ICE v Electric: Cost and Emissions

[MarzNC]

Ford should experiment with selling them directly. Gouging like that may be legal.. It's their business do as you will but their should be repercussions. Hopefully Ford cuts them out of the lightening market.

If Ford corporate gets someone to pay attention to the Lightning online forums, they will find out pretty quickly which dealers are adding ridiculous mark ups. Those dealers could find that they don't get any more Lightnings if the forum points them out.

Also depends on what price is charged for people who had put down a deposit a while back, compared to someone who only recently deciding a Lightning was of interest.

 

[Campgottagopee]

It's their business do as you will but their should be repercussions.

There will be. If nothing else people won't forget. Ford is all over these guys but there's really nothing they can ddo due to dealer agreements, etc. The "S" in MSRP is for suggested and there's nothing a manufacturer can do about that, other than, as you mentioned, make it impossible for these bad apples not to get trucks anymore. That they can and will do. That said, if it's a major dealer Ford won't touch them as they make them too much money.

 

[Brownski]

Hopefully Ford cuts them out of the lightening market.

If I were a Ford executive, this would be my mindset.

 

[Campgottagopee]

If I were a Ford executive, this would be my mindset.

Until the bean counters showed you their reports.

 

[MarzNC]

Ford Lightning will be able to charge up a Tesla that's out of juice.

June 7, 2022

Ford surprises F-150 Lightning owners with accessory that can recharge stranded Teslas

Ford said it wants its owners to “lend a hand.”

www.theverge.com

 

[MarzNC]

Anyone remember the International Harvester Scout?

May 11, 2022

VW Will Bring Back Scout as an EV Brand

Volkswagen will resurrect the Scout name, made famous by International Harvester, as an affordable EV truck and SUV brand stateside.

www.autoweek.com

Learned about the announcement at the end of this towing test video. The load being towed was an old Scout. The tester was pretty impressed by the R1T.

 

[Ripitz]

Introducing ZiGGY: An autonomous robot that saves you a parking spot then charges your EV — Electrek

Charging technology provider EV Safe Charge has unveiled ZiGGY – a mobile robot that can charge an EV wherever it’s parked. Through its ability to recharge itself via different energy sources and its summoning feature, ZiGGY can alleviate the need to install specific parking stalls for EV...

apple.news

 

[Brownski]

With my luck, Ziggy will malfunction when he’s blocking me in and getting somebody to service him will be like getting your money back from a vending machine

 

[tirolski]

With my luck, Ziggy will malfunction when he’s blocking me in and getting somebody to service him will be like getting your money back from a vending machine

Maybe if ya throw in some more coin Ziggy will play guitar along with the spiders from Mars.

 

[Ripitz]

The answer to more batteries? More batteries! Ziggy will be heavy AF too, be careful toppling him over. I can imagine videos of diesel trucks giving him a tour around the parking garage with a tow strap.