I bought a 2026 Ram 2500 Bighorn with Cummins. 6,000 miles in and it is the quietest, smoothest truck I’ve ever owned. 

When we were buying our Escape in 2023, we also considered the BS, but the interior space of the BS was sufficient to disqualify it.  I think the size of the BS does not translate for a lot of Escape buyers. 

I’m glad you are back at it.  Hopefully things go smoothly for you and the plant. 

I imagine the EPA would have an issue with Ford shitting it down.   

Here lies the issue-its a bit more phycological then a real issue   The range thing is like this-ok you have a gas car but it only has a 10 gallon tank so you can only go about 200-250 miles for example.   Is the buyer always going to keep the tank full?    How many times are people driving 250+ miles in one shot regularly?    If your commuting (using myself-but I do have a short drive to work-30 miles or so round trip) I can basically drive all week to and from work and not worry about it.    I get there are other people out there that drive differently, but the vast majority of the issues do go away if you can charge at home. It causes an additional "headache" if you live in high density areas though..but that is up to the end user to decide if they can make a lifestyle change or not to support the vehicle.   But all this said is why there is push back against EVs by normies-they don't want to change their behaviors or expect an EV to act exactly like an ICE

We, Ford of Canada have been picked three times straight by unifor. There will be NO strike! We’re just starting to get back to the plant and it is slow as hell in there as we are only in TT2 phase. NOV 2 is the ok to ship date right now. We aren’t going to strike Ford and Unifor are a partnership as far as I’m concerned. Everytime unifor says they’re gonna strike at the last minute a deal is reached. We are in no position to strike for fuck all right now. I’m just happy to have just got back in the building. Also, the union wants to start negotiations early with ford. I ll keep you guys posted. 

found the buyer of this car!

Crossover.  The sedan is for sure flat rock unless they move the coupe and shut it down.   Cuautitlan might handle all 3.

yeah I get that but honestly given what’s been said and also Ford’s reputation on the issue the price point is probably more important to hit. The Chevy Bolt on 262 miles using LFP is actually a number you can reportedly count on based off what their owners are saying. If they can replicate that which feels very achievable then it works.

It could but the worst mistake Ford could do is disappoint buyers and their expectations Ford is very optimistic with the ranges it sets and people tend to believe the best until they can’t achieve it because of other real world conditions.