Ford announces new EV F150 truck factory and some battery factories.

[Voyageurs]

I thought this was interesting. Ford seems to be serious about getting into the EV half ton market.

Ford announces giant new electric pickup truck factory plus three new battery gigafactories

Ford made a massive announcement today about accelerating electric vehicle production with a giant new factory to produce electric pickup...

electrek.co

 

["EZ"]

No way in this world I would buy the first production year of this thing. Give it about 3-5 years for them to work out the bugs in all this new technology. And BUY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY!!! It'll probably cost $10k but it'll be worth it!

 

[Voyageurs]

No way in this world I would buy the first production year of this thing. Give it about 3-5 years for them to work out the bugs in all this new technology. And BUY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY!!! It'll probably cost $10k but it'll be worth it!

LOL. I hear ya. Before we bought our Tesla we waited until the 500,000 serial number rolled off the line and then we ordered. That was almost two years ago and so far so good. Not a single issue. Washer fluid and car wash soap is all it’s needed since then. .

 

["EZ"]

I sold Ford Trucks for 15 years. I sold 2500-3000 of them a year into the Towing industry during the 6.0 Powerstroke fiasco. I saw how they totally crapped on their customers from 2003 to 2008. I had a closet full of turbos and EGR valves to TRY to keep my customers on the road. These trucks were failing every month over and over and over. THEN when the truck was ONE DAY out of warranty, Ford would deny ALL warranty claims for the crap they still hadn't been able to fix or redesign since day one. We've put 6 turbos in your truck?? Sorry. Warranty claim denied. We've put 12 EGR valves in your truck? Sorry. Warranty claim denied. And Ford wouldn't give any "policy" money to help with the repair either!! I've never seen anything like it. I left and started selling Ram trucks. I've sold them for 11 years now. It's been like night and day difference. I no longer have to spend half my time trying to get trucks fixed that I sold. All I have to do now is sell the trucks. It's been wonderful!!!