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Their biggest customer may end up being the US government (eg. for work fleets). So maybe it was a strategic move? Time will tell.
by DeRock 5y ago
Their biggest customer may end up being the US government (eg. for work fleets). So maybe it was a strategic move? Time will tell.
- smaryjerry 5y agoThis is a good point. seems that the majority of police vehicles have been Ford historically because if the requirement to buy American. Biden also is pushing a $2M infrastructure bill that is at is core described as for addressing climate change. There will be a lot of vehicles for that.
- cratermoon 5y agoNext time you're at a national park, national forest, BLM land, or some other federal facility of that sort, check out the brand and types of trucks they have.
- DeRock 5y agoI honestly don't know, can you tell me? One thing to consider is that Biden has been very public about transitioning US government fleets to all electric (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/25/biden-plans-to-replace-government-fleet-with-electric-vehicles.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/25/biden-plans-to-replace-gover...), so even if other brands are currently used, it doesn't matter, because they don't sell an electric pickup.
- cratermoon 5y agoI don't know the exact breakdown, but the Ford F-150 is a very popular truck and the government buys a huge number of Fords, along with Dodge and Chevrolet. You can buy them at auction when the government is done with them. https://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/aucitsrh/ https://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/aucitsrh/