The federal US Minimum Wage is $7.25, and is the MW for states that don't have their own law. Most states have enacted much higher MW laws: https://www.ncsl.org/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wages  CHINA:  MWs are about $3.70USD or less. In the following table, 1 RMB Renminbi (人民币) equals $0.15: https://www.china-briefing.com/news/minimum-wages-china/ The lowest I could find is 17.4RMB or $2.53USD, with most provinces averaging 20-24RMB ($2.91-3.49USD).   But similar to the US economy where we (still) have Illegals paid at sub minimum wage, China has "Vocational Trainees" people subjected to political reeducation in detention camps and often transferred to industrial plants where thy are paid little or nothing. ... Beginning to see how China can make plastic sandwich bags and export them here, with all the attendant logistics, and sell them cheaper than we can make them here.    

Any chance that we'll see some Mach-E order guides posted anytime soon?  I have a '23 coming off lease at year end and will hopefully be able to order a '26.  Have heard rumors about changes coming up.

The Obscure Fee Costing You More to Buy a Car Car buyers paid more than $26 billion in ‘destination charges’ last year      

This statement is confusing and contradictory. You’re not in the market so why do you care? 

My ass hurts just thinking about spending that much time in a car.

They already did for the ROW Ranger. Seems like everything is available to plug it into the Bronco and NA Ranger.

I don't think this is correct. According to the Source below, Mexico is at $4.90 per hour vs China's $6.50; for comparison, the minimum wage in the US is $7.25 per hour https://napsintl.com/mexico-manufacturing-news/the-cost-advantage-in-2025-why-manufacturing-in-mexico-beats-china/ This is old but shows the widening wage gap between China and Mexico. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296743840_US_manufacturing_imports_from_China_and_employment_in_the_Mexican_manufacturing_sector

That is roughly 7182 miles a month or 1765 miles a week or 256 miles a day-basically a single charge every day. 

I hope they add manual option to Outer Banks.   I'm also wondering if Ford will commit to doing hybrid on the current gen T6. Strong sales and lack of CAFE enforcement seems to indicate Ford will just let it go but who knows. 

Wow, that's a lot of driving