After the Yen crashed in the 1990s, that is what exactly happened.  Or more recently Yen Slide Could Hand Japan Automakers $5.8 Billion Boost

This aligns the charging port with Tesla and other newer EVs. Makes it easier to charge by backing in since so many fast charger cables are short.    I used to have a Lightning and that was my biggest gripe with charging on the road. If charging stations were busy, you’d have to wait so you could take up two spots because the port was on the opposite fender and almost to the door. 

The Renault team up is because the CE1 is too large for smaller C or B sized products? A smaller EV project would have taken another 5 years to come out? 

Meh I think its a Ranger, the silhouette is very similar 

It's probably the fathom. Not sure what else it could be. The charge port being in the rear drivers door is interesting. Not something I would prefer if I were to get one but regardless I'm excited to see the reveal.

Also....   Ford Fathom Pickups Spotted With Latitude AI Equipment: Video           I remember the initial covered tarp pictures had the LIDAR bump on the base of the windshield.

Also, I'm not sure if these are actually showing Fathom or not, but on the Fathom mini-site, they're showing the house powering thing and have blacked out blobs of the truck, but do highlight a few design details if it is actually the real Fathom....        

I just said this in the other thread....     I don't fully understand Ford's approach in Europe of continuing to just rebody other companies' products.   I got it initially with VW, but I still can't figure out why they wouldn't roll out CE1 over there, either with Fathom itself, or with Euro-centric body styles.

I also always viewed Lightning, Mach E, etc. as "first generation" stepping stones that were meant to just get some EV products on the road as Ford developed its own in-house products....same with the tie-up with VW - more of a stopgap until new stuff came online.   I think larger BEVs could do ok long term (an exception possibly being the trucks with towing), but the pricing is so out of whack, that it makes buyers not interested.   I think we'll eventually see CE1 learnings applied to larger BEVs (and ICE products of all sizes), but they have to get the procedures down first.   I don't fully understand Ford's approach in Europe of continuing to just rebody other companies' products.   I got it initially with VW, but I still can't figure out why they wouldn't roll out CE1 over there, either with Fathom itself, or with Euro-centric body styles.

That was obviously going to happen with the initial requirement years ago of any foreign brands having to partner (aka give away trade secrets) with local companies.  But all the companies dove in head-first for mythical profits that either never appeared to begin with and/or have disappeared......