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Also, how about make smaller cheaper pickups. These giant pickups cost a small fortune. A small affordable pickup would do well on the market, including an elec
by SubiculumCode 2y ago
Also, how about make smaller cheaper pickups. These giant pickups cost a small fortune. A small affordable pickup would do well on the market, including an electric one.
- lenerdenator 2y agoThey did that for a year with the Maverick. The refresh jacked up the price, because, well, they can. This is North America. With the exception of a few relatively small metro areas, if you live in the US or Canada, you must own a car in order to survive. They've got it; you need it. Pay up. There's also the impact of CAFE rules. "Let the market sort it out" types often point to these as perverse incentives ruining the profitability of small trucks, but they forget that the automakers lobbied for the light truck exemption.
- red-iron-pine 2y ago> The refresh jacked up the price, because, well, they can. Publicly traded company gonna behave like a publicly traded company.
- SubiculumCode 2y agoYeah, I wanted a Maverick, and bam price went up.
- doublerebel 2y agoFingers crossed for Telo Trucks! Barely bigger than a kei truck but with as much bed space as a light duty pickup.
- floxy 2y ago"Ford CEO says new mid-size electric pickup will match the cost of Chinese EVs": https://electrek.co/2024/10/28/fords-new-electric-pickup-rival-chinese-evs-costs/ https://electrek.co/2024/10/28/fords-new-electric-pickup-riv...
- dzhiurgis 2y agoBYD Shark PHEV is 40k USD in Australia - there’s just no way they can match that.
- lenerdenator 2y agoThe way they match that is by lobbying the Australian government to jack the tariff on Chinese vehicles through the roof compared to vehicles made anywhere else, particularly North America.
- floxy 2y agoWith only a 29kwh battery? I'm expecting a much larger battery in Ford's BEV compact pickup.