Lower headlights can look good. Maybe there’s some inspiration from the older Ranger too

IMO I don't think they are going to save that on electrical bus improvements only. 

In 2025 Ford sold 1.2M vehicles not named F series. If you save just $2k per vehicle that's $2.4 BILLION every single year added to the bottom line.  Damn right it's worth pursuing

You still have to redo complete electrical assemblies to remove all the different control modules that would be handled by a single computer in say the current C1 platform or other current platform. It might be worth it in say the F-series, not so much in a smaller/less profitable product.    The point I'm making is at that point, is it worth it to spend it on an existing platform when you have something that could replace it already and have that already done along with engineering to make physical assembly easier/cheaper.    But we don't have that cost analysis readily available either. 

Definitely some ram similarities with the fenders and hood, as well as the creases    Man I hope so. It could be a mach-e situation where the mach-e looks frumpy in some vids and pics, but you see it in person and it looks great. I really want to like this thing, and hope they nail the styling and other aspects of it. I just have some concerns with what's been presented thus far. 

You don't spend millions.  You take what ce1 already developed and apply it.  And yes that means something like visteon.

Until I can get 350 miles of range anywhere in the country in 15 minutes guaranteed I'm not interested as a family vehicle for trips.   At my age convenience is more important and I don't care what gas cost.  I would gladly buy an EV for local driving.

If you are looking/hoping for that sporty Mustang vibe, then I think you may be disappointed. Ford appears to be pursuing the more conventional (Maverick like) truck styling with aerodynamic tweaking.  

The low headlights will take some getting used to. On most trucks, the top of the headlights seem to be in line with the bottom of the windows, but in these new shots, it looks like 6-10” lower.

That's why it seems like EVERY fuel oil truck around here in New England is a Pete/KW!  Like the original Henry Ford said back in the early 1900's, he'd give every car away free if he could be  guaranteed ALL the aftermarket/replacement parts biz!