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  1. The thing is that the standard deduction for a married couple is roughly $22K a year...so the tax "credit" would raise that to $29.5K?
  2. How is that work? You have till the end of the year (April 15th) to pay your taxes..so if you have a consulting job that isn't a W2, you'd get a 1099 without taxes taken out...you could elect to pay quarterly taxes on it or just pay it all on April 15th. So effectively an EV credit would eat that amount owed to the government up a decent amount. Example, I buy a car this year 2024 and file on April 15th, 2025. I have a consulting/1099 job that doesn't have taxes taken out of it. Say I owe the government $5000 in taxes then, the EV credit would wipe that out...at least that is how I see it working.
  3. No I was wrong: So basically if you owe the government $500 bucks for the year, you'd only get $500 back instead of $7000
  4. It was part of the reason why I sold my SHO before I got my Bronco in (at the time it was only a couple weeks at that point and then turned into a complete shit show LOL), I was right at 100K or so with it and figured might as well get rid of it because I didn't want that big of an expense right before selling it.
  5. Here is how it works now https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/taxes/ev-tax-credit-electric-vehicle-tax-credit The transferring it to a dealership is new I think and would be better for more folks that are limited with amount of taxes they owe, since its not a positive break, only eliminates what you owe, instead of being a credit.
  6. Almost looks like they raided the Mach E center console.
  7. I'm guessing the water pump issue is like the cam phaser issue on other Ford engines-it happens, but not to the point that a complete redesign needs to happen. Or PTUs on D3 platform
  8. And the damage they take from minor fender benders are more expensive to fix also.
  9. I wonder how Ford's demographics are, I know where I work (DOD), that nearly 50% of the current workforce can retire in about 15 years. We had a hiring freeze for a while, so that didn't help either, but that is another thing to consider is demographic changes that will be happening in the next decade or two.
  10. It boils down to the infamous arguments with Biker16 we had almost 20 years ago..if the NA Market isn't willing to pay extra for something it doesn't feel necessary, what is the point? We've seen bitching about interior materials on Ford products for 20+ years, but has it significantly impacted sales? It seems like materials Ford is using might seem cheaper but hold up better over time over competitors using "nicer" materials in their products. Not my justification, but that seems like what Ford is doing.
  11. Ford is/was struggling in the Chinese market the past couple of years, so they got new product to right the ship (that was done maybe 5-7 years ago, with product cycles) before NA/EU Ford started Focusing on EVs in 2020 or so.
  12. Here is the thing-Wall Street is a self licking ice cream cone...I've seen this in the IT industry for the past 20 years...promises of a great leap forward (think Self driving cars,AI) all being oversold to increase stock prices of respective companies. When it comes to EVs, I wonder how much impact inflation, higher interest rates and drop in federal rebates recently have removed interest in EVs. I think at least 25% of the market that might have been interested in them went in a different direction because of that. You'll see flatter growth as time goes on instead of parabolic growth like we've had. Some states are rolling back their 2035 mandates, which find comical, because so much can change between now and then. Its just political flip flopping at this point.
  13. but the EUCD was based on the C1, if you believe Biker16, so I'm guessing outside of needing to fit a V6 in it, that was the only major change besides being wider. The C2 is just a necking down of the two platforms after lessons learned.
  14. The biggest issue with EVs is charging-it doesn't really matter "that much" if you can recharge from a flat battery to 80% or so in 20 minutes or less with the same ease as going to gas station (well availability) as you do with an ICE. There has be a meeting in the middle between efficiency and performance, just like there is with any other car-if range is that big of a deal, maybe buy that compromised car that no one will build because people buy a swiss army knife that can do more then just one thing and live with the 250 mile or so range.
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