I don't see that happening for vehicles.  Too many DIY oil changers out there for that.

As long as they offer a longer range model, it’ll be fine.   If they have one and done, I think that may harm sales.   yeah that’s why I’ve long said it’s going to take a big mindset change because tjj oh I’ll charge from home instead of “oh I’ll stop and get gas on the way” for most people in everyday use.  It’s the trips where it becomes more of an issue.

Cuautitlan would be my guess.   i don’t know how Ford would like the possibility of THE mustang being made in Mexico.

Whether or not this gets through, It may be only a matter of time before more OEMs do what Triumph Motorcycles are doing; make a Service Due warning resettable only by a Ford dealer, and displayed in such a way as to block out other info until reset. 

I think range anxiety has become charge anxiety. Charge times and quantity have to come down. All the "Add 150 miles of range in as little as 15 minutes!" advertising is having little effect in the marketplace. Once that becomes, "Add 350mi range in 7 minutes,"  EV's will be at parity with ICEV's.   Just don't install those banal tv sets in the charging stations.

I bought a 2026 Ram 2500 Bighorn with Cummins. 6,000 miles in and it is the quietest, smoothest truck I’ve ever owned. 

When we were buying our Escape in 2023, we also considered the BS, but the interior space of the BS was sufficient to disqualify it.  I think the size of the BS does not translate for a lot of Escape buyers. 

I’m glad you are back at it.  Hopefully things go smoothly for you and the plant. 

I imagine the EPA would have an issue with Ford shitting it down.   

Here lies the issue-its a bit more phycological then a real issue   The range thing is like this-ok you have a gas car but it only has a 10 gallon tank so you can only go about 200-250 miles for example.   Is the buyer always going to keep the tank full?    How many times are people driving 250+ miles in one shot regularly?    If your commuting (using myself-but I do have a short drive to work-30 miles or so round trip) I can basically drive all week to and from work and not worry about it.    I get there are other people out there that drive differently, but the vast majority of the issues do go away if you can charge at home. It causes an additional "headache" if you live in high density areas though..but that is up to the end user to decide if they can make a lifestyle change or not to support the vehicle.   But all this said is why there is push back against EVs by normies-they don't want to change their behaviors or expect an EV to act exactly like an ICE