TC is just incremental sales and probably won’t take up too much production space.
They could probably build them as a run on a super Saturday shift.
back in the Fusion/MKZ days, Hermosillo had approx 330k upper limit
and Louisville did 430k back in the 20 teens.
Ford and other manufacturers build some U.S. military diesel vehicles, like the Ford Super Duty trucks,without factory emissions equipment such as DPF (Diesel Particulate Filters), EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation), or DEF (Diesel Exhaust Fluid) systems, as the government deems these systems unreliable for military operations. This "factory deletion" is a significant exception to U.S. federal emissions laws that prohibit the removal of emissions equipment on civilian vehicles for on-highway use.
https://www.motor1.com/news/772185/ram-electric-truck-dead/
Ram unveiled its competitor to the Chevrolet Silverado EV and Ford F-150 Lightning—the Ram 1500 REV—at the 2023 New York Auto Show. Originally slated to launch last year as the company’s first fully electric truck, Ram has now officially canceled the project.
In a statement released earlier today, Ram announced it will "discontinue development" of the fully electric pickup. However, the "REV" name will live on, as the company is rebranding its hybrid Range-Extended Electric Vehicle (REEV), the Ramcharger, as the new Ram 1500 REV.
It’s also hard because the newer plans are actually all the strategies that Ford was dismissing in favour of BEVs.
Ford not alone with poor decisions because GM and Tesla also “lied” to everyone about $39,900 full size trucks…
All of the movers and shakers got it wrong but mainly, the price was nowhere near right and that killed buyer interest.
Basically, Ford is now saying BEV is a slower long term objective while transitioning profitable ICE vehicles and
buyers to everything from hybrid to EREVs - flexibility to deliver all on a common architecture.
Ford has made mention of first, scaling back the initial volume to be produced at BOC, now delaying
launch of T3 by three years but the battery plants are still moving forward and anticipate JVs will sell as many
as they can make (that’s where the return will be even if Ford vehicles delayed)
Ford is in essence, blowing up its own BEV plans with CE1 now used as template for the new
Electrified vehicle construction strategy, does this now make T3 obsolete? (I think so)
Flipping and switching takes time but the costs in develop vehicles seems to be greatly reduced,
I think this is why Ford won’t proceed until the foundations of new design development are in place.
I think parts of T3 like batteries, motors ect will be used in upgraded lightnings as a get through until
Ford developers T3 successor.
Cost is everything to Ford, and new Electric Vehicle construction and design is probably so compelling
that it has caused a full reset - the cost of delaying to change is probably far less than pressing forward
with three years late and out of date DOA T3 (use batteries and power train in Lightnings updates?)
Sales of batteries will give Ford and its partners immediate income and ROI on those plants even before
Ford’s own vehicles are fully ready for launch.
Highly possible with least amount of change, the RWD sedan keeps raising it head every two or three years.
Lots of things Ford would love to do as increasing incremental sales when combined with Mustang Coupe.
Guys,
Ford constant
ply reevaluates it’s plans, that’s why we have so much confusion, the big bet on BOC isn’t completely wrong,
the vehicles and construction process now need a new direction but this can still work for Ford if it is prepared to wait
until it can build vehicles the right way with reduced costs and quicker production process.
The reason we are not hearing as much as some expect is because Ford is flat out behind the scene trying to navigate
a course to avoid both internal and external obstacles but this will be worth the wait. While that happens, Thers no reason
why Ford can’t keep pressing forward with more hybrids and PHEVs in existing and new ICE vehicles.
For those that might be interested in using Ford's Pro Power Onboard (PPOB) to power your house this video does a fantastic job explaining PPOB. Unfortunately, PPOB is a bonded neutral generator and this fellow explains why it won't work for your house with a simple transfer switch (it is more complicated). The link below takes you to the part where he discusses powering your home. But, if you want to learn lots of good stuff about PPOB start the video from the beginning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RKOSCdwxeQ&t=1972s