If successful as projected, I would think Cuautitlán would go "under the knife" so that exporting UEV to other countries can get rolling. I would also think that Chongqing in China would get a new line added to build out UEV for China and Pacific rim sales. 

Along with profit.  That's what happens when you cut dead weight and add better products.

They're right.  They chose to exit the US rather than do what Volvo did to get approval.  Not hard to understand - US was only 6% of their sales.

What did the 3.5EB lose in HP with the particulate filter?  18HP IIRC?   My bet is Ford bumped up to the 3.0EB from the 2.7EB, added the filter.  Thus erasing any HP gains the 3.0EB would have had without the filter.

Yeah they shouldn't have a problem, but if the Fathom and Escape EV are "successful" of selling say a 100K units a year per nameplate, things might get crowded there quick, using ICE manufacturing metrics. 

They care enough to now charge extra for it....so there's always that. 

A body-on-frame Defender sounds good.

Yeah, it sounds cheesy. 

The previous generation's styling was near-perfect especially at the rear.

The endless "we need to reboot" approach is obnoxious.   They actually have a great thing going right now, but as usual, just as they start gaining momentum, Ford changes plans and leaves it out to dry for a while.   At least they're showing investment in Nautilus with the timely refresh (sadly, only a benefit because it's produced in China....if it were here, it'd probably have soldiered on unchanged for 5 years before a new chrome strip was added for another 3 years before a redesign).   It'll also be good if/when they announce Corsair returning with a refresh.  My guess is they'd have announced it returning sooner after they dropped it from Louisville, but were waiting on approval to import it before they made the announcement.  Wouldn't be a point of announcing it only to be declined and have to backtrack.   That said, it'd be nice to see them maintain the current lineup and actually grow the lineup with the Bronco model and UEV, instead of replacing things.