No, each example you listed is the same body with different powertrains. This one they debuted is a different body, same name, same showroom.
Y'all are being difficult on purpose.
They literally have two vehicles called Ford Bronco with completely different bodies. not "Ford Bronco" and "Ford Bronco Sport" I guess if they're going to pass it off as "Ford Bronco New Energy" and have "new energy" be the model designation (i.e. Sport) sure, but that's a dumb name lol. I guess are the others "Ford Bronco New Energy BEV, Ford Bronco New Energy PHEV" Etc.???
The Hyundai 8-speed Dual Clutch Transmission was recalled in December 2022 for the following:
Certain Hyundai vehicles equipped with 8-speed dual clutch transmissions (DCT) may encounter drivability symptoms, such
as rough upshifts, hesitations, or lack of motive power, and/or certain Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTC) such as P1C2D03
And again in 2024 for their propensity to self-destruct:
The Dual Clutch Transmission (“DCT”) in the subject vehicles could become damaged during normal operation due to Transmission Control Unit (“TCU”) software logic that could inadvertently engage the clutches and damage the transmission case and/or parking pawl.
Yea, that was a rhetorical question. 😄Repealing CAFE is logical and common sense. That makes it too hard to do for the Congress critters.
Another thing that's logical and common sense is to index the federal gasoline and diesel fuel excise tax to inflation. It's been at $0.184/gallon (gasoline) and $0.244/gallon (diesel) for almost 32 years, they should be at least $0.411/gallon (gasoline) and $0.545/gallon (diesel) by now. But common sense ain't common in Congress
This is a chance at a clean sheet to create a low priced platform probably starting with C2. The question is how much of the infrastructure can be clean sheet vs having to reuse the old stuff that was highly inefficient.
Wording seems chosen very carefully to be as ambiguous as possible, as can be expected, so I wouldn’t read too much into it. “New and additional” vehicles could be as little as one new vehicle and one existing IMO. “Moderate growth” could mean more than before but not by much, and couldn’t investing together with partners refer to VW, an ongoing deal? Or could it be a new partner supplying BEVs? Sorry but don’t see much firm commitment other than Ford will continue to invest in hybrids simultaneously with BEVs, confirming near-term investment and growth won’t be solely in BEVs. To me that’s great news in that hybrids have an important role to play still for years to come.
Anyway, Ford having new affordable sedans to compete with those from the many manufacturers is exciting. However it’s realistically also a crowded field so maybe we should not set bar too high. Just can’t see Ford investing heavily in multiple new vehicles all at once given competition, at least until they see things start to turn around. After BEV financial losses Ford might be a little risk adverse.
Yeah you're probably right. While they could redesign things like the engine bay to give it more space to accommodate a bigger engine with a next generation bronco, if those CAFE standards were out back into place, it would all be for nothing.