Agreed, Canada is Fords second biggest market. They sold 130000 F series alone last year in Canada. The bottom line is I believe more is coming to BOC.
When Ford drew up plans for BOC, it wildly overestimated future demand for full sized BEV pickups
So bad that it has delayed T3 again and most likely silently kill off /replace with a better idea
I think Ford committed midsized BEVs to Louisville too quickly without realising BOC would have plenty of capacity and space
While not an Escape/Kuga replacement, the Focus is rumored to return in 2027 as an SUV/CUV.
The Ford Focus Could Return—Yes, As an SUV: Report
If it does, i'm guessing it will be a more car-like crossover model, probably like a Honda ZR-V (aka North American HR-V)...
or a 2nd gen Chevy Trax...
Definitely the right way to do it for automatic switching of essential loads. Reminds me I have a cousin who is an electrical engineer and worked his entire professional career for power company in Florida, where extended outages after hurricanes are common, and he connects portable generator directly to house after throwing the main and all 240V breakers. It’s an all-manual way to get power but for something that may only get used every few years during emergencies it’s not that inconvenient. Especially when considering the hassle of having to fuel the generator. I can connect my generator in a couple of minutes and expect Pro Power Onboard would be even easier in that I would not need to get generator out of storage and start it. The larger Ford 7.2 kW 240VAC X 30A Pro Power Onboard in particular would be great to have even if it had to be connected manually, though I’d happily settle for lower-capacity 2.4 kW PPO. And like you said before, gas can is built in. 😀
They had tons of equipment for the three row that got cancelled on site wrapped up. Some of the paint shop already had some changes made for BEV. They even had a small cell set up in bodybuild lobby for U759 three row. They were also and are still strengthening trusses and structural improvements. Due to size of SD some pillars are being removed and train line back filled in with concrete to increase room.
I read that article and I can see that happening. It seems like Ford is pressing forward with this project regardless of the tariff situation, at the union meeting they said the stamping plant will be state of the art and configurable jigs whatever that means. I guess maybe Canadian and international super duty and maybe some American ones will roll out of there.