It's pretty crazy the pace of it vs. when they had to "speed" retool the other F-series plant in the switch to aluminum years ago.       I still would've advocated adding some of these BEV products to BOC with questionable volume there.  That said, could they add Mach E to Kentucky on CE1?  And let Mach E be the sporty model, while the other SUV is a more typical SUV shape?   Which would unlock Cuautitlan to go C2?   Really, either Oakville or Kentucky should've gone to/stayed C2.  

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-09-11/jeep-s-downfall-a-corporate-saga-of-self-inflicted-wounds

Not to mention it is far cheaper/easier to do CGI concepts of new vehicles. 

I'm guessing the Mach E goes away when the CE1 SUV arrives.  The Mach E was a stop-gap product, and won't really be necessary when the CE1 vehicles are in production.

Yes.  But, most grid-tied systems rely on the grid to synchronize the phase as well, so you generally need a battery of some sort to store the solar energy if the grid goes down.  You can't just have the solar switch over and start feeding your house. It gets expensive quick to have the option to run off-grid.  We had the option when we had our system put in, but we decided it wasn't worth it.  In the 11 years we've lived here, we've been without power maybe a total of 4-6 hours over that timeframe.

Concepts that don’t actually get built are a waste of resources.  They’re fun to talk about but that’s about it.  What we need is more pre production previews of actual vehicles.

Adopting the NACS charging standard is more than just changing out the electrical inlet on the car....it is the software update and ability to charge at more stations....I would bet that by providing the NACS adapter, Ford felt that this will suffice because as you stated, there are far more CCS1 connectors nationwide than NACS and by providing an adapter for NACS, Ford addresses the perceived value of having NACS without having to change any hardware on the vehicles they build which saves them money. Now, as you suggest, moving forward...we can see Ford building CE1 with the NACS charger and providing a CCS1 adapter (the reverse of what is done now) to continue that ability to charge at more stations. 

Can’t you just use a lockout switch like generators?

The Chinese EREV/BEV Bronco is bigger then the ICE based Ranger Bronco. 

I'm guessing that the Mach E will evolve into a CE1 product at some point, but most likely at the end of its product cycle in another 4-5 years.