Let's imagine that Ford kept their investment in Rivian. How would that have changed the trajectory of Ford EVs? 2022- Ford Posts Loss as It Takes $2.7 Billion Charge on Argo Driverless Venture - WSJ 2025- Ford scraps key software program after $10 billion in losses 2026- Ford retreats from EVs, takes $19.5 billion charge as Trump policies grip industry 2026 - Ford Admits Its EV Division Will Keep Burning Billions For Years | Carscoops That's $40-44 billion in Losses. I don't think due diligence is the problem IMO, Ford would have been better off acquiring Technology through acquisitions rather than building it in-house. 

And I've seen a dozen episodes of Air Disasters where the fly by wire system malfunctioned causing crashes and near crashes, mostly on Airbus 380s.

I am wondering if Ford just called us a bunch of "C U Next Tuesday 's" lol

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I was trying to be optimistic and not write off a new product. Replacing the Hybrid Highlander, which sold 193,000 units in 2025, with an All-electric version is a big risk for a very conservative company like Toyota. 

Call a mechanic? 

There's definitely a chance of this, that they host this dedicated event and it's just talking about the engineering. But I feel like we've already learned a ton about the engineering and assembly process, and gotten virtually nothing in terms of design. I'm hoping we get more design info just to make things a bit more balanced. 

We're not in a hurry to replace the plug-in.  Also, I saw Ford recently waivered on its anti-car rhetoric. Perhaps they'll introduce something new and interesting in the next year or two.  It's been a really long product drought. 

The "Chinese quality" issue has been what's really holding me back.  I'm mostly on the highway, so I'm not sure the hybrid moves the needle much for me.  Did you get the hybrid or base turbo-four?

Maybe the recently purchased Thailand plant from Suzuki would be a nice Pacific Rim plant to get updated to produce Maverick.