Being able to use a different map is a big one.  There are several RV or trucker maps out there that allow you to plug in your trailer height and width and it will route you properly based on that.  The Super Duty is supposed to have that built-in, but I've heard it doesn't work well.

Good point.

I haven't had experience with the new system, but a couple questions/points......   1) Just so I'm understanding - you'd rather push a button and go through menus to call, vs. just saying "hey siri, call so and so"  without any button? 2) So the Google stuff is built in?  Is it like the "connected" navigation, where after x years you have to start paying (at which point, I'd use the phone), or is it permanently built in, with only certain features under the subscription (i.e. you keep the maps forever, but "extras" like weather, traffic overlays on navigation, etc fall under a subscription)? 3) Doesn't Google = Android?         Some people prefer Apple stuff.  I never use Apple maps because it got me lost (other side of town lost) the couple times I tried using it, but I do like the ability to easily do texting/phone and use various apps via CarPlay.    

Define smaller.  Smaller as in footprint or smaller as in capacity.  There's a huge difference.   Also, I would expect not only more kW out of the same size battery with newer technology, but more range out of the same kW.  It's really hard to make any type of assumption on range based on "aiming for a battery that’s approximately 15% smaller than that of the Chinese-made BYD Atto electric crossover.".

From the Inside EVs article above.....So does this mean it'll have less than a 250 mile range?  Or will the new chemistry allow for more out of a smaller pack?  I don't see <250 selling people.....         During a media briefing, Ford said it’s aiming for a battery that’s approximately 15% smaller than that of the Chinese-made BYD Atto electric crossover. The Atto 3 has 60.5 kWh of usable energy, which would mean the American company’s new pickup will have roughly 51 kWh of usable energy. That’s 34 kWh less than the compact Chevrolet Equinox EV. It’s also 14 kWh less than the discontinued Chevrolet Bolt EUV hatchback, which was rated for 247 miles of range.        

Seems like ACP isn’t necessary with all the Google apps.  Whats the benefit?

We have this system in our 2025 Explorer. Giant leap backwards from Sync 3 or 4, IMO. If you are in Apple Car Play, which is itself a more complicated step to get to than necessary. I can't use the phone button on the steering wheel or the voice command button to make a call, without first exiting ACP, which has all of my contacts !?  However, I can just shout out "Hey, Siri, call So & So." Going forward, I think it will require a ??#% subscription. It's simply a grab by Google to get you away from Apple or Android.   The car has been in the shop for three weeks with major electronic issues, rendering the car potentially unsafe which so far have defied even Ford engineers Very unhappy with my tenth new Ford, but that's another topic.

At least Ford is number one in one thing......

https://www.ford.com/technology/ford-digital-experience/      

I think so too.  As I pointed out earlier in the thread, the tarp on the truck looked more like it was drooping from cab to bed sides, not a sold surface like a buttress.   So I wonder if it has a separate liftglass and full hatch (explaining the cut line)?