My F150 Lightning is awesome. Much better than my old V8 trucks. Way more power, much cheaper fuel, instant heat in winter, almost no maintenance, etc.
Then why do they sell so poorly even with subsidies and tax rebates? Got them lined up at my ford dealer and they have to beg people to buy them. And that’s still leading ford to lose thousands of dollars on each ev they sell. If you like it fine but why should ford continue to manufacture a vehicle they lose money on?
@ I know what you mean ... I don't enjoy subsidizing other people's children with my property and income taxes. But since I bought my truck used, no subsidies applied.
There was a sentence in you program that was implied but not stated. You mentioned that due to the tariff an autos price would raise 3K dollars. The implications which need to be said because so many Americans don't get it, is you the car buyer will be required to pay Trump's tariff not Mexico or Canada.
Canada: Supplied 16.6% of imported vehicles and Mexico: Supplied 21.4% of imported vehicles to the U.S.... so if 38% of U.S vehicles are going to increase in price that, would make the removal of the EV tax credit a wash IMO
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Not quite, the tariff is on all products not just vehicles.
Good luck finding a car that doesn’t include parts made in Canada or Mexico.
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@ Canada supplies about 80% of lumber products to the US and the current administration plans high tariffs on Canadian goods. This will be costly to places like Florida, California and Tennessee that suffered catastrophic damage from floods, hurricanes and fires.
Is it just me, or do the major ICE vehicle makers practice a lot of "bait and switch" with the pricing of their new EV models? The Ford Lightning and Chevy Silverado EV seem to be prime examples. The new EVs never seem to go on sale for anywhere near the originally proclaimed prices when the new EVs are announced. In addition, Tesla also seems to be guilty of that practice, by initial selling only fully loaded "original" or "first release" editions of their vehicles. That has been especially true of the Cybertruck, whose sales have drastically fallen off after the "first adopters" got their vehicles.
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Tesla is not a major ICE vehicle maker and they did the same with the CyberFlop.
The projected price for the 500 mile Cybertruck was $70K, not $40K. During the four years they were developing that truck, all truck prices increased about 50%.
Serious question why do people hate Evs so much. Like they are a sin. I personally love my lightning and wouldn’t go back to a ice vehicle for daily use
Because I just don’t trust those batteries near my property. when floods happen, those batteries start to catch on fire, ( literally posted on UA-cam) when they are plugged into your garage, you don’t know what it’s gonna happen when you are asleep catching fire. With an ICE, the vehicle is off. Oh yeah, and home insurance is another thing which is another disaster in the making. Now they start asking you if you keep your EV in the garage or outside. That question already tells me that the coverage from insurance is already questionable. Too much nonsense for me. THAT IS MY REASON
It’s not the EVs we hate. It’s lefty democrats using their positions of power to force them upon us. We also resent our tax dollars being taken and given to others in the form of subsidies so people can buy EVs. We also hate that company’s get away with using slave labor to mine the minerals out of the ground for EV batteries.
Nissan has the tech and factory to pump out sub $25k electric cars. Just make an EV with the looks of that sporty 510 concept they came out with a few years ago and market it towards single folks with pets, then just go from there with small fun sporty vehicles like maybe even a new more compact EV Xterra.
@@lawrencefranck9417 since Trump's plan is to shut down Canadian plants, an alternative to US manufacterers needs to be found. Hopefully, he will not only build a wall around his borders, but an actual dome over the whole country. Then, the rest of the world will pretend the US never existed and carry on without the Americans. Should the whole planet be systematically bullied by them like sitting ducks?
@ especially if it’s drill baby drill! DOGE will end all of this crazy subsidies and that should also include EV subsidies. But I think it’s only fair that I stop paying for lower gas prices when I don’t use gas at all and I haven’t for years.
@irvinewayne4086 Unfortunately we are not set up to refine oil that is produced in the us so it will not help us at all. However if we got rid of subsidies for oil company that could be huge tax savings.
Some don't know it's very expensive to extract and refine us oil. Unfortunately petroleum industry has a very strong lobbying and will never be able to remove the breaks they get, that's why there are EV incentives. It's feels nice to not send money to Saudi Arabia for support Russia
Trump's economic plan: Cut taxes for the mega wealthy, raise import taxes (tariffs) on everything else, screwing the public generally. Sounds good to me! 🙃
So it looks like all vehicles will soon be getting the tax since no vehicle is 100% made in the US. However it looks like Tesla will be taxed the least since they have the top 5 most US made vehicles.
