honestly, the part on the most skeptical about is if 100,000/year would actually be enough volume. It is the low end of the stated range and seems incredibly achievable, but it would probably take a long ass time to recoup the capital expenditures.

I don't think they lost that much in actual losses, if they did, they'd be out of business. 

Indeed, everything is conditional with buyers and all Ford can hope for is that it ticks enough boxes.   (Not aimed at you) Remembering that over  the past few years, Ford has racked up over $30 billion in losses from products, all of which it thought would be hits. So it’s natural for people to be skeptical of Ford’s claims re future profits.  

It's not either/or there is clearly a market for both.  Saying nobody wants EVs is ridiculous.

Whelp, there goes my profit sharing for the next few years 😒

What difference does it make whether the Scout has sold any vehicles yet? The point was whether an ICE is the better investment either as a range extender or a complementary propulsive unit. Without huge government giveaways, please help me understand why you think consumer purchases of all-electric vehicles will "conclusively make up at least a significant portion of the market"? What I'm seeing suggests the opposite, even with currently high gas prices.  To me, it looks like Ford is gambling that consumers will accept (i.e., "buy") an all-electric vehicle's compromises if the price is low enough.  My question, though, was this:  whether a lost-cost, quality hybrid vehicle would be a better sales bet. 

I heard they want to build an EREV SD there. Multi energy at the plant according to ford media release. So gas, diesel and EREV. 

Honestly unless the vehicles suck, if they keep it under $35,000 then at least 100,000 should be attainable across the truck and crossover. They sold 97,000 EVs in 2024 at like a $10,000 higher price point

Scout hasn’t sold a single vehicle yet, and Ford has multiple hybrids + is working on making everything hybrid. It isn’t mutually exclusive with this platform. Electric vehicles conclusively will make up at least a significant portion of the market, especially in the segments the platform is targeting. The issue is price, and this platform is meant to address that. If it can deliver on that part then it should perform basically like how the Maverick has.

It depends on the price point. There seems to be genuinely strong, natural demand for more affordable EVs.    If Ford delivers an affordable EV that's compelling, it has decent range 250-300 miles, looks good, has decent quality and tech, I think it'll be successful.