Yeah I'd say that is just boiler plate....there are no local battery plants in Canada AFAIK to Oakville and the plans to build them for the 3 row went up in smoke with them getting canceled? 

It's just PR language. Most likely, with the current BEV market and Ford's constant changes in vehicle plans, it'll be years before the market sees electrification of the Super Duty lines. 

My 2 cents, and that’s all it’s worth, is that affordability of a viable car remains key to mass adoption.  And by viable I mean a design many buyers (but not all) will consider an acceptable compromise, not what they would want in a “perfect” world.  Trying to please everyone is a waste of time and money, yet seems to be what legacy automakers have attempted.   Since many buyers are unwilling to compromise on vehicle size, aerodynamic shape, range, etc., it’s best to ignore them initially and focus on buyers willing to compromise; and therefore provide vehicles similar to what has sold best for years — Tesla Models Y and 3.  To penetrate a larger segment of market, even Tesla knows lower costs are needed.   We shouldn’t have to wait much longer for lower-cost BEVs to arrive in order to test affordability premise, assuming Tesla plans to introduce a viable lower-cost vehicle in first half of 2025 is for real.   It has been reported price will be $30k after credit, or $37.5k if tax credit is eliminated.  That’s roughly $5k lower than lowest-cost present Model 3.  I personally expect it will mostly be a shorter-range, less powerful, and decontented Model 3; though I could easily be off.  Regardless, since Model 3 sells relatively well for a BEV, a cheaper version or something similar should confirm if much greater numbers of buyers will flock to purchase based solely or mostly on lower price.

Since Tesla is reportedly about to introduce a $30k vehicle (with tax credit, or +/- $37.5k if credit is cancelled), it seems to me they don’t think of themselves as a luxury brand.  Maybe initially in days of Models S and X, but that was more to hide the cost penalty of building BEVs at that time.  Today Tesla is mostly about Models Y/3 which I agree are not luxury.  The upcoming model “Q” (as recently referred to in news) will be even cheaper, so definitely not luxury at all.  And I don’t mean that in a derogatory way.  Their models Y/3 sell more than all luxury BEVs combined as of last data I recall.  I know volume doesn’t necessarily correlate with profitability, but the main reason to build BEVs in the first place supports volume over luxury IMO.

What does Ford mean by this? Will next generation Super Duty have all of these? Gasoline E85 Diesel/Biodiesel LPG/Propane Hybrid Plug in Hybrid Battery electric Fuel Cell electric

Both.  Adding production capacity and also adding electrification but they gave no details on what kind of electrification.

This morning's updated gas prices in Hamden, CT (New Haven)  $3.09 Regular (Cash) @ Gulf (No Change)  $3.15 Regular (Cash) @ Citgo (Reduced to $3.15 from $3.19 - Midgrade & Premium prices also reduced)        

I remember looking at a Chevrolet Suburban at the Harrisburg Auto Show a few years ago and the sticker price was over $70,0000. And that was BEFORE the Pandemic and big run-up in prices we've experienced over the past few years. Buick had nothing comparable then, and still doesn't.   And then there is the Corvette...again, Buick has nothing comparable. Those high-price Chevrolets skew the figures when we compare the brands.    I would say that the days of a Buick being more prestigious than a Chevrolet are long gone. It's not 1965 anymore. 

Which is what we were thinking when we thought the ICE escape was gonna exit production. But now we're hearing there's a new escape in development. It seems logical to assume it'll stay at the same plant. Meaning Louisville might not have enough untapped production capacity to make all of Ford's affordable EVs, and the ICE escape.