Farley says Ford is behind in EV (vs. Tesla and China) so Ford can't afford to "walk away from EVs."

[SpaceEVDriver]

We have both a ‘22 Mach-E and a ’23 Lightning. This is the first time in more than 30 years I’ve owned a Ford. It wasn’t purposeful, it was just that Ford didn’t make anything I had any interest in owning. That is, not until they decided to make the Mustang and Lightning.

IMO, there are still no other vehicles on the road that compare with the Mustang or the Lightning in value+quality. I would prefer a Ranger/Tacoma sized BEV pickup. We’d consider a Bronco BEV or a Maverick BEV.

We’re have no brand loyalty, so we’d drop the Ford brand in a second for our next vehicle if another brand offers a BEV that meets our needs better than whatever Ford has on offer when we’re shopping next.

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[gbuydos]

I am glad I leased mine. I saw all the "sketchiness" happening with EVs and debated buying or leasing. In the end got a great lease deal and will turn back in 36 months. Now I don't have to worry about owning a discontinued model and all the crap that goes along with that.

If the world changes, maybe I can get something later.

 

[Revenge]

All CEOs are like this with reacting to shareholder value needs. That said, at 34k miles on my 23 XLT ER, I'm very happy with the truck, the road tripping is just not ready for most consumers.

I honestly do wonder if Ford could have saved more cost buy using g the exact same body as ICE, with maybe 2 fenders changed, one to remove gas door and one to add electric door.

They could have just replaced the gas door with the electric door thus putting the charger connection where it should have been so we could back into the charger stalls.

 

[richl025]

if this is an oblique reference to the state of US charging infrastructure, you need to get out more. By the end of this year, I will have charged in 18 states from Florida to California, and even though I own a standard range Pro, there is nowhere I haven’t been able to go.

Things have gotten better even during my short tenure of EV ownership - but large charging deserts still remain, especially out west. Pull up PlugShare map and look at northern & eastern Montana, for example.

 

[On the Road with Ralph]

Things have gotten better even during my short tenure of EV ownership - but large charging deserts still remain, especially out west. Pull up PlugShare map and look at northern & eastern Montana, for example.

I’m in western Colorado right now and my truck spends 70% of its life in the wide open West. One of my homes is in the middle of the Mojave Desert. I cross deserts - both EV and real - ALL THE F-KING TIME. My understanding of the state of charging in the US is based on actual driving, not a PlugShare map.

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