Ford, unlike Tesla, does not announce a new model until about 12mo before launch. So, If the F150 Lightning is to arrive on the new 27 F150 platform, you wont hear about it for awhile yet. ALSO, Ford was working on an all new all electric pickup code named the T3 at the new Stanton, Tn Blue Oval City EV plant Jim was saying this new T3 was to go on sale in 25. So, who knows? Maybe this T3 will replace the Lightning. I am still waiting on a Maverick Lightning unless this T3 is a tiny truck. !
These car companies would bring back slave labor if they were allowed too! Paying the Mexican workers nothing to make these cars. It's shameful. CEO pay, the stock price and stock buy backs are the only thing that matters anymore!
That's technically not true. Remember trump renegotiated NAFTA during his first term and replaced it with usmca which required Mexico to pay its auto workers $16 US! The idea was if it's just as expensive to produce in Mexico, then automakers would move back to the US but automakers said they wouldn't since their investments would need more time to pay off. There is a reason why car prices and replacement parts costs went through the roof these last few years and you can thank Republicans for that but they successfully controlled the narrative it was Biden.
Look at the difference in pay between a UAW Autoworker and a Chinese Autoworker. There’s your difference. Tariffs only BITE the consumers. The companies will increase the prices and blame the Angry Orange Toddler. (Deservedly so because of his lack of understanding of Economics.)
I don’t think consumers will go for an additional 25% on top of an already inflated vehicle price when the economy is bad and options are plentiful. That’s why dealer inventories are skyrocketing. Look at the ev rollout: dealers and manufacturers usually eat the price difference to move the metal
I have a F150 Lightning and have been blown away by it's performance and versatility. From what I'm seeing and feeling personally is the customer is asking for more range as seen by the large imbalance between reservations for the upcoming plug-in Dodge RamCharger over the all electric REV and the plug-in Scout Terra over the all electric version. Although it's handy, I think pretty much everyone will be okay with losing the frunk on the Lightning to have a range extending generator. A Lightning with no range anxiety would be the perfect truck IMO and I'd likely would make the upgrade.
I keep posting everywhere that there should be a PHEV maverick. or a full ev. Why tote around an f150? I have an escape plug in. I do love driving around and getting 40 miles of ev only range. for most days I never used any gas. but a 80 mile range would be perfect. Maverick would make a great uber it would get 120 miles in the city.it would need maybe a level 2 charger though.25 miles charge per hour
My advice to Ford is make a Fisker Ocean type vehicle, no solar panels roof, no rotating screen, lose the taco trays, and have regular door handles. Also, a frounk even if some drivers won't use it. Sell it under $38k then they'll have a hit vehicle on their hands, no need to be original.
@rp9674 I thought someone should buy Fisker but then what I've heard allegations about Fisker practices I think they deserve to be look at by authorities. Ford got the money to build one themselves, or have their VW partners do it on their side then bring over here.
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Thankfully you don't work for Ford, that's the dumbest suggestion I've ever heard.
It’s actually quite funnier what happens when you listen to people that actually want to buy your product rather than being forced to buy electric when there should be options and the fact that electric is so expensive to make as it is this was coming because $$$$ talks the loudest.
@@Anomize23there is NO federal government mandate to buy an ev. There never was a mandate. You republicans can be in denial all you want. But the rest of the world is moving on with or without us. If Ford and GM don't make evs at economy of scale. They will go under. If all they are making for the US market is gas cars. They will also fail. Batteries are much better then what you have been led to believe. And billions of dollars are being spent each year to give longer range. Safer batteries and longer life. Is a 300,000 mile battery good enough for you? They are hitting the production lines now. Before you comment again. Just go test drive a full ev. Please?
@@Anomize23no one is forcing anyone to by electric. This is like saying your free speech is censored on social media. Good lord the smooth brains are taking over
With the prices so high on new vehicles, u think it would be cheaper. Oh well. Guess GM CEO can't get her 30 million dollar salary. Am buying a American made Hyundai 🤔
@@bobbbobb4663 "Car company" is a subset of what Tesla offers indeed, the company continues to expand in many other fields rapidly - energy, automation etc. Glad you are now coming to this realization.
