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  1. Not compared to Android and Android Auto PLUS the fact that using CarPlay or AA is 100% voluntary.
  2. I have no bias here except facts. Fact is almost everyone projected a huge increase in EV sales. Ford had Lightning reservations and sales to back up that forecast. If they were still selling them for the original prices with the original tax credits they’d be selling a lot more. Even your last quote says it’s about costs. Look at what happened to Mach-E sales when they lost the tax credit vs when they dropped prices. People still want large less efficient vehicles regardless of propulsion and a large number don’t mind paying for it. The only place I think Ford miscalculated is that EV truck buyers are not necessarily the same as ICE truck buyers. The only issue here is sales volume. And obviously to get high volume you need smaller cheaper vehicles. But that’s not the entire market.
  3. The forecasts were simply overinflated based on reservations and other factors such as huge price increases. Has nothing whatsoever to do with inefficiency.
  4. You’re right. They actually cut 2024 prices significantly.
  5. It’s possible that whatever they had planned to announce got paused or cancelled so they had to find a filler.
  6. But the flip side of that is that Ford doesn’t wait for 10 year anniversaries to launch special edition mustangs.
  7. Ranger is built in Michigan. Louisville (actually Kentucky Truck) only builds super duties, expeditions and navigators.
  8. Not strange at all. They decided to go all in on Aviator before the new Navigator got a new version. Just product cycle timing.
  9. The ergonomics and controls inconsistency between the full sized trucks/SUVs and other vehicles drives me nuts. With F series being the cash (and volume) cow they pretty much get to do whatever they want and the so do the other teams. Simple things like having the audio steering controls on the same side would help. My F150 is on the right while the Nautilus is on the left.
  10. To be fair they only lowered the leftover 2023s. But yeah it does seem counterintuitive.
  11. Because Ford allocates vehicles to each dealer based on their sales history. Let’s say each dealer gets 2 vehicles per week. If the dealer has 10 people in line ahead of you you’ll have to wait 6 weeks to get yours scheduled. If there is only one ahead of you you’ll only wait 1 week. The trim levels are because of parts shortages which have always happened even before Covid. Covid just made it 1000 times worse.
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