It's important to note that Ford made the decision to bring the F150 and Mach E to market ASAP as opposed to taking the time to develop a separate EV platform (

It's important to note that Ford made the decision to bring the F150 and Mach E to market ASAP as opposed to taking the time to develop a separate EV platform (like GM and Hyundai), probably why their design isn't optimized. IIRC they started from their ICE based platforms. I believe Tesla is ahead in terms of cost optimization of their EV manufacturing process. They have quite a bit of margin to work with. If you're interested, you can watch Sandy Munro's YouTube channel where they open up vehicles and discuss their designs and how things are made. You will notice pretty big improvements in how Tesla manufacture their EVs over different iterations of the Model 3 and Model Y. Reduced wiring, entire front and rear subframe cast as a single part (giga cast) etc.