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  1. TyPope

    Ford is serious - 2025 T3 next gen TN BlueOval build/battery/recycle

    Okay. I still feel that Ford, with their years and years of experience manufacturing trucks would have an easier time manufacturing trucks than they are. 🙃
  2. TyPope

    Ford is serious - 2025 T3 next gen TN BlueOval build/battery/recycle

    Maybe but I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
  3. TyPope

    Ford is serious - 2025 T3 next gen TN BlueOval build/battery/recycle

    I agree that every single panel and part of the truck is new. Okay, maybe a fastener here and there were reused. I don't think I made my point very well though and that's my fault. What I was trying to say is that there are few, if any, components in the Lightning that Ford has not already...
  4. TyPope

    Ford is serious - 2025 T3 next gen TN BlueOval build/battery/recycle

    Copy. I was trying to explain why I think Ford may be having issues more widespread than just their primary EVs as the Maverick also has Hybrid batteries. Maybe I'm not seeing something correctly. I respect your opinion in the forum here and will cease airing my opinion on Ford's possible...
  5. TyPope

    Ford is serious - 2025 T3 next gen TN BlueOval build/battery/recycle

    Okay. That's fair. Maybe Ford isn't having problems. The Maverick I ordered in the first 2 minutes that the order bank opened in September of 2022 is now scheduled to be built in September of 2023, almost 1 full year after I put in the order. I should have gotten mine last November based on...
  6. TyPope

    Ford is serious - 2025 T3 next gen TN BlueOval build/battery/recycle

    Fair enough. It would seem that Ford is having trouble making both the Lightning and the Maverick. The Maverick is sold as either a regular truck or a mild hybrid (which is what I ordered 10 months ago and still waiting). I bring this up because Ford may be using the same tactic for both...
  7. TyPope

    Ford is serious - 2025 T3 next gen TN BlueOval build/battery/recycle

    The process to mold body panels, assemble parts, logistics, etc... There are not really any new things Ford has to do. Many parts will be unique to the trucks but that goes for any new model and shouldn't pose much of a challenge to a manufacturer with years of experience with assembling new...
  8. TyPope

    Ford is serious - 2025 T3 next gen TN BlueOval build/battery/recycle

    Ford has never made independent rear suspension in any vehicle? Seriously. And, I never said same-old same-old. I said almost all of their current processes that Ford actually already performed apply to the Lightning. Do you really think Ford wouldn't be able to copy a process from another...
  9. TyPope

    Ford is serious - 2025 T3 next gen TN BlueOval build/battery/recycle

    Come on, Crissa... almost ALL processes in place can be used with the Lightning. Steel suppliers, Aluminum suppliers, suspension line, tire line, wheel line, frame line, BIW, BIB... Tweaking required but Ford knows how to change configurations between model years. I'll give you the battery...
  10. TyPope

    Ford is serious - 2025 T3 next gen TN BlueOval build/battery/recycle

    Good point. If you spend $100 on a lemonade stand and sell just one lemonade for $2 on the first day, you are losing $98 per lemonade. A better metric would require you to know the long-term reusable asset life (the stand will last 5 years, or about 1,000 lemonades) and the "per-unit" direct...
  11. TyPope

    Ford is serious - 2025 T3 next gen TN BlueOval build/battery/recycle

    I know there's a little more to it, but how expensive is Ford's battery pack? How expensive is the drivetrain? Even if Ford spends $40,000 per battery pack and $5,000 per motor, they shouldn't be losing more than $60,000 per vehicle. It's not like they are giving away the lightning... I...
  12. TyPope

    Ford is serious - 2025 T3 next gen TN BlueOval build/battery/recycle

    Ford's been in business a lot longer than 18 years. They shouldn't be bleeding so much.
  13. TyPope

    Silverado 450 Miles of Range

    There, I fixed it for you.
  14. TyPope

    Chevy Silverado EV WT (Work Truck) PRICING Revealed!

    The article referenced is the top 20 EV CHARGER manufacturers... LOL Not the Top EV producers. I think this headline says a lot: This is about the first half of 2022 (Cleantechnica) Tesla brought in $5.6 billion in profits, while BYD brought in $0.5 billion. On corporate terms, that's a...
  15. TyPope

    How the RIVIAN R1T compares to the CYBERTRUCK?

    "However, we won't know for sure how well it performs until it is actually released in 2023. In the meantime, the R1T is already being delivered,..."
  16. TyPope

    Nikola Badger pickup

    I suppose I could put a picture of an electric chair to show how dangerous electricity is...
  17. TyPope

    vs Triton H Electric SUV With 700-Mile Range?

    You are right. We've become cynical towards all battery announcements. Let's give them a fair chance. Hey, I wonder if they'll incorporate those solar panels that are super efficient and should be able to keep it charged while it drives if the sun is out...
  18. TyPope

    vs Triton H Electric SUV With 700-Mile Range?

    Oh... conventional vehicles use lead acid batteries which are heavy as all get out and not necessarily energy dense. I see what they did there.
  19. TyPope

    vs Triton H Electric SUV With 700-Mile Range?

    Hey, add: "... solar efficiency record..." "... higher density battery..." "... lasting longer than four hours, call your Doctor..." "... solid state batteries..."
  20. TyPope

    My comparison of Jeep Gladiator & Model Y vs. the Cybertruck

    LOL. Good point. I should do that for you. Send me a bill. I'll pay it by Septober the Eleventeenth.;):ROFLMAO:


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