Not unless you paid for them. I thought Lincoln's have a 5 year subscription automatically. Unless they changed that.
I have a 2020 Escape. I paid for a 5 year subscription. But I'm on Sync 3. I'd say try this site. Enter your VIN. Worst it can tell you is what you'll have to pay.
https://www.ford.com/support/sync-maps-updates/
I hope Ok to post in this forum. I recently bought a 2023 Lincoln Corsair and it shows the speed limit on the dash along with the heads up display. Is that part of Sync 4 Maps where as when my trial is over, there would be no more updates?
*allegedly.......until they cancel it last minute
I don't understand - how would bringing another Chinese model solve the Nautilus assembly from China issue?
Sounds like cafe needs to be reevaluated. If it’s preventing companies from making smaller cars, then it’s doing the opposite of what it was designed to do
Ford EV Program Cancellation Cost Company $100 Million In Q1 2025
Last August, The Blue Oval announced that it was canceling plans to build a new pair of three-row, all-electric SUVs at the Oakville Assembly plant, which had previously been delayed from 2025 to 2027. At that time, Ford noted that this decision would result in a special non-cash charge of about $400 million for the write-down of certain product-specific manufacturing assets for those models, and the decision may also result in additional expenses and cash expenditures of up to $1.5 billion. Now, we’re learning that Ford wrote off a chunk of that loss in the first quarter of this year.
Ford’s Q1 2025 financial reporting outlines a $100 million dollar loss in the first quarter for the line item dubbed “EV Program Cancellation,” which is not something that it absorbed in Q4 2024, it seems. However, there is a line item for “Extended Oakville Assembly Plant Changeover” that totaled $300 million in the final quarter of last year, which makes sense given Ford’s decision to pivot away from those two EV SUVs and go in a very different direction.
On a side note, I wonder if they'll end up stretching the mustang wheelbase by a few inches in the future to meet increasingly strict emissions standards. That would make the mustang look a lot better, while also making to easier to meet those targets.
Maybe.
My prediction is that the Courts will ultimately side with California for many Reasons and that California's right to control its own Air quality will last longer than this administration. After all this move is 100% political, and politics change.
Senate revokes California emissions rules in blow to EVs : NPR
There is already push back on pricing of vehicles-just take a look at the Charger RT EV-its going away because there is no demand for it. Its getting replaced by ICE products in a few months.
Its going to take another 5-10 years before EVs can hit price parity and offer similar range in most conditions as an ICE/HEV product can. Keep in mind that older people don't like change and I'd say most people 50+ aren't really interested in EVs because they don't want to deal with charging and other things that come along with EV ownership.
Also US automakers are international, so that is just an excuse from you. CN EVs might be impressive but I have my own concerns about long term ownership with them-they might be cheap just to force into buying a new car every 5 years or so.
Why not just bring over the CN Market C2 Bronco that is in the other thread instead? It would be a better fit and if Ford loses some BOF Bronco sales to it, it wouldn't be a huge deal because of CAFE getting more onerous. Its not a commodity product either, since it would have similar off road prowess that the Bronco Sport has. Not to mention it helps solve the Nautilus assembly issue from China too. Not sure if using Explorer name do as well-if I was going to replace the Escape, IMO it would be a cross between an Explorer and Range Rover looks wise.
Apparently smaller vehicles (sub 185 inches or so) are going to be harder to meet with Hybrid/ICE powertrains in the future. but they are also better choice for an EV too.