@ But Musk himself has said that "it’s (FSD) really the difference between Tesla being worth a lot of money or worth basically zero". So Musk himself gives the energy, robotics, and automotive arms of Tesla a valuation of zero. Glad you are now getting the realization.
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@ Let's not forget Starships that catastrophically fail after every launch but one where it came back severely damaged.
I think Auto Forecast Solutions are reading the tea leaves incorrectly. Most likely Ford is going to design the next generation F150 to be flexible like the New Ram truck, and will have 3 power trains. Gas, hybrid an full electric.
Regardless of our political positions, my point is, if he removes the incentives it will force automakers to make affordable rather than "luxury" evs, OR stop making them all together and risk a large market segment and fall behind on innovation.
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@@Drewcardello In essence you will get less value for the same money, not something to look forward to.
I have no idea how that counteracts my statement, they are only letting the public access the 65k model while fleets get the sub-50k PRO model. This truck is doomed if the incentives are removed. No one will buy it
The reason that ev’s are not profitable is that they require almost no maintenance. As an example, my 2018 Leaf is over 6 years old this year. It has NEVER been in the shop for any reason (except for new tires). No oil to change, no muffler, no spark plugs, no injectors or carburetor or filters to change. In the past, driving a gas vehicle, by this amount of time I would have spent at least $3000.00 on the car, and that is just for routine maintenance to keep it running, assuming nothing major went wrong. For car companies the business model relied on the consumer bringing the vehicle back for regular maintenance and repairs. For electric vehicles that model no longer is applicable. When Nissan sold me my car in 2018 that was the only money they received from me. And since the car still runs as good as the day I first bought it the chance of them ever getting more of my money is very close to zero. And make no mistake, I am not bashing Nissan here. I wish them no ill will. The Nissan Leaf is the most reliable vehicle I have ever owned in 50 years of driving cars.
The Lightning needs to go to 800V charging ASAP. Not only is it the slowest charging EV truck, but 800V is also cheaper to manufacture due to all the savings in copper cost. It also needs a larger battery to compete with GM's EV trucks.
I’m not so sure that they need bigger and more expensive batteries. Maybe pickup buyers need to try living with less range. How often does a pickup driver really need more than 240 miles in a day (or 150 miles on a very cold day)?
@@FameyFamous I know there are a lot of pickups used in daily construction, but if you look at the models being sold, a very large number are luxury models which means they are being used as more than everyday work trucks. I know many folks who own F150s and seldom haul more than a large package from the store. I have a King Ranch that I have driven cross country 4 times, on 3 + week vacations.
HOW OFTEN DO PICKUP TRUCK OWNERS USE THEIR VEHICLES FOR VARIOUS TASKS? Frequently Occasionally Rarely/Never Shopping/Errands 87% 6% 7% Pleasure Driving 70% 20% 9% Commuting 52% 4% 44% Personal Hauling 28% 41% 32% Towing 7% 29% 63%
@@mickeynolan1559i townquite regularly. Even if it’s only 20 percent of the time it still has to have that functionality to make it a contender. People buy pickups because they can tow when needed, even if they don’t tow every trip. Pickups are the jack of all trades, the essential multi function tool, that’s why people like them. Not much they can’t do.
Better towing capacity is coming from EV pick ups. In the meantime, the EV pickups sold today will please its customers with a $30 charge and a next to $0 maintenance cost.
It’s really a physics problem. The best we have currently, we can look to the Chevy Silverado EV. That has a battery about double the size of the F150 lightning (Silverado EV at 220 kWh) . That does about 200 miles of towing, with a battery that weighs 3000 pounds. there just isn’t room to put more battery on these pick up trucks.
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Because every pickup truck driver on the internet tows a house trailer 800 mile a day.
Good luck finding a car that doesn’t include parts from Canada and Mexico. Also Canada and Mexico may put their own tariffs on in response. So you are underestimating the cost increase. All vehicles will go up in price. Americans will pay more for almost everything. What I don’t understand is Trump is complaining about fentanyl. It’s not like Canada does the border enforcement for people entering the US from Canada. Thats handled by American customs agents. Maybe it’s your border patrol that needs more man power. Only 20kg in a whole year was seized. It’s all lies and bs as usual.
