https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/08/ford-china-dot-sean-duffy.html   Keep it civil and politics as much as possible out of it.   My take-This just window dressing for theatrics, if the administration wanted to be really "hard on Ford" they wouldn't have authorized the Corsair/Nautilus to be imported from China and the hard fact is that the "best" battery tech comes from Chinese companies, till someone else comes up with a better way of making them. Ford has said they'll already move production or replace those products with ones made in NA in a few years.    Why hasn't GM been criticized for importing large portions of their lineup from Mexico (trucks particularly)or Buicks that come from China? I'm guessing they'll be next. 

I don't think the customer base that RAM has will buy it, but others might. 

I should clarify.  I know it will operate as intended.  I just don't think buyers will buy it.

Ford apparently has it working in the Bronco Basecamp-it has a 1.5L I4 EREV in it.   I think the bigger issue here is how well it is going to work when it comes to towing, which is going to be the big issue with a truck.   The 3.6L works fine as ICE alone, but with it lugging the extra battery weight around, well I'm guessing that is the problem or they can't get the electrical gremlins worked out like they had with their hybrid products. 

Till the CAFE crows come home again. 

I'm gonna guess that the Fathom front end is going to have a front end similar to the Bronco Basecamp/Dodge Charger where it looks larger then it is visually, but is opened up through the hood to cut down on the frontal area see photo for what I'm talking about

Its being called the Bronco Basecamp in Australia   https://www.ford.com.au/suv/bronco/   One interesting thing is they are calling the EREV step a Super hybrid 

Oh absolutely get what you’re saying, imagine the Super cab bed on the crew cab and the 8’ Single cab bed on the Supercab..    

Yes.  HRG

No