I genuinely don't know how people struggle so much to comprehend this. I don't have the numbers, I suspect the only people who really know how much Ford makes on their EVs are Ford themselves, but I'm willing to bet Ford doesn't lose a ton of money on the mach-e or lightning, hell, they might even break even or make a small profit.    The significant losses are attributed to EV development, and building factories that aren't even turning out EVs yet. Anyone who knows anything about product development knows getting started, and creating the product are the most expensive parts. Once the factories are built, and the products are engineered and being sold, if you did you're job right, you're in the way to be profitable down the road. 

Curious why you still think that is the case when new Bolt has more torque going to driven wheels?  GM engineers compensated for lower-torque and higher-RPM electric motor design by using proportionally lower gearing to end up with about the same torque at wheels as before.  Higher RPM motors are becoming more common for technical reasons, so they require different gearing.       The additional +/- 4% greater torque at wheels should make up for added +/- 3% higher mass, so acceleration should be about the same as before for all practical purposes that most drivers can detect; unless GM is misleading and I see no reason to think that.  Zero to sixty should remain in 6.5 ~6.6 second range as before.

They invested billions on EVs that aren’t yet for sale.

They've lost billions on EV's and recalls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s hard to say how much they care short-term after the pushback RAM got from many customers refusing to accept their new twin-turbo inline-6 in place of discontinued Hemi.  On paper the new engine was supposed to be better in pretty much every category and yet loyal customers said thanks but no thanks.  Obviously there were other factors involved as well, but I think RAM learned the hard way they better know what customers really want.  Lately Stellantis have proven the very opposite with one misstep after the other.   Some RAM/Stellantis North American buyers seem to be warming up to newer engine technologies but quite a few still prefer basic Pentastar V6 and Hemi V8.  Unfortunately for Stellantis neither of these engines should be around for another decade, at least in existing designs.  I could be wrong and both engines could still be in service in 2035, though I seriously doubt it.   On this subject, just saw that new upcoming EREV Jeep Grand Wagoneer will reportedly use Pentastar V6 so who knows how long Pentastar will remain?  For slightly smaller and lighter PHEV and EREV maybe they will use the newer 3.0L Hurricane I-6 in place of 3.6L Pentastar V6, with modifications of course.  Shouldn’t be too difficult to rework Hurricane I-6 for improved fuel efficiency rather than power.

I understand all that but you still have to get that heavy car moving from a dead stop and I could be wrong but I still think 100 lb/ft more torque gets it moving faster even with revised gearing.

The cool thing about electric motors is they make peak tq right off 0 rpm until they stop spinning, so yes gearing makes all the difference in this scenario. I'm with on it being a crutch on ICE, but on electric motors if they can keep it efficient at higher rpm then it is effectively the same thing just with more or less rpm depending. 

I ordered one, did not buy when my turn came up. It was billed as a 500 mile range, 14klb tow rated work truck for ~60 or so. It showed up as a ~320 mile range, 11klb tow rated 'light work' truck that cost 100+. If you're using it like most people use an F150 and you want BEV it is still a great vehicle and the tech is still super cool, just didn't fit my needs when the final version showed up. Personally think they look awesome too, but I understand most disagree on that 🤣 We did get a Y and are loving it so far, wish I could get all the tesla tech shoved into a superduty frame for a reasonable price. Maybe down the road as battery tech evolves.      I follow a youtube channel called NASA Space Flight, that covers rocket launches/news. They have a 24hr live stream at Starbase (Space X launch facility in Texas), a whole lot of cybertrucks have shown up over the last couple of weeks.

I'm going with that they don't care short term, if anything its going to take till at least the middle of next decade to try an reimplement things that where supposed to happen originally.  

He's local to us here, wasn't uncommon to see him in the local advance auto when grabbing parts a while back. Cool dude. My buddy painted, I think it was a lime green fiesta ST, that Vaughn used to just beat the crap out of on his uncle's property right up the road from here. Another buddy that did plastidip did some stuff for him too. Haven't seen him a while but the RTR stuff is legit.