If it is worse after you refuel, you might have a bad vapor canister purge valve. If it is stuck open it will "flood" the engine and cause a hard start. Usually you will have related codes to the purge valve though. You can take it out and try blowing through it, if you can blow through it, it is stuck open and replace it. If you can't it is either working or stuck closed, but if it is stuck closed you shouldn't have the hard start condition.
ok, let’s look at business case issues,
Even if Ford could launch T3 tomorrow with all of CE1’s manufacturing improvements,
there’s still the the problem of the mandatory big battery, it’s higher cost and the
affect the added weight has on the expected range when either carrying or towing loads. There’s no getting around the difference in cost and capability between the
ice F150/Expedition and the T3 pickup and Utility.
All of those issues are interlinked and exactly why there’s still not enough buyers,
Ford is hoping that changes in three years time, Ford has already taken three
years to watch Lightning perform in the market so they know the temperature
of today’s market and what’s coming next year….
It's possible, the issue is this sort of look has been used to describe t3 as well. So IDK if this patent hints more at the general shape of t3, or CE1. Maybe they'll both look like this, who knows.
Not sure about the feature this article is highlighting, BUT, the front end design with a fold down "front gate" (front tailgate) and hood may hint at the CE1 truck look?
Future Ford EVs Could Move To Give People Better Access To Frunk
Yea, the business case may be tough, but that doesn't mean that Large Retail Oriented EVs Aren't Viable. The solution for Ford is to get the price of those large EVs down so that retail customers don't have to pay any premium. My 2022 F-150 Lightning was priced around $40k. An equivalent 2025 model is closer to $50k. There's no reason that improved production processes and supply chain management combined with the declining prices for lithium ion batteries can't make the $40k price point a reality again. Ford's skunkworks has already been workin' on this.
An engineering magazine mentioned this: