Ford absolutely SLAMS physics

Remember boys and girls, the Maverick was a small truck that started at $20,000. It is now $35,000. Base. They can do it, they just don't want to, and every time this concept comes up the price goes up. Next month they'll be talking about a "cheap" $40,000 truck.

Finally! Should have focused more on efficiencies ages ago, but the oil companies wanted more use, not less and looks were more important than gas mileage to customers in things like trucks. But since charging stations have been delayed to prop up oil profits, and so aren't as ubiquitous as gas stations, and battery tech (including fast charging) had been gobbled up and killed off for the last nearly a century by oil companies before cell phones needed it, EVs need that efficiency.

Why are they crediting Ford for 48V systems? This was adapted by Tesla in 2022 and they even shared the specs openly with other car makers to encourage them to switch.

Saves a massive amount of copper. Hundreds of miles less wire and much less complex harnesses.

https://electrek.co/2023/12/07/tesla-shares-48v-architecture-with-other-automakers-to-move-the-industry/

Basically, Ford will be using Tesla manufacturing without the high Tesla markup.

EVs are inherently very efficient. This is about making them cheap.

So weird how those same laws of physics do not exist in China.

EVs are inherently cheaper that CE-based alternatives.

So unless this is about stopping the 24/7 propaganda of fossil fuel lobbyists, it's just some useless PR stunt.

It mentions things like reducing friction, enhancing aerodynamics, etc., which should have be applied to all cars long ago. There might be slight differences in what efficiencies apply since components are different, but a lot are shared like shape of the body shell, lots of components in the wheels, axles, transmissions, etc., that could have friction reduced, etc.