You guys have lost me. I remember reading that the T6.2 platform was developed to accommodate future electrification but it sounds like you are talking about something different?

I thought there was one but it was dropped to hit timelines?

As someone that works on my own stuff, a "routine" brake fluid change has never been on my list. I have 60+ year old vehicles that I've never even looked at the fluid. Don't worry about it until the brake lines rot out and it's time to do a full rebuild.   

I think that Focus concept was done long after the Cougar was retired. I leased a '99, then bought it out at the end. It wound up being my son's college car. Surprisingly, a very good car in the snow.

Regulator.

My motorcycles collect moisture in the brake fluid faster than my autos. Never any sign of leaks anywhere, and the reservoirs have either a sight glass or made of translucent nylon so the caps stay on except when changing the fluid. Brake jobs are simple and cheap to do on a mainstream bike, so I change pads and fluid every 4 years which works out to ~30,000 miles. I had the brakes and fluid changed on my 2021 Ranger at 102,000 miles; about 4 1/2 years.

Seems like a reasonable conclusion that these articles have incorrect information about timelines.

Farley speaks in broad terms but the reality on the ground can be quite different/confusing. Sometimes I wonder if this is deliberate misdirection to keep everyone guessing, even competitors.   Unless something has changed, there was no T6 Bronco hybrid version developed.originally My guess is an enlarged Bronco Sport could carry any hybrid package but then then, that idea may have been eclipsed in other markets by the Chinese Bronco Basecamp.  

I sold auto parts on the road for 30 years from 1966 to 1996. Up until recently, I've done almost all of my own repairs but all my customers have retired, passed away or the gasoline station/service repair bays are just convenience stores. But I never in my life until recently have I heard about just changing your brake fluid without doing a brake job! In fact it was never really CHANGED, it was just bled and refilled as needed. Yeah I know they say condensation can build up, but it was never done back in the day. Transmission fluid and filter changes were not performed that much either. I think in 30 years I sold 5 transmission filters and they were all the same part number but I'll be damned if I can remember the car make. I think the Purolator part number was P220. Oh wait, I just searched and it's for late 1960's Chevies.