It's amazing to me how hard GM has avoided traditional hybrids since Ford debuted the escape hybrid 20 years ago.  They had Volt and tried to do mild hybrids a couple of times then straight to EVs.   Then again Ford missed some opportunities with Edge and Bronco Sport.

The truth with the UEP Utility delay is to give the Fathom every chance. Just like the Maverick, they want the Fathom to have “clean air” before releasing a utility that may just conquest existing customers.   For all the virtues of UEV, Ford is not 100% convinced that Fathom will be a home run. That’s why Ford is looking at EREV for so much product.

GM  has its own self imposed impediments, what I was pointing to is no matter which manufacturer you pick, all of them are all finding the going tough, so not just a Ford thing…..

GM sales are declining because they don't offer any hybrids.

Yeah why are GM’s sales going down? Its a lot more than just EVs, like everything that sells well except the Traverse, Corvette, and Trailblazer are in the red

It's like combining Mazda and Ford back when Ford owned 33% of Mazda.

When on the road (not charging at home) the gasoline cost for my 300 miles in the Elantra was about $22.90 (at current inflated gas prices).  For a Tesla Model 3 the charging cost at a Tesla charging station for my 300 miles would be about $13.77. On my road trip I would happily fork over the additional $9.13 for the convenience and time saving. Driving in my home town and charging in my garage the Model 3 easily wins. In my Escape PHEV I get the advantages of both.   Charging cost by model (US average, home charging) Model Efficiency Per mile Per 100 miles Full charge (approx.) Per month (1,000 mi) Model 3 250 Wh/mi 4.6¢ $4.59 $11–$14 $46 Model Y 280 Wh/mi 5.1¢ $5.14 $12–$15 $51 Model S 300 Wh/mi 5.5¢ $5.50 $18 $55 Model X 340 Wh/mi 6.2¢ $6.24 $18 $62 Cybertruck 470 Wh/mi 8.6¢ $8.62 $23 $86

We keep hearing that Hyundai is close to passing Ford but that’s not true. Hyundai and Kia are two separate companies. While they share a lot of engineering and Hyundai owns part of Kia, they  are not one and the same. We don’t combine sales from Subaru into Toyota’s totals. Why are we combining Hyundai and Kia?

That would be my guess if it is a hybrid power train. But, I'm also wondering if it could be the 2.7 Ecoboost being replaced by the 3.0 Ecoboost like is happening with the F-150.

Indeed, it’s a strong signal of Ford’s  intent to strip away sales that add little to the bottom line. That and ongoing external issues like Aluminum supplies thst are hurting Ford’s sales.    GM seems to have suffered a similar decline in sales but most likely due to different reasons.   No matter what manufacturers do, things are tough at the moment