There’s a team on the Lightning forums that have developed a way to drive the Lightning while connected to a generator. 

We shall see. The battery cannot be that much smaller or it will be using the engine a lot. If it uses the engine a lot it will need to be a larger engine. If it is a larger engine it will be both expensive and inefficient. 

Im guessing the battery is smaller to make it cheaper.    The reason for the EREV is partly psychological-the stereotypical buyer isn’t ready or trusts batteries only-just look at the Scout pre orders as an example. 

I would've put it in this forum....interesting article though.   

Prior to launch of Lightning, the speculation and even some tech drawings showed a removable "gas generator" that could be mounted in the bed post purchase to extend the driving range as needed. It never got past the "tech drawing" stage, however, Ford did file a patent on it.    That idea could come in handy if you tow occasionally and only needed the "range extending" abilities while doing so....afterward, take the range extender out, put in the corner of the garage and continue on with BEV operations only. Interesting thought would be that you may also be able to use the "range extender" as a stand alone generator to power your home in the event of an power outage.    https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1129823_electric-ford-f-150-might-be-available-with-bed-mounted-gas-range-extender   https://www.thedrive.com/news/36793/electric-ford-f-150-patent-drawings-show-swappable-range-extending-gas-generator-disguised-as-toolbox

The thing is the EREV is a BEV with a gas engine added. It makes no sense to offer only the EREV when the BEV is essentially the same truck, less an engine, and probably a nominally larger battery.   I have no idea how Ford can add an engine to the Lightning without either increasing the price, making it even less profitable, or both.    My next vehicle will also be a BEV. Hopefully it continues to be a Ford. 

I went from an Edge to a MME as well (though I switched to a Lightning).  The MME was my favorite Ford I’ve owned, and was a perfect Edge replacement. 

I’ve been saying this for years now, between this and the Bronco, the Edge size and pricing has been covered   The midsized CUV market is a bit strange, it seems like the best sellers are luxury models in my neck of the woods. People either go big with something like an Explorer if they have a family or stay small with an Escape or whatever if they don’t or want a cheaper option. 

https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/waymos-controlled-workers-philippines? wasn’t sure where to put this but not surprised at all, just like the Tesla robots being remotely controlled   

Only the most recent one and I replaced it about 2 weeks before the deer strike. Only the front rad support, bumper, grill and hood needed replacing, everything else structural was unaffected