Can Americans learn to love tiny, cheap kei cars?    

If you drive to work then solar charging is off the table and you can only charge middle of the night off peak.  No way that's 90% savings.

Yes, that I can agree with.  But saying people can charge with solar in the afternoon then contribute to the grid from 6-9 doesn't make sense if those cars are at work and can't charge when the sun is at its peak.

They've been doing hybrids since 2005.  They've done fwd, rwd and awd hybrids.  Until recently they were making fwd hybrids, awd hybrids, fwd plug in hybrids and rwd hybrids.  What more investment do they need?

I stumbled upon this in another forum

Let's talk about hybrids. Ford has one hybrid powertrain for Transverse vehicles, at least in the US. HF35 eCVT -Introduced in 2013 FoE has two hybrid and one mild Hybrid Systems.     Hybrid HF35 eCVT -Introduced in 2013 Getrag 7HDT300-  7-speed dual-wet-clutch for hybrid Intrduced in 2020 Mild hybrid  Getrag 7DCT300-  7-speed dual-wet-clutch with 48V system introduced in 2020 I have concerns about the viability of expanding hybrid production, given the little investment in the technology. 

I saw the CD4 Taurus thinking it was the D3 Taurus which was on the same platform as the Flex.  Didn't see it was a non-US Taurus.

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D3. Different platform entirely. Shared with the old Explorer, Taurus, MKS and MKT.