The Maverick is a bridge to a fully electric lineup of trucks (well the hybrid is). F150 Lightning and following on will be the Ranger and Maverick lightning.
I ordered a Maverick Hybrid in June 2021, received it in April this year. It has been flawless... and I am getting ~47mpg. It doesn't...
If there had been more intensive government regulation and incentives... we could be at a place of an earlier cutoff. Tech could have been forced to advance more quickly. Unfortunately we are at a point of even more urgency now and so are attempting to compress that transition in a shorter time...
I don't disagree with you, I know that is an optimistic date but the sooner the better. Realistically I don't see any governments moving that quickly.
That is an interesting point about existing "new" cars that sit for a few years. I haven't read the details of all the 2035 ICE bans, but this...
It is not possible for manufacturers to just wholesale switch 100% of their product line to EV all at once... it takes take time to redesign, retool, build battery plants, charging infrastructure etc. There are many EV trucks coming (like CT and Lightning), but for now the Maverick is a good...