I'm not a fan of Tariffs, however, if they are enacted then this will be a HUGE advantage for Tesla. If you research foreign parts content for every vehicle model, you will find out that Tesla models are the most American made models. Tesla will be largely unaffected by these tariffs, whereas the gas cars the legacy automakers will be selling will cost 10-25% more. If a consumer compares a Tesla model Y performance to an econobox Chevy and the model Y costs 10% less, how many people are going to choose the Chevy?
The ‘Sweet Spot’ for current BEVs would be a Ranger EV or Maverick EV 🔋 Making a FULL-SIZE Pickup or SUV run on Batteries is currently too expensive and their AERO sucks the Range out of them. 🪫
If ford had a positive margin on their lightnings, they would continue selling them. However, but we all know there's only one company who makes money on electric vehicles. The hated tesla. Lol
Still the best selling electric pick up? Lol. I have a beast, and I love it. four wheel steering, thirty five inch tires, steer by wire, nine inches of height adjustment. Not to mention all the f****** power. And it cost me seventeen bucks to fill up. And I still have my ram 2500 with a v10 and a stick shift. Meanwhile, you probably don't even know your cam durations.
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Tesla was building EV cars for 18 years before making a profit, Ford and GM will be profitable in 5.
That is a shame about the 'AD' being dropped from the product line, it comes close to looking like a classic station wagon. I lament our no longer having proper station wagons in the U.S.
Re tariffs, well the us manufacturers will have to shut down plants anyway assuming the ev transition happens, so might as well close the ones in mexico and canada, rather convenient really in avoiding repercussions at home. Anyhow the tariffs should stand. Canada like everyone else you can see currency devaluation since the nafta years to make exports cheaper.
@@Rene-uz3eb LOL someone sets the value!? Sure they do... the MARKET. Canada's currency does not appreciate against the dollar because they have trade with other countries that also use the dollar in int'l transactions.
@@Rene-uz3eb Canada overall has a balanced trade value with the world. The last 8 months or sphas seen Canada have a minor trade deficit with the world
@@temur72 canada's currency has conveniently weakened since free trade with us against the dollar. One way to do that is with lower interest rates, see e.g. japan. If you have a trade surplus with your main trading partner, then your currency will naturally rise because more exports means more currency demand (the 'market')
The problem is that it takes years to build up the factories and the supply chains. It’s highly inefficient for the companies if policies are making wild swings after every election.
@@FameyFamousright. We should have been america first all along instead of being Mexico and china first. It’s like saying you’d rather stay sick because the surgery involves some pain. American companies shouldn’t have been dumb enough to offshore that much manufacturing in the first place
So if auto makers produce cars that have more parts from USA they have less tariffs? Who ever moves fastest makes the most money. Flexibility = profits Slow to change = ☠️
Or, you simply consolidate the production in Mexico because they'll simply allow a low/no tariff supply chain from across Asia to feed into Mexico, and just take the 25% import hit on a lower cost structure vehicle. The US made cars will not be able to unwind their decades-long supply chains that criss-cross the border, and they won't spend $25B to replicate a US-side supply chain just to feed a $5B car factory, so tariffs might just put them at a DISADVANTAGE (before we even talk about retaliatory tariffs) so really... who knows ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
no f150 lightning , when will cybertruck production stop too ? New inflations in the USA will end up in big troubles cause the whole production will be cut soon
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The F150L will stay in production until a new model replaces it.
Hahahhhah That's what Ford and GM get for building there vehicles in another country. Tesla doesn't have to worry about paying that tariff because they build their cars in the US
@nm-qt2hb lol Elon is the second most powerful person in the Trump administration. He purposely cut a deal with Trump to stop these EV subsidies. He knew they were benefiting Ford and GM while he's interested in AV's
It's funny the people who say I want to buy American don't understand that the most American made cars are. 1.Tesla 2.Honda 3. VW 4. Toyota.... The list is published every year it varies model by model but the top for are makers are shown above.
