Thanks for the info Biker16 my friend. Among the three big automotive markets, Planet Europe, Planet America, and Planet Red China, sounds like Planet Europe is actually closest to the private free market ideal that a lot of Americans including myself would prefer.   What you mentioned about regulatory capture is a big problem in the U.S., and not just with the automotive and fossil fuel industries   

Hey Sherminator98, if you are dead set against workin' at Ford or a supplier but want an X-Plan PIN I might be able to generate one for you (Ford/Visteon gave me hourly "retiree" Z Plan benefit when I took a buyout). 😄 https://www.myplan.ford.com/myplanweb/login.do

Had similar issue with my 2005 F150 XL - there was a broken wire in the harness that passed between the door and the jamb that went into the driver side door opening. Once I repaired it, worked like new. GLWR...

Make sure you put in for the employee discount too....lol

My dealer applies for the $20 Works credit before I leave. Easy peasy.   However, I think the current promotion expired at the end of Sept.   HRG

Whoops!  lol   Also, how do I get that $20 credit?

So a few weeks ago I got my Bronco serviced and my wife was telling me that you can get a $20 rebate from Ford after having it done. I went to fill out the info online and it got rejected by Ford, who asked for a receipt of the service. So I winded up taking the receipt into work, scanning it with my phone into a PDF and forwarded it over to them via email   I get an email back from them-I accidently sent them my resume instead of the receipt! I wasn't paying attention the small thumbnail that Adobe scan (nor did I put a descriptive name to it) so I sent the wrong file at first. I got the the rebate about a week and half ago after getting the right file to them.   So I'm checking my email just now and see I got an email from Ford-asking me to update my resume! WTF! I never applied for a job with them LOL  I'm wondering if my resume got processed somehow and that is how I got this email  

It felt more 90s concept to me.

Yea, when Ford offers a Bronco EV in the U.S. market (Bronco Lightning? Bronco Mach-E?) that may be our next new vehicle purchase. I doubt the Bronco New Energy from China will be imported to the U.S., so it's wait and see for now...

Video of the Bronco New Energy Global Premiere in Chengdu is below. It begins with an intro by a big shot from Ford China, Shan Ge. The head honcho himself makes an appearance at 5:13.