Ford kills off its all all-electric F-150

[CloverKnollFarms]

Tesla has been the most successful, but even they have now seen two years of decline

 

[Hay Dude]

Tesla has been the most successful, but even they have now seen two years of decline

Their stock is nearing 1-year highs today.
The Robotaxi looks like it’s going to make it.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Their stock is nearing 1-year highs today.
The Robotaxi looks like it’s going to make it.

To be fair, Tesla stock is probably valued for much more than their cars

 

[Hay Dude]

To be fair, Tesla stock is probably valued for much more than their cars

Yes, they are diversified, but some very successful big companies diversified in the past and cratered.
Pennsylvania Railroad
Westinghouse
for example

 

[MapleLeafFarmer]

Park em now and they will be a collector car in 50-80 years and rare.....

but.... the batteries will be so dead maybe nice to look at but never to roll down the road again. Cheers


I like my Fords a lot. Kinda saddened (but not at all surprised) the jokes of a few years ago are now becoming reality. The new F150 supposed to use a generator to make power for the battery to drive the wheels... kinda like this??

ps: a 6 year old Telsa 3 needs a replacement battery pac costs $33,000 in these parts plus labour and environmental disposal fees. A hard decision to either sell for scrap or put the battery in... hmmm...

 

[Eagle1]

Like I said rare and rare is worth fixing. Someone somewhere will figure out how to keep some of them nice/running and his heirs will have something.

 

[tacticalturnip]

So, what will a hybrid cost?

I mean, maybe I'm weird, but $80k plus for a vehicle seems like a luxury that the vast majority cannot afford.

The US consumer is getting buried in debt. The average car payment is ridiculous

The average new car cost is $50k and used sits at $30k, it's absolutely painful.

 

[tacticalturnip]

Park em now and they will be a collector car in 50-80 years and rare.....

Someone who daily drives one probably can't afford to just park it.

I wouldn't be thrilled to buy a product, especially an automobile, and see it drop off the market soon after. I would presume a short production run equates to expensive parts.

 

[ultrarunner]

UPS operates a fleet of large urban electric delivery trucks here… drivers I know like driving them and like not having to start the engine hundreds of times each day… plus they are quiet.

UPS isn’t known for foolish spending… they must have crunched the numbers and decided it’s viable.

 

[dstig1]

UPS operates a fleet of large urban electric delivery trucks here… drivers I know like driving them and like not having to start the engine hundreds of times each day… plus they are quiet.

UPS isn’t known for foolish spending… they must have crunched the numbers and decided it’s viable.

I'm sure it is viable in certain situations. Just like several have stated for EV cars. EV Delivery vans in a nice mild climate in a city? Yeah, it is probably a perfect fit.