I agree, build in America or pay tariffs due to cheating on cheap labour. Musk said there should be no subsidies for EVs. Increase ICE pricing to make EVs more competitive.
If you sell here, build here, and stop sending US dollars to other countries. It really is a zero sum game we have allowed ourselves to lose for far too long
Ha. 555 It’s not “tuke-tuke” or even “tuk-tuk”, it actually “dkuk-dkuk”. In Bangkok, Thailand they already have an electric dkuk-dkuk taxi service that seats 6 + the driver; the APP is called Muvmi.
Big OEMs haven’t attempted to streamline on order to reduce costs to the customer. Maybe its time they do that. Reduce parts, copper wire, reduce paint options etc. No they only cared about sticking to American consumers.
I believe Auto Forecast is wrong about the Lightning being cancelled. As it points out, Ford has planned a next gen F series EV. I think Ford says that is planned to come out in 27', not 28'. In either case I see the current Lightning being produced up until that comes out. No matter what they call it, I see that next gen large EV truck effectively being a Lightning. Furthermore, Farley is not totally dismissive of large sized EVs. While he did say smaller EVs are better. He has also said that large EVs work if they are "highly functional". I think Ford will make that happen, especially for Pro customers. In any case, Ford is planning a Capital Day this spring so we should know a lot more when that happens.
@@reasonablecomments2538 They just got a class action lawsuit last week on the transmissions. They're not even making cars anymore. If they can't make trucks all they have left are military and financing.
Let's not cry for the Germans. They want to go green, and green they'll go. They don't want to spoil that, with nasty old car factories. They will plow their factories over, and sow wheat instead.
Be careful what you wish for. All BMW X3s, X4s, X5’s, X6’s and X7’s for Europe and most global markets are made at Spartanburg, BMW’s largest plant in the world. Retaliatory tariffs will have the consequences of exporting US jobs back to Germany or elsewhere. Mini could well pull out of selling to the US as market too small to build locally. Surely it is best to work on a company by company basis to ensure a balance of trade between exported and imported vehicles. BTW Canada is not a low wage economy. Consumers will have to face up to the fact that tariffs will reduce choice and contrary to what President Trump says is paid by the importer not the exporting nation so unless the importer absorbs the cost within their margin the added cost will be passed onto the buyer or the product withdrawn from sale as no longer competitive.
Do you know how long that would take,? They can't switch that s*** over overnight ... By the time they get that s*** rolling it'll be another president 😂
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In a decade or so, long after con man trump is gone.
Electrification is necessary and Trump's tariffs will cause price hikes. Also water is wet. You can quibble about how fast we should be decarbonizing, and whether or not the long term benefits of tariff's outweigh the short term price hikes. But it doesn't mean anything I said in the first paragraph isn't true.
What poison are you talking about? Do you mean the same “poison” you are exhaling right now reading this? The same poison that makes all plant life possible? You do realize co2 is about 400 ppm right now and earlier in earths history it was as high as 8000 ppm? You know back when there were no glaciers, the earth was super green and lush and dinosaurs roamed around.
Why are American automakers building more cars in Mexico than Japanese and Korean automakers? If the Japanese and Korean and run shops in the US, so can American
So how about all that cheap electricity, oil, steel, aluminum and lumber you like so much? How about those self-inflicted internal tariffs, without Canada doing a thing! Unless you are a billionaire it's going to hurt you. Read your history books - it's been done in the US before and it didn't work then either. As a Canadian, it's really sad to see this happening, and yes, we know it will hurt us too. So pay more for your products and services. Up to you. The rest of us will cosy up to Europe, India and China, and leave you to play with your toys on your own. Call us when you feel lonely.
The lightning has physical door handles and physical steering. It is a much better vehicle in the long run. They would have sold hundreds of thousands of these if they were available for 40-45k instead of 65k+
HOW OFTEN DO PICKUP TRUCK OWNERS USE THEIR VEHICLES FOR VARIOUS TASKS? Frequently Occasionally Rarely/Never Shopping/Errands 87% 6% 7% Pleasure Driving 70% 20% 9% Commuting 52% 4% 44% Personal Hauling 28% 41% 32% Towing 7% 29% 63%
My F150 Lightning is awesome. Much better than my old V8 trucks. Way more power, much cheaper fuel, instant heat in winter, almost no maintenance, etc.
