Experts Munro & Justise review Ford F150 Lightning EV Assembly Line

[Cybertruck Hawaii]

. Can’t beat the system. Trying to place profits over customer service is financial suicide.

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[Crissa]

I'm getting some interesting emails from the GM dealership I was assigned for my Silverado reservation.

I think they might actually be trying to learn.

-Crissa

 

[SgtSweatySac]

Had a 2017 Volt before I bought my SR+, same exact issue. Had to travel 40 miles into a different state in order to get service on the damn thing. Granted, most of the service was covered by the Voltec warranty (including getting a Shift-To-Park error 3 times in a 2 year period), but the $500 spent to upgrade the software on the thing to diagnose an ignition problem rankled my testicles.

Did as much work as I could on my own with oil, plugs, wires, suspension, rotations, and interior components, but when it came to anything else it didn't give you a choice. It did what I bought it for well (commuter capable of hauling servers, switches, and the occasional boxed toilet) but that sucker could be a pain too.

That experience really puts me off of looking at the Silverado EV.

 

[DPye_BC]

How did this discussion turn so quickly from the topic of the assembly line to service and dealerships?

I'm far more interested in the production volume of the F150 Lightning. I didn't see it in the video but I've heard elsewhere that Ford is only planning to build 150k/yr and that's nowhere near enough to satisfy demand.

Locally, there are 75 reservation holders for the Lightning, but the dealership is only going to get 3 (three!) for this year, starting in a few months.

I've heard guesstimates (based on Elon's comments) that Tesla plans to build 500k Cybertrucks per year.

Does anyone think the Ford "Rogue" plant can increase production to that level?

 

[Crissa]

Elon has only said 250k, and Ford said they were only able to put out 80k next year... but they wanted to double that again but...

...we just don't know if they'll get to 40k this year at all. They probably will get to that many Mach-E.

Right now it's a wait-and-see mode.

-Crissa

Ford:
Mach-E
2021 27k
2022 2-4k/month so far so 50k? https://insideevs.com/news/583838/us-ford-mustang-mache-sales-april2022/
2023 200k https://electrek.co/2021/12/10/ford-2022-mustang-mach-e/
Lightning
2022 40k+
2023 80k-150k
2024 150k
2025 Lighting 2

Tesla
Cybertruck
2023 >0
2024 250k

 

[happy intruder]

Oh they under$tand very well that $ale$ and $ervice goe$ hand in hand.

yep.....with hard to do maintenance and repairs, looks out for insurance rate to go sky high as well.....

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