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Surely battery prices will fall like the price of computers. Except that they've been working on battery technology for 100 years now. :sick:
For me, that credit would result in about $1,500 back. So, if I was looking at purchasing a Focus E, I wouldn't even sit down at the table until we were at $35K. But, since I'm completely outside the target demographic anyway, the point is moot.
weeksmonths.(I won't mention the 1/2" of snow that was on the ground here this morning, lol).
Hah! The weather here is gorgeous! Sunny and getting near sixty the last few days. It barely froze last night. Pretty nice for mid-April in Fairbanks.... :shades:
That said, I would be shocked if the batteries "didn't work" below that temperature. They likely lose capacity, but they will not fail to operate. What's more, ambient temperature means little if you keep it in a heated garage, and one could simply put a heating pad on the battery pack while it is plugged in during the day (assuming the vehicle is outside).
I ran some numbers on it, though, and with electricity at twenty-two cents per kilowatt-hour, gasoline would need to be at ~$7/gal for it to become a cost-effective option. In other words, it should hit stride in another year or two. :sick:
Ford On Road Back to Investment-Grade Credit Rating (Straightline)
At the Ford meetings, whenever the floor opened up for general comment, the engineer from Long Island, New York, would dart to the podium, hold up a light bulb, and in a high nasal voice launch into the virtues of neodymium oxide technology, for which he holds several patents.
There's always basically been these guys who think they have a great idea, but they can't bust through the bureaucracy of the car business"
Ford's gearhead gadfly may skip the annual meeting (Reuters)
I tell you what, I would LOVE to have windshields that filtered glare. I have a recurrent corneal erosion that makes night driving a real PITA due to the glare. I doubt this tech would solve that problem, but it would sure help.
Just wait a couple of decades - at my age, driving at night is something to be avoided period.
Luckily, I live in an area that generally does not have high traffic volumes, so I can just shade my "bad eye" on the days the glare really bothers me.
Ford is on a roll and as with any car brand you will have those who don't like it. The new Fusion is going to blow away the Camry and Accord. Just in safety features alone it will make them pale in comparison. Styling i know is subjective. I like it. However, I really liked the stack head lamp look of the 2006-2009 Fusion, wish they would have built on that. I think the 2013 Fusion is going to make Honda and Toyota look just plain frumpy.
With reliability becoming such a non-factor because these numbers are within points of each other, I believe safety, MPG, and innovations are going to win consumers over the next decade. I believe Ford Motor Company will be here for the next 100 years providing quality vehicles.
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Ford will change 26 percent of its lineup for the model years 2013 through 2016 compared with an industry average of 23 percent, the bank's annual "Car Wars" report said."
Ford to lead rollouts of new models (Detroit News)
Ford Gets Back Its Investment Grade Rating and the Ford Blue Oval (streetinsider.com)
Hard to believe, but it's been seven years since Ford was in junk status. Mulally signed on six years ago.
Mulally said Ford would continue to boost production this year and acknowledged that supply issues will prevent it from building as many vehicles as it wants."
Ford can't build enough vehicles to meet demand (Detroit News)
Of course, I also wouldn't mind if their production numbers come up before I buy, so I can work out a better deal. :shades:
And yet, as I imagine what it would be like to own our test car—a 662-horsepower, 200-mph Ford Mustang Shelby GT500—I dig it."
Obliterate Boredom (WSJ)
Ford Motor, Citing Europe’s Woes, Says Foreign Losses to Triple in Quarter (New York Times)
while the Ford Fusion set a record for June. Ford Explorer sales were up 35
percent from last year, and F-Series sales are up 11 percent and topped 50,000
for the first June in five years."
Ford Motor Company June and Year-to-Date Sales Up 7% (Bloomberg)
Ford using ping-pong balls to measure interior cargo space (Detroit News)
The naysayers comment that the C-Max should really be compared to a regular Prius, not the V.
My wife says the interior room would be the deciding factor for her. We're not doing anything until the old cars die though.
:P
"For Bryan Espey, 26, who works marketing for a check-printing company in Lenexa, Kan., the decision between a 2012 Ford Focus Titanium and a Volkswagen Golf TDI came down to which made it easier to play the Spotify Internet music service from his Android phone, he said. He chose the Focus."
4G Internet more important to Gen Y than V-8 cars (Detroit News)
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This beats the Camry hybrid and is a serious contender for the current Prius.
Otherwise, it has everything going for it.
What eco-conscious person is going to buy that? No one will know your street cred. :P
Ford sold 489,616 Focus sedans and hatchbacks worldwide in the first half of 2012. That was almost 27,000 more than the perennial best-seller, the Toyota Corolla."
Ford Focus on track to beat Toyota Corolla as best-selling car (Detroit News)
The Dearborn, Mich., company's board is close to naming Mark Fields, now head of Ford's North and South American units, to the new position of chief operating officer."
Mulally is 67 but no retirement announcement appears imminent.
In other news, Oldest Ford Car Up for Auction (Inside Line)
"Reports have been out that the board is now considering its replacements for the great CEO. The good news for Ford investors is that this may not take place until late in 2013. The bad news is that if you look at the body language that Mulally has telegraphed, and if you look at the comments from the company, a Mulally departure in the relatively near future seems all but certain. Reports last week showed that Ford might even consider keeping Mulally on as a nonexecutive chairman."
More on Ford After the Mulally Regime (Market Watch)
I'm optimistic considering the 1.6 ecoboost has a decent amount of torque across a wide rpm range. So while it certainly won't be fast, with a manual, it could be entertaining to drive at least.
I'm still nursing my annoyance with Ford being non-committal about putting the 1.6L ecoboost in the Fiesta. That would be fun. Heck, it's fun without the ecoboost; having it would be a downright BLAST! :shades: