I could be wrong.  If not then there will be a replacement from TTP.  Of some kind.

They all look the same.

The issue is that design and development was done by skunkworks but now Ford Engineers have been told to make this work and be production ready by x date   So imagine being responsible for delivery of production without problems when you’ve been kept out of all the other development steps……..

Well, I guess it's better than nothing considering they never celebrated its previous anniversaries. 

Well, looking at their offerings, it would be an interesting turn of events and also validate that Ford was correct when they moved away from Navistar and brought their Mediums in-house. The only issue I see is that in GM world, everything rises and sets on the "small block" Chevrolet design and they really need to develop a bespoke "truck" motor, if not, their rumored move "in-house" will be short lived. 

https://www.carscoops.com/2025/02/next-gen-ford-f-150-reportedly-delayed-until-2028/

I recall the delayed until '28 - but like I said, I thought it was model year '28.  I may have mis-remembered.

Haha, I forgot about that thing....

CE1 products in general should get an awful lot of emphasis. The frustrating part as you and DeluxeStang mentioned is that there's a lot of talkin' by the head honcho but not much action that people outside FoMoCo can discern at this point in terms of progress bringing those products to market quickly, in high volume and with high quality.   Maybe CE1 product development and manufacturing milestones are perfectly on track. I'm cautiously optimistic that's the case, and it's fine if the big shots at Ford keep details under wraps if only for competitive reasons. But Jimbo spoutin' BS like We really want to bet on all of it doesn't help matters.

Yea, exactly. My niece ain't happy that those models lack the Subaru "character" that she likes in her Crosstrek.   Still, it's embarrassing that Subaru, a smaller automaker that hasn't really given a shit about EV until recently, will have more EV models in its U.S. vehicle lineup this year than Ford, whose head honcho has been talkin' about Model T moment with EV and about competing with Tesla for at least the past five years.