https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/business/ford-renault-european-evs-intl

Yeah, they've been hitting their new models with a semi-ugly stick.

I like the previous H/K styling, but not the new direction that started with the SantaFe, which is odd (esp. the rear).  The Palisade and Telluride are likewise off putting. Will be interesting to see how/if it impacts their sales. 

Being very much naive in this subject, the article implies that there is a net charge to the truck's power battery over its drain from supplying energy to its drive motor. Is that similar to how an inductive phone charger supplies a much smaller rate of charge while the phone is performing an operation(s), e.g. on a call, navigation app, both. the Wireless charger in my car is zero sum for all practical purposes. the Rate of charge is nearly equal to the discharge while running Apple Maps and/or Music with a call, and the phone gets very warm. Maybe that will be a side benefit in the future; inductive vehicle charging may keep the roadway clear of ice and snow! Ignorance Is Bliss File: I kind of have a gut feeling that there might be "electron drag" between the truck and the roadway as the truck moves down the road.

Pretty sad to think that we will pay $250k in health insurance from the time my wife retires until we turn 65.  

https://electrek.co/2025/12/01/hyundai-kia-race-past-rivals-set-record-us-market-share/    

Anyone have any ideas at all on this??

Yea, exactly. One of my neighbors works at INDOT and confirmed the info above. Indiana's busiest highways for heavy duty truck traffic have higher design limits for this very reason.   Speaking of INDOT and EV, earlier this year US 52/231 near West Lafayette, IN became the first highway in the U.S. to wirelessly charge a battery electric Class 7/8 truck in motion:   For the first time in the U.S., a roadway has wirelessly charged an electric heavy-duty truck driving at highway speeds, demonstrating key technology that could help lower the costs of building electrified highways for all electric vehicles to use.    “INDOT is proud to partner with Purdue on this project,” said INDOT Commissioner Lyndsay Quist. “While there is still more to explore, we are seeing what the future could hold for heavy-duty EV charging and transportation.”   The Purdue system demonstrates “dynamic wireless power transfer,” with “dynamic” referring to vehicles in motion. A few other states and countries have also begun testing roads designed to enable dynamic wireless power transfer. But making this possible for highways — and particularly for semis and other heavy-duty vehicles — is a unique challenge. Because vehicles travel so much faster on highways than city roads, they need to be charged at higher power levels.   The Purdue-designed wireless charging system works at power levels much higher than what has been demonstrated in the U.S. so far. Using the test segment in West Lafayette, this system delivered 190 kilowatts to a truck traveling at 65 miles per hour.  

2 more years for us