CT's moron governor says this will make cars less efficient and reduce MPG numbers. The car mfrs. are not going to intentionally make less efficient engines.  And people aren't dropping like flies from CO2.  I know 500 people and only one has asthma. Every human exhales 2.2 lbs. of CO2 per day. CO2 is CO2, no matter where it comes from. The population of the country/world has probably doubled in the last 50 years. So let's do away with people!  Oh we are, they're called AI robots/androids!  Check out the youtube video of Zager & Evans' IN THE YEAR  2525 with the middle aged woman in black and white.

Let's play a Game  Affordability is a Data point, Cheapness is a Feeling. Comparing the Starting prices of the 2026 Escape, Bronco Sport and Maverick to the 2014 Escape Fiesta and Focus in 2025 and 2014 Dollars.    Adjusted for inflation, the price for an entry-level Ford vehicle in 2025 is  45-64% higher than it was in 2014 Finally, when compared with US household income, Ford's most affordable vehicle in 2026 would represent 34% of Median household income vs 26% in 2014, or a 31% higher share of a household's income in 2025 vs 2014.  This does not include the impact of higher interest rates  When we talk about affordable, I believe this is what we mean.  Ford stopped selling Affordable vehicles in favor of profits.    The unboxed assembly process doesn't apply to ICE vehicles, there will be benifits From the eletrical archtecture but the assembly process isn't as transferable.     

But, it's a sedan...so it will tank in North America. 

That is the EPA CAFE classification, not how it is imported. That is the reason Ford got into trouble with the Transit Connect-they brought them over as passenger vans then ripped out the seats.  The Bronco Sport would be either a wagon or crossover, which I believe aren't impacted by that.   Also the tariff rates for importing ANY car unless you have a special deal (UK and South Korea for now) is 25%. I'm guessing their is some work arounds to that (I've saw that Ford is using a Bonded shipper?) to help mitigate the tariff issues. 

Only applies to cargo vans and light trucks not passenger vehicles.  

Interesting if it will be shipped in as a "car" since right now, BS is considered a "truck" and if it continues that way, the Chicken Tax will hit it....unless of course, it comes in as an "incomplete" vehicle....one way around it would be to ship all NA without the hybrid battery and make/install it here in NA to complete it. If my memory of how the Chicken Tax works is correct. 

But yet you completely ignore the Maverick and Bronco Sport, which are "affordable" without being cheap-they turn a profit presumably and offer up sale value post sale in the form of accessories, further increasing their profits. The Escape is going away in North America, but will apparently live on in other parts of the world and the Focus and Fiesta went away due to EU markets wanting CUVs like NA. There is a replacement coming for it that will be based off the Maverick, which will help it be profitable hopefully-the Kuga based C1/2 platform really hurt the Escape for the past 12 years or so due to it being overly premium for this market at least.      While the actual design of the CE1 can't or isn't well suited to going to ICE, the processes of how its made and design can be.   The other thing with the CE1 is that it will offer a form factor that is appealing at a price point that is affordable and will be desirable to buyers. IMO the vast majority of desirable EVs start in the 50-60K range-if that price point can be dropped 15-20K, you'll find more buyers will to try it because it will be affordable.   Also it seems like CE1 will be designed from the get go to easily/profitably spawn other models like a sedan/CUV/Van easily that will help pay for development costs. 

Since it is still under warranty - bring it to the dealer? 

Ford cancelled Focus, Fiesta, the Escape, and every other Affordable Vehicle due to a Structural inability to make money in low-margin segments.  Affordable vs. cheap is a distinction without a difference. The 2012 Focus was affordable, but the 2019 Focus was cheap. Neither were profitable🤣 Based on how some talk about CE1 (which gives off Tesla Hype vibes), it will never deliver all the hope people ascribe to it.  I struggle to imagine how an ultra-low-cost EV platform designed to be sold in a country that shuns EVs can successfully spawn affordable ICE Vehicles, especially when the cost drivers of EVs and ICE vehicles are so different.       Bro, we literally have a Ford Decontenting Thread to track how Ford drops vehicle features to increase corporate profit. Anyway, Ford has been clear on the reasons they stopped selling cars. This is the First time I am hearing that CAFE was the reason.   This is funny, because it makes 0 Sense.   Mexico and Canada: had no tariffs on US-made vehicles until the US placed tariffs on Canadian and Mexican-made vehicles. Japan and S. Korea:  don't buy US-made vehicles because they don't fit. There is no amount of tariffs that will change that.  Europe: Subsidiaries of US companies seem to underperform in those markets and offer less competitive products. The result is higher-priced vehicles in the market, which need more affordable ones.