Of course it is fair. Our government supports EVs (Tesla probably wouldn't survive without it) and those $7,500 incentives really go to the manufacturer through our pockets. we just don't care about it as much as chinese do. We subsidize oil, and most of all we put our resources in our...
Yup, 2083 OTA will disable one of the motors and half the battery packs, and 2024 update will enable them (for a fee = millions). Ford stock will be splitting at $500/share because they finally learned they can make much more money out of making unreliable software than they can from unreliable...
This is how much they spend on Warranty Fixes ($4.8B):
https://qz.com/ford-warranty-costs-earnings-1851605102
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ford-lower-managers-bonuses-company-performance-slips-sources-say-2024-10-31/
They may bring the threshold of what constitute a...
Or may be they increased the production earlier because sales are up 86% this year but overshot and are sitting on a large inventory.
I am curious if they can address the loss by higher volume or they are actually losing money per unit aside from overhead.
Got some on the last dip ($9.75) but it is going to be tough to compete with Chinese and Koreans. It will be interesting to see how Skunk Works is going to beat a $10K BYD Seagull without U.S. government protection.
They lost $1.2 Billions on EVs just last quarter. I am sure there is a lot of pressure in those board meetings to fix this fast or just spend a fraction of that money on lobbying for Hybrids and keeping Chinese out. Stock is down 8.44% today.
Making money off of inefficient EVs is hard. Heck...
That was mighty bad but I consider that as much of Government failure as the company. Emission test is basically not a test. It is honor system. But I get your point of view and respect it.
I have never owned one but the ones I drove (especially Touareg) had a sweet ride. People that own them tell me while they are running, they are a blast but once they break down not so much. What has been your experience?
"up to 80% of the components are user serviceable" sounded mighty good...
I wonder if this is going to put Rivian out of business. The SUV has full size spare. Range extender does not only mean longer range and faster charging. It means cheaper long distance energy cost. It looks like they are putting the money saving from battery on gas components. Personally...
Thanks. I have"This trip" as my default and with trip 1, 2, tire pressure,... on. so for me, it is three clicks on either direction. I don't want the quick access bad enough to turn off my other screens. Of course three clicks never killed anyone but it sounded like guys were saying I could...
Although I have never had hoity toidy envy, I think we are talking about different things. The following is the calm screen I am looking for a shortcut for.
Even if they figure out the logistics of making a real person available immediately, the most important thing is that person being competent. Just reading off of a tree chart without understanding anything, will cost Ford more money without providing value. They need to train their people well.
I just got a text from them and it asked if I have any questions. I asked a question and I felt like I am communicating with a confused AI with a lot of canned text. It answered a question I did not ask. I asked if it is human I am talking to and it said yes. But later I got a text “Sorry...