There is no next gen Kuga. Farley already made up his mind to kill it. I would be really surprised if Kuga is still around in 2 years. In order for there to be a next gen Kuga, design would need to be locked in by now but  we know with Ford China and Ford US out of the program, there is not enough volume to support a new gen. Ford Taiwan is already preparing to replace its Kuga with Territory. There is no going back.

My guess is that it's the same engine, just detuned to provide better fuel economy over a very narrow power band since it's sole purpose is to generate electricity and doesn't actually propel the vehicle.

Says here the car is 5 meters long. I assume that is with the spare tire.   So if you take away the spare tire, it is roughly 4.8 meters long... about the same size as ICE Bronco. Much bigger than Bronco Sport or Escape.   Edit: ICE Bronco is 4.8 meter with spare tire so if this thing is 5 meters long, it is actually longer than the "big" Bronco.   Here are the stats on this new Bronco EV... it is a big boy https://www.autohome.com.cn/news/202507/1307474.html#pvareaid=102624 Length: 5025mm or 197.8" Width: 1960mm or 77.2" Height: 1815 or 1825mm or 71.8" Wheelbase: 2950mm or 116.1" Track width: 1670mm  or 65.7" Curb Weight: 2630kg or 5798lbs Gross Vehicle Weight: 3030kg or 6680lbs   Compare with ICE Bronco (Big Bend Hard top) Length: 4811mm or 189.4" Width: 1928mm or 75.9" Height: 1877mm or 73.9" Wheelbase: 2950mm or 116.1" Track width: 1651mm  or 65" Curb Weight: 2026kg or 4467lbs Gross Vehicle Weight: 2685kg or 5920lbs   Note the identical wheelbase of the two Bronco. I don't know what to make of it yet since we don't know if Bronco EV is BOF or unibody.  

I wonder what engine they are using in the EREV-the power numbers are down quite a bit vs the 1.5 3 cyc Ecoboost. 

https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/revealed-new-bronco-ev-and-hybrid-erev-w-lidar-in-china.118662/    

I believe him but we won’t know if it’s working for another 1-2 years.

It measures actual defects not customer satisfaction.

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Yeah, fact is that increasing demand regardless of where it comes from usually leads to higher prices, and not just for AI or BEV owners, but also for those who need electricity to keep lights on, cook, power air conditioning, etc.  Problem I see is that planning on higher prices alone to limit demand may be too painful on many people because we don’t know how profitable AI may be.  As example, I don’t know if electricity prices were to double, whether that would even faze them and force reductions.  Since governments (controlled by voters) often have to approve rate hikes and or added capacity, it will be interesting to see how this issue plays out.  In Texas the grid seems more stressed and less reliable than decades ago, though I have no data to back that up.  Just opinion based on perceived numbers of outages.