Looks like its getting powered steps also, going by those bluish grey things underneath it. 

Exactly... it won't be C2 Mondeo.   First, to hit the price point Farley wants to hit, it needs to be produced in North America. The Biden-era tariff on Chinese cars didn't get invalidated by the Supreme Court so for practical purpose, the only car that could be imported from China are high end / more pricy cars with enough profit margin that can absorb part of the tariff. e.g. a Lincoln Nautilus perhaps but not a Ford sedan.   Second, Ford doesn't have enough production capacity in North America to build more C2 vehicles. It is down to one plant in Mexico for C2 and it is maxed out building Maverick and Bronco Sport. There is no indication Ford will invest in a second C2 assembly plant in Oakville and Tennessee is now going to be T6.    Just using simple logic and deductive reasoning, we can conclude that Ford's sedan can only come from 1 of these 3 plants: Cuautitlán - Assuming GE1 will continues Flat Rock - Ford can build a S650 sedan and there is plenty of capacity Louisville - UEV sedan can be (and probably already) build into the utilization and production plans    

Looks like some incremental changes for Bronco:   Revised Ford Bronco Outer Banks Sasquatch Possibly Spotted Testing   A few changes I see: -a new mesh-style grille insert -painted sasquatch flares (don't recall seeing the Sasquatch ones painted before) -new fender badge?       -new wheel design   -can't tell if this is just a new rock rail or if it's some sort of retractable step?     There are some interior changes too, but can't tell much.  

If that's all it was, they could've imported that from China already.

https://www.motor1.com/features/791002/new-ford-sedan-details-prices-sepcs/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQw6aJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeY7XLI6L8BRsSdISoK2dwhh_yAbq5XPm6Zg-6xf9jVbfBOmGlcsJ_gHJe4vU_aem_VNwEnStauLj4imf108wb9A     Motor1 seems to think that the sedan will be a C2 based  Fusion Sedan. Hopefully nothing that boring.   

This move is not surprising at all, considering Honda just canned their other EVs.   On top of that, this product (brand?) never made any sense anyway, IMO.

https://www.motor1.com/news/791045/honda-sony-discontinue-two-electric-vehicles/

Not gonna lie, I read that as "BMW HOA". Blame my background in real estate work before the car biz. 😄 On topic, I realized a couple weeks ago that the F-150 tailgate C-clamp pockets that used to be standard on every F-150 no longer are. I think they're part of the bed utility package now, but they're not mentioned in the order guides at all. Not a recent development, but I forget when that very quiet change happened.

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.