in his defence, I also saw Farley’s concern regarding the styling of the CE1, he was hoping that people would accept it but wasn’t sure, that was about a year ago but can’t find the quote now…       The point being that Ford was trying to rewrite the efficiency records with CE1 and super efficient packaging means differnt proportions which affects styling. The moment they go to a shorter hood, the styling changes but then, we’ve now lived through the Cybertruck era so I’m optimistic that CE1s will be much better style wise but maybe embrace a the proportions on a smaller scale…

And the other shoe drops…   It looks like current Lightning is enough for now until interest grows enough for a next Gen BEV pickup and by the time that happens in 2028/2029 Ford will be way beyond whatever it designed in T3.   If EREV is the next big thing for full size pickups and SUVs, perhaps Ford will indeed reuse some of  T3 frame and architecture to make an efficient variation on the ICE F150 production facility at REVC?  

I'm not fond of the shorter hood look myself, but there is a relatively sizable portion of truck owners out there who want decent interior space, and a larger bed without increasing the overall size of the vehicle. So I could see something with a shorter hood appealing to them. Will it appeal to them enough to overlook a less conventional design and less frunk space? That remains to be seen. 

Who is asking for a shorter hood? Shorter hood = less useful frunk.    I’ll take a mega power frunk, thank you.   People don’t want a truck that looks like a dumpster. Elon proved that. 

I believe the issue is an EV truck can't be the best it can be if it's constrained by the limitations of having to share a platform with a gas truck. Like an EV truck would in theory have a shorter hood to give users more interior and bed space, but then you can't translate that over to an ICE truck because if the hood is too short, you won't be able to package the larger engines ICE truck owners want. 

Better yet, you can get a MME GT with Performance Upgrade that is roughly 0.5 second faster in the 1/4 mile for $8,400 less than what a Mustang Dark Horse goes for and is a whole lot more practical. 

I’m honestly not a fan of T3 as a separate model from the F150. I wonder if the delay to T3 and NG F150 wasn’t to bring them back together. F150 should be the best ICE truck, best HEV/EREV truck, and best BEV truck.

Here are photos of Ford EVDC. I also put them in the Ford will reveal CE1 products on August 11 section:          

The head honcho at Sony Honda Mobility is suggesting that Honda's East Liberty plant is learning how to do contract manufacturing:   Leveraging Honda’s expertise as our contract manufacturing partner, combined with Sony Honda Mobility’s additional quality standards and inspections based on our standards, we are committed to delivering AFEELA 1’s design with exceptional precision and refined quality. The journey toward this vision has already begun in Ohio.    

Yea, me too. On the one hand, I'm hopeful that T3 pickup and the new EV van is a knockout in every single category. On the other, the repeated and unexplained delays for T3 launch suggest the big shots ain't abiding by the Ford Trucks slogan "the best never rest".   Remember what Ol' Billy Boy said during the launch of the 2022 F-150 Lightning?   To put this in perspective … it is probably the most important launch of my career. … This has been a personal journey of mine since I joined the company 43 years ago.   Personal journey huh Bill? Looks like you're spendin' a lot of time at the rest area for your "personal journey".