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Ford delays new EV plant, cancels electric
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Posted By: Dreadnought, 8/21/2024 8:41:17 AM

DETROIT – Ford Motor is delaying production of a new plant in Tennessee to produce a next-generation all-electric pickup truck and canceling plans for a three-row electric SUV, the company said Wednesday. Instead, Ford said it will prioritize the development of hybrid models, as well as electric commercial vehicles such as a new electric commercial van in 2026, followed by two pickup trucks in 2027. The pickups are expected to be a full-size truck, which will be produced at the Tennessee plant that's currently under construction in 2027, and a new midsize pickup. Ford said it will incur a special non-cash charge of about $400 million for the write-down

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Jethro bo 8/21/2024 8:56:44 AM (No. 1782061)
Ford stock has tanked. Ford can 't make enough Broncos, Mavericks or Rangers. The SUV line is still in demand and Ford is wasting billions on money losing, nobody wants EVs. And they are now modifying their EV strategy, not eliminating it, to make profitable vehicles. Probably because the tax payer funded goobernment incentives are just too juicy to pass up. So the stockholders and the taxpayers are paying the price for 'green' new deal worthless vehicles. I'll be glad when business men like Henry Ford return to the company and start making cars people want at a good price and profit.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: learner 8/21/2024 9:31:41 AM (No. 1782089)
Report from CNBC this morning states Ford is losing $44,000 per EV sold. Sell enough of them and they are out of business.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: ConservativeYankee 8/21/2024 9:42:13 AM (No. 1782095)
The more EV cancellations, the better. And bring back more sedan options - not everyone wants SUVs.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: samoasam 8/21/2024 9:47:49 AM (No. 1782099)
Cudos #1. These people are complete idiots. It’s shameful what these fools are doing. . It’s a combination of Simple Greed and Stupidity. Toyota and Honda never thought doing business in America would be so easy.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 8/21/2024 9:57:53 AM (No. 1782113)
Meanwhile, BYD is making hybrids very like the Chevy Volt, which failed, and will likely, and rightly, flood the world with them.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: MickTurn 8/21/2024 10:09:25 AM (No. 1782132)
EV Everything Vapid
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Ida Lou Pino 8/21/2024 10:10:16 AM (No. 1782133)
Suggestion - - - - How about electric chairs in the board room - - for all the dolts who dreamed up this crackpot nonsense?
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Reply 8 - Posted by: WhamDBambam 8/21/2024 10:41:12 AM (No. 1782170)
Having thrived on government subsidies, they’ll be back for a bailout as the former dries up.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: stablemoney 8/21/2024 11:05:44 AM (No. 1782202)
Ford better get another CEO, and quick, before it goes bankrupt.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: voxpopuli 8/21/2024 11:37:18 AM (No. 1782231)
three-row SUV 0-60 in two days
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Reply 11 - Posted by: zephyrgirl 8/21/2024 11:53:15 AM (No. 1782237)
Hybrids have always made more sense than pure EVs (not that I'd buy either). You don't have to sit for hours at a charging station, and you can run it on gasoline.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: JHHolliday 8/21/2024 12:08:37 PM (No. 1782243)
Agree with #11. Also won't buy either. The hybrid still has the battery issues (weight, mining etc) plus I suspect repair complications in the future as mechanics have to be trained on both electric and gasoline technology. Sometime in the future, way, way in the future, a new means of power will be developed that will replace both but it won't be in our lifetimes. For now, oil-based power is the only affordable means to provide our comfortable lifestyles.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: crashnburn 8/21/2024 12:26:15 PM (No. 1782252)
I've had several Toyota hybrid SUVs since 2006. A Highlander Hybrid, a RAV 4 Hybrid, and I'm now driving a Lexus Hybrid, that I inherited from my wife. I have never had any issues with the hybrid powertrain on any of my vehicles, and I get a little better fuel economy than a straight ICE powertrain. My Highlander went through tires faster than a straight ICE car, so the electric part was pretty heavy. When I researched RAV4s, the electric power train added about 50 pounds to the empty weight. The Lexus's electric part probably adds more weight, but I'm getting close to 40 MPG in it.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: franq 8/21/2024 1:15:51 PM (No. 1782281)
EV is fizzling.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Strike3 8/21/2024 5:06:55 PM (No. 1782381)
Hint to Ford, cancel the EV line completely and stop the bleeding now. EVs are going nowhere in this country. You may send my $100,000 consulting fee to:
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Strike3 8/21/2024 5:09:22 PM (No. 1782382)
Hint-2, My stock in Toyota has grown a lot every year since the Green New Scam took hold in the US.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: 3XALADY 8/21/2024 5:20:28 PM (No. 1782386)
Something must be improving for Ford because not long ago I read it was costing the company $100,000 for every pickup sold. Now it is $40,000.
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