Big news with potentially purpose-altering implications for BOC: Now that BOC Tennessee will not have battery construction on site, does that create the possibility of that plant being designated for production of something other than EVs?

https://www.ttnews.com/articles/medium-truck-sales-oct-2025

Looks like the build and price configurator is live. 

Of course, cop cars get their fair share of abuse, and require care and feeding. However, all of the LEOs I spoke to universally said body on frame Crown Vic PI that were common at their agencies 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 years ago were more durable and less expensive to maintain and repair compared to some of the unibody garbage they have now (Explorer PI, Charger Pursuit, Durango Pursuit).    Bargersville PD added Tesla Model 3 and Model Y to its fleet starting in 2019. They now have the most Tesla cop cars of any local PD in the Midwest, maybe the whole country. The Bargersville police chief said the Teslas have been pretty good in terms of repair, maintenance, and operating costs.    Besides gas savings, the Bargersville PD never had to replace the brakes on their Teslas, an operation that would cost between $1,200 and $1,500 on combustion vehicles. No other repairs or parts replacements were necessary, making the Teslas the best cars in the department's fleet. Low maintenance means the vehicles are always available, which is another big advantage.

That applies to any Uniformed service-the one running joke with the miliary is you can leave a couple privates in the middle of the desert with a bowling ball and an anvil for a couple hours and both of them would be destroyed by them! 

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/money/business/2025/12/11/ford-sk-on-battery-joint-venture-tennessee/87714597007/     https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10634880#:~:text=In September%2C SK On received,generation EVs under existing agreements.     So reading inbetween the lines, it looks like Ford wants to make its own batteries (maybe because it has its own tech it wants to use?) and with the expected shrinkage in EV sales, they thought this would be the better route?

To be fair, from my understanding, cops literally specialize in breaking the unbreakable. Like I've heard their computers are the Nokia of laptops, and they'll find ways to completely destroy them.    Every cop I've talked to has said never buy a used cop car. It's the reason why I tell people who want a crown vic to get a Lincoln town car, same platform and reliability, but it's been owned by grandmas and limo drivers instead of people doing 105 on a frequent basis. 

Eruption green, hell yeah. If I ever needed to replace my maverick for some reason, and wanted another maverick, EG would be the color to go with. 

7m..Just where do you get those stats?  I remember when HDT published those monthly numbers but no longer. By the way, I would guess a very high percentage of 750 sales are NOT class 7's but but are technically class 6's as they carry 25,999 plates..or "Tax cheaters" as I call them.  I was at "Quick Lube" last week and that dealer is a Ford Pro dealer with a very active 650/750 business.  While I was there a mechanic for one of New Englands biggest construction equipment dealers (9 locations) was picking up his truck.  A 750 with a IMT service body- the works, welder, air compressor, good sized hydraulic crane and a lot of compartments -also was a Super Cab with no seats-that storage space for his cold weather gear etc. Thing had big rubber so I assumed was a true 33,000 GVW.  Open door and 25,999 plate!  A 33 plate would usually be a 10/23 or 12/21 axle set up but can a manufacturer install heavier components and simply derate the component as they choose..Or does the supplier component rating must be adhered too...going upward would of course not be allowed but how about a derate???   And by the way this guy was a big guy-6-2 or taller and he had no trouble with the cab size and the Power Stroke had plenty of power to handle that IMT package.  He liked the truck!

Yea, several of my friends at Indiana law enforcement agencies (ISP, IMPD, Martinsville PD, Greenwood PD, county sheriff departments) call Explorer PI "Exploder" because of their propensity for needing unscheduled repairs.