Great, hope you enjoy it. I don't enjoy paying for it with mandates and gifts from the government.
@@rogerrussell9544 EV owners subsidize ER visits for asthmatic kids - the number 1 ER presentation. Picking tit for tat would get cumbersome.
@@rogerrussell9544 Buy your own then.
Then why do they sell so poorly even with subsidies and tax rebates? Got them lined up at my ford dealer and they have to beg people to buy them. And that’s still leading ford to lose thousands of dollars on each ev they sell.
If you like it fine but why should ford continue to manufacture a vehicle they lose money on?
@ I know what you mean ... I don't enjoy subsidizing other people's children with my property and income taxes. But since I bought my truck used, no subsidies applied.
There was a sentence in you program that was implied but not stated. You mentioned that due to the tariff an autos price would raise 3K dollars. The implications which need to be said because so many Americans don't get it, is you the car buyer will be required to pay Trump's tariff not Mexico or Canada.
Not necessarily. If they want to sell them, the price matters. Plus if it is a big deal, then the Mexican plants will have to adjust.
Yes, if they don't already know they'll find out
@@sctexan5392 trump still hasn't figured out who pay tariffs, he thinks it's the company selling. He's a dimwit.
Hell yeah. I personally don't support automakers that build their cars in other countries and bring them to the u.S.
Or built in the US. Go ahead and raise the price. They will lose more sale. UAW costs the price to go up but are you complaining about it?
Amazing they would call it a "flop" if you bait and switch the Lighting on price.
Canada: Supplied 16.6% of imported vehicles and Mexico: Supplied 21.4% of imported vehicles to the U.S.... so if 38% of U.S vehicles are going to increase in price that, would make the removal of the EV tax credit a wash IMO
Not quite, the tariff is on all products not just vehicles.
Good luck finding a car that doesn’t include parts made in Canada or Mexico.
@ Canada supplies about 80% of lumber products to the US and the current administration plans high tariffs on Canadian goods. This will be costly to places like Florida, California and Tennessee that suffered catastrophic damage from floods, hurricanes and fires.
Not a wash. That just means everything becomes equally expensive. So the ratio of product sales stays the same, while total sales will drop.
@@judyArsh15% of my 21 ranger is Mexican made. I wonder how much that percentage is in newer vehicles
Is it just me, or do the major ICE vehicle makers practice a lot of "bait and switch" with the pricing of their new EV models? The Ford Lightning and Chevy Silverado EV seem to be prime examples. The new EVs never seem to go on sale for anywhere near the originally proclaimed prices when the new EVs are announced. In addition, Tesla also seems to be guilty of that practice, by initial selling only fully loaded "original" or "first release" editions of their vehicles. That has been especially true of the Cybertruck, whose sales have drastically fallen off after the "first adopters" got their vehicles.
Tesla is not a major ICE vehicle maker and they did the same with the CyberFlop.
The fossil companies don’t want to sell EVs, so the sabotage their own products.
This is common practice for nearly EVERY vehicle maker and quite frankly, most new products of almost any type.
The 500 mile range $40K three year late Cyberflop over doubled in price, the biggest bait and lie about specifications in history.
The projected price for the 500 mile Cybertruck was $70K, not $40K. During the four years they were developing that truck, all truck prices increased about 50%.
That Nissan AD Van must stand for Aztek Design
Serious question why do people hate Evs so much. Like they are a sin. I personally love my lightning and wouldn’t go back to a ice vehicle for daily use
They've been brainwashed by UA-cam memes.
Because I just don’t trust those batteries near my property. when floods happen, those batteries start to catch on fire, ( literally posted on UA-cam) when they are plugged into your garage, you don’t know what it’s gonna happen when you are asleep catching fire. With an ICE, the vehicle is off. Oh yeah, and home insurance is another thing which is another disaster in the making. Now they start asking you if you keep your EV in the garage or outside. That question already tells me that the coverage from insurance is already questionable. Too much nonsense for me. THAT IS MY REASON
Cuz coocoo
It’s not the EVs we hate. It’s lefty democrats using their positions of power to force them upon us. We also resent our tax dollars being taken and given to others in the form of subsidies so people can buy EVs. We also hate that company’s get away with using slave labor to mine the minerals out of the ground for EV batteries.
