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Not for everyone... R1T front end can't handle a snow plow. This is why I switched my order to the R1S. I'll use the Lightning to replace my current F-150 hybrid.
same here.
This isn't a new manufacturing process, its using most of the same components in the body, frame and interior that ford already uses in the f-150, Chevy is the one that is going with a completely new manufacturing process for their silverado EV. So in reality Ford shouldn't be having staggering high negative gross margins on these lightnings, but they will, also they probably wont show how much they are actually losing on the lightnings, they will probably report the truck segment as a whole to not show how much more they are losing than they originally expected to.
LOL, reminds me of the Operations Resrach class I took in the mid ‘80s where the instructor used an example where some widgets shipped with “1.5 more transistors” than necessary.
They were referring to Rivian. Interesting that your misreading of the comment chain led to wildly baseless speculation about Ford losing money on Lightnings and misreporting numbers to hide it.
There are many reason for newly built vehicles to be held at the plant. For new production vehicles, the initial hold is because Ford doesn't ship them until the initial production batch gets "Okay to Buy" after additional quality control checks. After that, they'll sometimes accumulate at the factory due to individual or class-wide hardware QC issues, shipping/logistics issues, and now during the current chip crisis while awaiting chips for post production install. Initial batch production rarely gets held up for software issues because most of the bugs that slip through testing/production approval won't become apparent until vehicles are in the hands of customers.
My mistake on misreading the comment, For the record, I didn't accuse Ford of misreporting numbers, they just don't break down profits by trim levels or sub-models, not until mid 2023 that is. Then will they be reporting profits by segments, I.C.E. , EV's, etc.... For the time being F-150's will be all under one segment, so we'll only get average profits, which of course we will see down compared to other similar years of sales. And for the as far as my speculation being baseless, I guess you can say that as my contactS will never admit it on record, I'll just have to wait till the family gets together for the 4th to get some updates. and same way you say "People really do love to sharing opinions on the internet about things they know nothing about." you kinda just did the same about my comments.
When I was in the market last year and bought my hybrid F-150 local (Las Vegas) dealers had 5k or more mark-ups on most trucks but not the Powerboost. The whole market adjustment situation has gotten out of hand for many vehicles. I had an idiot neighbor who paid a 50k market adjustment for a G-63 mobster mobile.
