Does anyone know why my 2kw ProPower only powers up to 1500kw, regardless of whether I have a load on it or not. It has reached 2kw a couple of times, but mostly only 1500.    Anyone have similar experiences or explanation? Thanks!

The overall frenzy by the media and climate advocates put immense pressure on manufactures as well. Toyota was crucified for not quickly jumping into the EV frenzy. Turns out they were right about how this was going to play out.

Since Tesla’s fall from grace, EV proponents have been looking for other all-electric manufacturers to promote.  Expect INSIDEEVs may be a little more biased than sources covering all types of vehicles.

They are definitely all over the forums and fb groups reading what people are posting.

IIRC the most affordable BEVs in US seem to have been FWD, including Chevy Bolt, Nissan Leaf, Fiat 500e, Mini EV, etc. Obviously MSRP doesn’t necessarily reflect what they cost to manufacture so only speculating.  Tesla RWD Model 3 is not far behind in price though.   There have been low-cost RWD exceptions including BMW I3 and Smart EV which are at smallest size range; though sales volume of these were much lower than the FWD mass-market vehicles mentioned previously.  When vehicles are extremely small, like the Microlino city car with only two seats (European Isetta EV concept), RWD seems to work well.  Not sure there is a firm design rule that must be followed, but expect that for mass-market 4-door affordable cars, FWD will be most popular.

Hi, I'm wondering if any Lincoln or Ford engineers or techs follow this site to check on problems or issues their customers are having with their vehicles. I'm having an issue with a 2025 Aviator & submitted a post about it about 3 weeks ago, & am having no luck. 

FWD EVs are less complex and Simpler to produce than RWD/AWD and are more Space Efficient.  FWD keeps all the high-value/high-voltage systems in the front of the vehicle, simplifying assembly and reducing cost.  MEB   MEB FWD

Interesting notes.....so basically they're going Saturn + Model T.  I still stand by my opinion that the price is too high for complete bare bones - sure you'll get some that are fine with that, but once you start tacking on normal things people are used to, pricing will quickly get into territory of existing vehicle options with many more features.       There are other, less obvious ways that Slate slashed the cost of manufacturing and development by doing things differently. It opted to make the truck’s exterior out of molded plastic, which Barman said saves costs on multiple fronts. First off, injection molding is cheaper than the conventional method of stamping sheets of metal into body panels.    And by having its factory spit out a single, uniform variant that buyers can trick out later on, the company aims to cut a lot of complexity out of its manufacturing process. It just needs to get very good at churning out the exact same vehicle over and over again. That will come in handy given that Slate is targeting 150,000 units of annual output about a year into production—a far higher volume than any U.S. EV startup has achieved, aside from Tesla.  “Every one we build is the same,” she said. “So as we produce those vehicles at scale, then it helps to keep our costs down.”

So the only supercar we know Ford is considering at the moment, and developing, is an off-road supercar. Farley has talked openly about the success of lambo and Porsche off-road supercars, but has also hinted about a road going Dakar truck. So we don't know if it's an actual supercar, or just another truck with supercar levels of power, hopefully it's the former, and not the later.  Ford trademarked the RS 200 name, so maybe that's the off-road supercar they're talking about.   There was also a open top 2 seater high performance car supposedly in development. That's what rumors claimed, back when there were hints that a thunderbird might make a comeback. This was apparently a more hardcore performance model than the s650, so cobra would be a pretty solid name for that. 

https://insideevs.com/features/758468/slate-ev-truck-cheap-20000/   Curious as to how well this is going to all pan out.    I also wonder how well Ford's CE1 pickup will compete with it-I'd expect the CE1 to be around 30-35K, but be larger and not be as bare bones. I'd expect the Slate to start off cheap but once you start adding options, it will be over 30K. I also wonder who will be responsible for installing them-Slate seems to be pushing a dealership less model and will be partnering with a 3rd party for repairs/service.    I'd venture to guess that Ford might be a better position overall due to it being an established player and its product not as barebones in the eyes of the customer.