has nothing to do with the shipment of the fender brackets but it does involve the shipment of the bumper itself. When I received the bumper it was in a really small box compared to it's installed size. When I told the UPS driver that there was supposed to be a complete bumper in that box he just shook his head in disbelief. When he delivered another package two days later I showed him the actual size of the bumper and he was like there's no way that came out of that little box. The bumper is made out of polyurethane which is a high density synthetic rubber-like material. It took over an hour with a heat gun to get it back into the final shape. Believe me, I had my doubts that would ever happen. The reason the manufacturer (KBD) ships them that way is to avoid having to ship something that large via special truck and the accompanying freight charges. The box it came in is behind it in the first photo. As you can see I also stuffed round metal cans and pieces of wood in the openings so they would hold their shapes as they cooled. Talk about a WOW! moment.😗   This style of bumper is also available in fiberglass but I suspect this one will survive minor bumps and bruises without cracking the way 'glass might. I don't intend to race this car but I could certainly see the advantages of using something like this on a track car.    Other than the fender brackets I'm also waiting on the special primer required to paint this stuff.   I also added some metal bracing under the larger opening as well as metal braces to attach the bottom of the bumper to the radiator core support/frame crossmember using the same mounting points as the original bumper. And I'm also re-using the original fog lights and their plastic housings.  

I had our local postmaster verify that the package at least had the correct ship to address since that's not something I could see on the USPS tracking website. She also pulled up an image of the package which showed that it was a bubble wrap envelope. Her guess was that it probably got stuck in a larger mailing sack which then got filled with other mail for the west coast. No change on the tracking site from what I posted yesterday.   Regardless of the reason it's pretty hard to defend a package crossing the country at least 2.5 times and it still hasn't reached the destination.

P.S. — Stroke length of 97.2 mm would also round off to a 428 cubic inch 7-liter engine using existing 107.2 mm Godzilla bore diameter.  However, if Ford creates an aluminum variant, they may use a slightly different bore diameter for various reasons; or not.  For example, they may want slightly thicker cylinder walls.  If that happens a different stroke length would be required anyway to match 428 displacement.   Honestly, I’m not sure how important matching a legendary engine displacement is to Ford to start with, except they seem to try with 5.0L V8 matching legendary 302, which was later called a 5.0L though exact dimensions were actually 4.9L when rounded.  And today’s 5.0 Coyote is not even close to 302 so maybe it doesn’t matter at all, or at least doesn’t have to be exact.

I haven’t spent much time on hydrostats, but every geared tractor I’ve ever driven has had “cruise control”—it’s called a hand throttle and a governor. 

Link to one of the articles: https://fordauthority.com/2025/03/ford-mustang-mach-e-class-action-lawsuit-launched-over-door-locks/   I recently got locked in my gas car (non-Ford) when the battery shifted after hitting a pothole.  I called my wife, released the hood latch and instructed her to jiggle the battery.  She was too inept to do so, but a man and his son's at the gas station I was stuck at lent a manly hand and I was able to get out.   I'm just saying these sort of issues are not exclusive to this Ford product.

I wish that I could say the more GM screws the pooch, the more Ford will succeed, but Toyota and Honda look to be the winners.   Americans are conservative, hybrids are the way to go.