I saw other articles mention they may target the "golf cart" market....meaning there are areas down here where fancy golf carts are able to drive on the roads, so they're targeting that demographic?  Seems like a tiny slice of the pie to the point of why bother?   But I guess nothing else has worked for Fiat in the US, so why not?

How could it possibly be a Chinese electronics issue that the Chinese electronics aren't working?  All YOU!  DUH!!

As pointed out in the other thread, I'm guessing Ford will use this partnership for smaller vehicles than what they're planning on CE1 at this time - otherwise, it's very confusing.

Can a mod merge this thread in with the existing thread?

Here are some cars planning to use this platform so we can get an idea of the sorts of products Ford might be thinking of making. 

How is that a me problem?  I buy product A that is supposed to do X, Y, and Z.  It doesn't do X properly, Y or all, and the app doesn't even show the option for Z.  How on earth is that a me problem?  WTH?  

I'm just confused why Ford invested all this money and time into developing an affordable EV platform if they're just gonna partner with other companies to build affordable EVs for them.    Maybe it's a case of Ford wanting to partner with another brand to minimize risk. If these affordable EVs turn out to be wildly successful, they'll bring CE1 based EVs to those markets a few years later?   I'm just struggling to make sense of this move. 

That's a you problem, not a Chinese electronic things problem.

From today's Autoline Daily:   Big news today in Europe, where Ford is joining forces with Renault to make two small electric passenger cars as well as exploring the development of a common platform for commercial vehicles. Ford will continue building EVs based on Volkswagen’s MEB platform at its own plant in Cologne, Germany. But Renault will build the EVs that will arrive in Ford’s European showrooms in 2028. This is actually being done through Ampere, the EV operations that Renault was going to spin off, but then changed its mind, cancelled the IPO and told Ampere to figure out how to slash the cost of making EVs by 40% in one generation. If Ampere can do that, and Ford is paying for half of the bills, then Renault and Ford will have EVs that can go head to head with the Chinese on cost.

For my wife, her take-home should be about the same in retirement (after insurance).  The only difference is she won't be putting the max in her retirement account anymore.  My plan is to work full-time for 3-ish more years then transition to part time.  The great thing is, I can work from anywhere, so we plan to travel quite a bit with our RV once our youngest goes to college in fall 2027.