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The way Darren sounded in the podcast, sounds like it is way off. I can't imagine them offering lower than 15k, so i feel it'll be significantly higher.
Agreed. I think 15K is the bare minimum.
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Agreed. I think 15K is the bare minimum.
If they are targeting 80k in 2023 (model year), that is ~6,700/mo. If they start production in April and do a linear ramp through September (end of model year 2022), that would be ~20k produced April - September. If you want to count calendar year, and assume the ramp is through the end of calendar year 2022, that is ~30k produced April - December.
 

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The way Darren sounded in the podcast, sounds like it is way off. I can't imagine them offering lower than 15k, so i feel it'll be significantly higher.
Agreed. I don't think there's any chance at all that the number would be lower. So, "that's wrong" translates to "we're going for a much higher number than that."
 

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The 15k number was never from Ford. It was unsourced, and there has never been an official 2022 number. Since they are attempting to ramp up to 80k/year as soon as possible, we can safely assume that there will be a lot more than 15k in 2022. Ford just doesn't want to make any specific number-based promises yet.
Maybe. My latest intel from sources says maybe up to 20K but not a substantial jump from 15K. Besides, it's going to take a while to get the lines spun up and the earliest Lightnings will be 2022 1/2 (like the first Mustangs were 1964 1/2). With production starting in Spring it will be hard for Ford to ramp up much faster than that.
 

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Maybe. My latest intel from sources says maybe up to 20K but not a substantial jump from 15K. Besides, it's going to take a while to get the lines spun up and the earliest Lightnings will be 2022 1/2 (like the first Mustangs were 1964 1/2). With production starting in Spring it will be hard for Ford to ramp up much faster than that.
That number makes sense and is what I have been thinking as well - without inside info. It will also depend on when they switch from 2022 to 2023 production
 

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Also, I forget if it’s been mentioned in this thread but there are more than 150,000 reservations now.
 

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Also, I forget if it’s been mentioned in this thread but there are more than 150,000 reservations now.
75% of those have never owned a Ford. That is what I find most impressive.
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