If you think PAG failed because Ford didn’t want competition for Lincoln, you need to unlearn what you have learned in error. The PAG debacle nearly killed Lincoln, and I’m not entirely certain that killing Lincoln wasn’t the point of Nasser’s plan.    There was a red-headed stepchild in that mess, and it was decidedly NOT Jag, Aston, LR, or Volvo.

We just had a 19-hour outage, same here, I have a (most) house Generac Nat Gas generator.   I call it "most" house since I intentionally sized the unit to take care of the critical circuits, and not worry about the A/C or non-essential circuits.   Of course, one of my non-prepared neighbors was happy that I kept my Yamaha Inverter EF2800i portable unit, that unit kept his food and sump pump covered.   HRG

No idea on this one but surely, a US centric product would have a ton of local input to get everything just so for your customer base.   I do wonder if the F Trucks will go to HT steel bodies for next generation. Sourcing enough aluminium is really problematic for Ford, thst and price hikes in the past 12 years don’t help either. Silverado is similar weight to F150, so maybe not so much of a penalty…

This is an interesting read even though it is about 1.5 years old.   https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1145851_2026-ram-ramcharger-plug-in-hybrid-how-it-works-specs

Me too. At best it will have to be at reduced speeds and likely operating on only the rear motor. I haven't seen anywhere where RAM describes the implications for it's 14,000 lb tow limit with a depleted battery. At best this is disingenuous marketing and at worst an outright scam.    Agreed, and gasoline prices are coming back down now in the USA. But, I've still got my heart set on my Aussie friends designing/engineering an F-100 Powerboost for me.

The biggest issue for electrified vehicles to overcome is the low price of gasoline, justifying any spend on hybrid or PHEV is much harder when gas prices fall back to reasonable levels 

Well that's promising.  I'd still question if that works for 14k.

The automotive press states that when the gas tank reaches empty you need to find a charging station or refill the gas tank at a gas station. This implies that it can continue to operate which would be similar to a conventional PHEV. I could not find anything from RAM directly stating this.   I did find on the RAM REV website that the onboard generator can bypass the battery and deliver electricity directly to the electric motor(s) when needed in high power demand situations. In addition, RAM states that the front electric motor can be decoupled when necessary (implying  low battery situations).

My electricity has been out since about 11:15 AM on Thursday (7/2/26). Not a huge deal due to the fact that about a year ago I installed a 14kw Generac whole house natural gas fired generator. I also have a gas well on my property so I get free gas. It's now Sunday afternoon and I just got back from spending the holiday weekend with relatives. The generator has been running nearly the entire time I was gone, although the power was on when I left here Thursday morning, and it's still running right now. Utility company says they should have the power restored by tomorrow evening (7/6) at 11 PM. I get text updates periodically from the utility company so I can tell when the power goes off or comes back on along with their restoration estimates. The generator also has wifi and can monitor itself all of which means I also get a monthly operation report via email. Besides all the normal appliances I also have a couple of chest freezers and well water (with a submersible pump) so the investment in the generator was absolutely worth the cost. Because it doesn't run on gasoline and has an automatic transfer switch I also don't have to be here to start or maintain it. It might stumble a bit when I first turn on the central AC but other than that it has run flawlessly. BTW, I had the AC off while I was gone.

Good thought...but while GM was selling Suburbans weren't they also selling Passenger versions of the Chevy van?