Is Ford abandoning EVs or embracing them? It's tough to be sure. > Ford isn’t sending the clearest signals regarding its EV future. We got a > glimpse of its Universal EV (UEV) Project last February, but then it > pulled the plug on the F-150 Lightning, which is regarded as one of the > more successful electric pickup trucks to date. The climate surrounding > electric vehicles hasn’t helped, either, between loosening emissions > rules, tariffs, and the elimination of the federal EV tax credit.
> But recently, after touring Ford’s less-than-two-year-old Electric Vehicle > Development Center (EVDC) located in Long Beach, California, I have a > better sense of the company’s current position. Ford says it will continue > to build EVs, doing everything possible to make its next model hit a > $30,000 price point. https://www.theverge.com/transportation/923704/ford-ev-skunkworks-lab-long- beach shortcut: https://v.gd/6ehO92 Not to dismiss Ford's hard work here, and I realize that they and other US automakers don't "think small" very well, but I wonder if they've noticed that in Europe several manufactuers - not Ford, however - are already offering EVs around or under 20k euro (US$23.6k). David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = In Dr Johnson's famous dictionary, patriotism is defined as the last resort of the scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer, I beg to submit that it is the first. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ OT: If you use an Android device, please read https://keepandroidopen.org/
