It's gonna be fascinating to see how consumers respond to it. If this thing is well received, I could see it potentially leading to a resurgence of utes in the US.   Then again, we all thought there would be more maverick rivals, and that hasn't happened. But we can hope. 

Yeah, it's going to be interesting to see how the EREV world works out for tow vehicles.  To be able to have the driving experience of a BEV while towing would be amazing. Then, if you are taking your RV off-grid with that EREV, you've got your built-in battery bank and generator right there.  Our next RV is likely going to be a truck camper on an F550 that will see quite a bit of time off-grid.  It'll be interesting to see how this plays out, and if the EREV is available in that configuration in 5 years or so.  Whether an EREV will be viable in that configuration, I don't know.  At any rate, I think we're going to see some major technological advances in the next 5-10 years.

Likely an age thing.  You are not sitting/standing up as straight at that age, so the normal forward lean is going to put your head in harms way with a highly-sloped windshield.

It will be fascinating to watch this unfold. I suspect/fear the scenario you describe is where an EREV is going to reveal itself as a flawed compromise (at least with large/heavy trailers). I think this issue is a big reason behind the long and repeated delays for the Ram REV (formerly called RamCharger).

Of course it is, thats why Ford would likely do it.

I think this feels very accurate. The Maverick has about 8" of ground clearance (9.4" in the Tremor). Escapes are 7.5", Fusions were 6". I'm thinking closer to Fusion than anything.   In unrelated news, I saw a black vehicle from about the middle of the back door window to the hood, from the top to about the window line, out our front window here at work and thought it was a Maverick... until I changed angles. Turned out to be a Flex. Surprising how similar the partial profile I saw was.

My parents (who are in their late 70s) hated the slope of the windshield on the Edge they had for a loaner because it cut into head room getting into the car. I’m wondering if it’s generational thing. 

Im guessing the quarter is down because of employee pricing. Last year it ran for 3 months(4/3-7/6) and this year it’s only running for 2 months(5/1-7/6). The quarter would have looked better if it had an extra month of employee pricing

I mean, customers have spoken and have said that BEV for F-150+ isn't the way to go, at least as the options exist now.  And that can be said for multiple companies - Lightning is still outselling Silverado EV in Q2 and full year, and it's been discontinued/had dwindling inventory for the last few months, with GM's effort being a much more "all in" approach than Ford's "slap some batteries in the existing frame" approach.   Long term, I think options will get there, but as the current products stand, they don't seem to be what enough customers want to warrant that approach.

I don't know, quite a few people tow with their F150, and having the ability to tow with pure electric while having the gas engine to provide extra range would be a huge selling point.  I really don't think a full BEV F150 is going to move the needle that much (look at the current prior Lightning.  Though it was an awesome vehicle, it didn't sell in the numbers necessary for Ford to continue it.