With Dearborn taking a stronger hand in Ford Europe, maybe C2 now comes more  under North American control……vehicles like Maverick, Bronco Sport and Maverick Van perhaps prove the point that more could and should be done…. Ford Nth America and Ford China also doing C2 Mondeo, Corsair,  Nautilis, maybe some others that I’ve forgotten for now..

Anyone else’s truck,or is it just my luck of the draw, sit unlevel left to right across the front end? Mine is right at 3/4” higher on the passenger side.

I looked at the NYC Auto Show site and see that one of the press days is indeed on April 17th, as spudz64 said. Ford also likes to do standalone events, as rmc523 said. So I can see a scenario where they hold an event to discuss their product plans for the upcoming few model years. Maybe show a concept or sketchings. They could either show the Mach 4 at the end of that event or mention it with a teaser photo and say to wait for the NYC AS for the official reveal. Either way the NYC AS would allow the visitors to see the Mach 4 in person during public days. That is, if it will be revealed at/prior to the show.

I recall reading the same thing five years ago.  Still hasn't happened.  

Norway is definitely a 1st world country, but the adoption rate for BEVs is helped greatly with lower registration fees, free or lower cost parking and several other perks. As a national agenda, the citizens are all rowing in the same direction.

Yes, Norway does have very high adoption rate, but I don’t know to what degree their relative wealth affected that adoption rate.  We know that wealthy and or high-income individuals adopt EVs at higher rates, so hard to say.  Norway also has very high renewable electricity generation, especially hydro, so EVs make a lot of sense from environmental standpoint.  Ironically much of their country’s wealth is due to oil and gas. ⛽️    Also interesting that wealth distribution is different than ours, so I expect US Americans will not adopt EVs to the same extent unless much more affordable EVs become available.  Even then it’s going to take a long time IMO to match Norway’s success.  Poor and low-income buyers have more to worry about than buying EVs in my opinion.

Who knows the precise reason but the 2.3 EB is moving to dual injection and better emissions profile. No idea on North American PHEV but with increased emphasis on PHEVs, maybe it’s back on the table……ROW views it as a cleaner alternative to diesel.

I agree with the concept of virtue signaling, but along with that there is a futurist ideology that compels some people to claw their way beyond convention. Holographic projectors, sat phones, SpaceX rides, Level 5 autonomous vehicles. My perception is that BEVs are at a tipping point where there will be relatively quick widespread adoption globally, as is happening in the EU, especially Norway.. The virtue signalers will move on to FCEVs.

Who knows - they've seemed to prefer standalone events lately.

Well one press day is on April 17, National Mustang Day! So let’s hope!