I'm going to. The truck is still under warranty, so the question is do I just eat the cost of buying a better aftermarket battery, and put it in myself, or so I take it in, have the battery replaced under warranty for free, but it's just the same crappy factory battery going into it.   There was apparently a recall for the Ecoboost mavericks where Ford replaced the original batteries with higher quality AGM batteries, but apparently this doesn't apply to hybrids for whatever reason, which is super annoying because both powertrains are having this issue. There are rumors Ford's gonna extend this recall to the hybrids, and some people told me their escape hybrids had AGM batteries swapped in at the dealer when the originals failed. But I can't verify this.    My dealership is being kinda difficult as well, my truck has a lot of the symptoms of the battery going out, battery saver mode on phone, interior lights and gauges not coming on unless you put the key in, etc, but my dealership keeps claiming they're checking it and it's fine. Don't want to be difficult or anything but it's almost like they want to do anything but change the battery.     

Definitely replace it after 3 years.  Make sure you reset the BMS - Google and you’ll find the procedure to do it yourself.

EVs are a clean sheet so anything is possible.  CAFE is not an issue and there are no EV commodities yet.

Yeah, loving our maverick close to 3 years in. The only issue I've had really is the factory 12V isn't great, so it's constantly going into battery saver mode lol. I'm probably gonna swap a AGM battery in and hope that resolves the issue. But it's a really solid package overall, especially for the price we paid. 

What if Ford made some sort of interesting small car based on CE1? It would need unique software and suspension tuning, but who's to say it couldn't share the battery pack, electric motors, and other hardware components with higher volume CE1 models? If it was an EV, wouldn't meeting CAFE standards be a non issue or close to it?    But I do agree with some of your points. The stricter emissions standards surrounding smaller cars is why we'll never see the small, affordable, but V8 powered mustang enthusiasts are asking for. 

Ditto with our Bronco Sport.  Even after four years of ownership, this thing is a joy to drive.

I have owned several cars built off the C2 chassis...most currently, the Maverick, and it is a delightful experience.

To a point but I was referring to the cost of developing the platform initially and I’m sure they’ve sold enough C2 vehicles to pay for that several times over.  Edge, Nautilus, Corsair, Zephyr, Mondeo, Mondeo Sport, Bronco Sport, Maverick, Escape, Focus, Transit Connect.

I would argue this is one of the most disappointing aspects of Ford right now because it’s very important for quality and it’s relatively easy to fix if the executives put their mind to it.   I think that whole department at Ford needs to be replaced.

Yup they sure are, the project was almost set to go then it got canned of course suppliers are gonna be pissed off. We had tooling and machinery sitting at the plant and at Windsor engine, 2 billion program shitcanned so we know many suppliers got fucked.