Weren’t they originally supposed to be sub 30k? Sub 40k probably means 39,999 and that’s already more expensive than other EVs out there. I thought the new manufacturing process was supposed to save a lot of money, yet they might not even undercut the equinox ev that’s been out for a few years?   The rivian r2, which should be a big step up from these vehicles, is supposed to be only 45k.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/ford-promises-5-new-cars-under-40k-by-2030-including-midsize-electric-truck   We've discussed this before, but we have more info now. Ford's labeling affordable models as sub 40k, the types of vehicles seem pretty varied, with them mentioning cars, trucks, SUVs, and vans will all receive new affordable models. Additionally, these will all be new products, not just stripped down variants of existing models, and they'll have multi-energy powertrains.     

So now that we know this is the front of the truck for sure, a few observations.   1. Very clean upper fascia, there's no vents, fake grille pattern, or lighting that we can see.   2. The leading edge of the hood seems to droop or angle down quite a bit if we use the rag sitting in the hood as a reference. My guess is this will be kinda similar to a Maverick's hood where it drops down near the leading edge, and then levels out further back.    3. Maybe the boldest design detail is that white-ish horizontal strip running across the lower half of the front end. It looks a bit like a light bar to me, so maybe they're playing around with the placement of the lights, mounting a light bar lower in the front end to give it a more unique look?

I agree with Sherm, it's gonna be very interesting to see how all of this plays out. The two trucks are simultaneously pretty similar, and couldn't be more different at the same time.    They're both smaller, more affordable, apparently both will have a lot of accessories for customization. Apparently people who attended the Ford event back in August that gave us more details about CE1 said all of the vehicles might be build in one, fully loaded, configuration rather than having base and premium models. So both trucks might also be built with pretty limited off the line variations.    Yet the CE1 truck is a lot more advanced, faster, fun to drive, and 4 doors. I personally believe it's gonna blow slate out of the water, but time will tell. 

The Explorer was the best seller on this platform then the Taurus. The Flex had underwhelming sales as did the MKT.

You’re welcome, at least the problems were minimal. 

Correct and perhaps the current sales mix of Corsair also favours higher trims as well?

Jay Leno drives the Slate pickup https://www.autoweek.com/news/a70258612/jay-leno-drives-slate-truck/  

Me too. The green and tan was a great combination. Whenever I see a green and tan combination on something I call it the Eddie Bauer edition.

That's a good point regarding the transport chain.  On a cheaper model like Corsair on its own maybe the math is fuzzy, but if you already have a boat going over with Nautilus, you'd just take more space.