Yes...   https://www.wired.com/story/ev-repair-batteries-expensive-insurance/     https://www.thedrive.com/news/lots-of-crashed-evs-with-minor-battery-damage-are-being-totaled     https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/renewable/electric-cars-scrapped-over-minor-battery-damage-driving-up-insurance-costs/    

You sure about that?  Here is some info on the one I was thinking about: Here’s Why That Rivian R1T Repair Cost $42,000 After Just A Minor Fender-Bender   Most of it seems to be due to a very large unipanel being used as the rear fender/cover of the bed extending to the roof section. That seems like its more poor decision making due to a lack of experience-they wanted to keep the look vs making it easier to cheaper to repair.  

The "horror stories" had little to do with the giga/mega/unicast parts and the expensive repairs were due to damage to the EV battery casing which would cause the insurance companies to total out the vehicle rather than risk an issue down the line with a damaged and repaired casing. It was an unknown risk to them so they just raised rates across the board for EV's and to a lesser extent hybrids to try and cover their expected loss actuary tables. 

Remember all the doom and gloom when Ford switched F Series bodies to aluminum  while GM and Stellantis went the higher tensile steel route…….   CE1’s  construction process will most likely end up saving Ford a lot of money plus at worst, cause zero increases in vehicle repair costs…

The latest version of Equator Sport ( and I assume Equator) were heavily reworked by Ford and while they’re not C2 are definitely blessed by Ford Engineering. Feeling is this is affordable China modules integrated int design results in much lower costs. Smart use of Chinese based vehicles.

Mondeo probably won't last beyond the current gen. Ford could easily replace it with 4 door Mustang or UEV sedan.   Nautilus can be paired with Equator just as easy as it is being paired with Edge for development purpose. 

I have been completely satisfied with my Maverick. No need for a "buyback"...my dealer has been great. 

I have a 22 F350 with the 6.7, with a 3.55 rear end. 8 foot bed. Pulling my 5th wheel, 15,000 lbs, I get around 11MPG If I'm doing hwy, driving the speed limit, I get 23ish. As a grocery getter, it drops to 14/15. All said, It's been a great truck.  

Seems like unnecessary additional marketing and branding to me.

Probably my age, but from my perspective, a CD6 size car would better be marketed under a name that many buyers still would recognize as being a "Ford sharp;" half step above Ford, rather than further diluting the Mustang brand. Any sedan  would share little in pars or manufacture with an SUV. Mercs could still be sold at existing Ford dealers.    29 year old concept and still looks good IMO. The car, not the babe. OK, both!