Coming soon:  The all-new 2027 Ford Explosion.........it'll blow you away!     It fits with Ford's EX naming scheme too...... 😛 

"The turbocharged 2.0L EcoBoost generates 192 kW (257 horsepower) and 408 Nm (301 pound-feet) of torque"   301TQ? Guess the engine got a touch more oomph or did I miss something? (it made like 275TQ right?)

I think there are two tracks - EV and ICE.   EV: CE1 truck CE1 CUV   ICE: next-gen BS Maverick SUV   Do we know for sure if the van is ICE or EV?  Wasn't it also Maverick based, which would mean ICE/hybrid?

The problem I see with that, though, is that it would take years to restart those kind of programs since Ford axed them in Europe too.  And the next admin could potentially reverse this decision and put them right back in place just as Ford is getting ready to launch them.  Since they dropped Fiesta/Focus overseas, they can't just start shipping them over ("easiest" path).     It's a 3rd rail - while it probably should be done, nobody wants to put their name on raising taxes on everyone like that.

And now we're down to essentially only four class 8 manufacturers and a new tandem drive sleeper cab tractor is $150K and up. Ford could have been one of those four surviving manufacturers...

GM CEO Mary Bara was wisely elsewhere at a NY Times economic forum.

The rumours for CE1 was mid sized pickup first, then Utility (Tesla Y product space?) and a van for Ford pro but I wonder if the order is different, still maybe one vehicle launched per year?

The gas tax indexed to inflation would handle most of this naturally. The federal gas tax hasn’t gone up since the early 90’s. Everything else has gone up in price significantly. Creating a much smaller pool of real world dollars for transportation projects. 

Kinda like how I wouldn't want to market a mustang by calling it a real hit with the crowds. 

It's well documented that strict emissions regulations played a sizable role in brands like Ford phasing out smaller, affordable cars over time, it was just too difficult to make money on them. I wonder if they'll be thinking about bringing some of those models back to the states with these changes.