Nissan has the tech and factory to pump out sub $25k electric cars.
Just make an EV with the looks of that sporty 510 concept they came out with a few years ago and market it towards single folks with pets, then just go from there with small fun sporty vehicles like maybe even a new more compact EV Xterra.
More likely a factory conversion versa
Canada and Mexico should abolish any tariff for Chinese cars and welcome them.
European first.
Yes I'm sure they can't wait to destroy their o w n Industries
Do you know how many American cars are made in Canada and Mexico. Who would they sell them to?
@@lawrencefranck9417 since Trump's plan is to shut down Canadian plants, an alternative to US manufacterers needs to be found. Hopefully, he will not only build a wall around his borders, but an actual dome over the whole country. Then, the rest of the world will pretend the US never existed and carry on without the Americans. Should the whole planet be systematically bullied by them like sitting ducks?
Yeah that will go well for them.. Objectively stupid comment.
All subsidies should end, especially the gas ⛽️ subsidies! Everyone will want an EV when gas is at the actual price of $10 to $15 per gallon!
Not if drill baby drill
@ especially if it’s drill baby drill! DOGE will end all of this crazy subsidies and that should also include EV subsidies. But I think it’s only fair that I stop paying for lower gas prices when I don’t use gas at all and I haven’t for years.
@irvinewayne4086
Unfortunately we are not set up to refine oil that is produced in the us so it will not help us at all. However if we got rid of subsidies for oil company that could be huge tax savings.
The word subsidies is really misused in this case. It's tax breaks, where subsidies are usually seen as sending a check to an entity.
Some don't know it's very expensive to extract and refine us oil. Unfortunately petroleum industry has a very strong lobbying and will never be able to remove the breaks they get, that's why there are EV incentives. It's feels nice to not send money to Saudi Arabia for support Russia
Will vehicles not just go up in price for the end users ?
Welcome to Trumpflation 😅
Trump's economic plan: Cut taxes for the mega wealthy, raise import taxes (tariffs) on everything else, screwing the public generally. Sounds good to me! 🙃
Yes, that's why they're calling it The Golden Era tell me you have to have some gold to make it through
Yes!
No one will buy them.
So it looks like all vehicles will soon be getting the tax since no vehicle is 100% made in the US. However it looks like Tesla will be taxed the least since they have the top 5 most US made vehicles.
Plus he's on trump nutz.
Ford, unlike Tesla, does not announce a new model until about 12mo before launch. So,
If the F150 Lightning is to arrive on the new 27 F150 platform, you wont hear about it for awhile yet. ALSO, Ford was working on an all new all electric pickup code named the T3
at the new Stanton, Tn Blue Oval City EV plant Jim was saying this new T3 was to go on
sale in 25. So, who knows? Maybe this T3 will replace the Lightning. I am still waiting on a Maverick Lightning unless this T3 is a tiny truck.
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I think T3 was delayed until 2027.
Electric Maverick is 5 years overdue. I've lost hope.
@ The Maverick started production in June of 2021 so it's only been out 4 years.
These car companies would bring back slave labor if they were allowed too! Paying the Mexican workers nothing to make these cars. It's shameful. CEO pay, the stock price and stock buy backs are the only thing that matters anymore!
Just because labor is less in Mexico does not mean it is close to nothing! Say 30% less.
That's technically not true. Remember trump renegotiated NAFTA during his first term and replaced it with usmca which required Mexico to pay its auto workers $16 US! The idea was if it's just as expensive to produce in Mexico, then automakers would move back to the US but automakers said they wouldn't since their investments would need more time to pay off. There is a reason why car prices and replacement parts costs went through the roof these last few years and you can thank Republicans for that but they successfully controlled the narrative it was Biden.
Actually auto workers in Mexico and Canada are paid competitively for their respective countries.
@@moderaterebel They make about $3.00 an hour. 1/10 what us auto workers make.
06:10 I’m sorry, ford has a Ranger in China for $20k and I have to pay $30k for a Maverick?
Hope these tariffs bite you hard, Ford
The tariffs will bite you hard because the car companies are just going to pass it on to consumers.
Look at the difference in pay between a UAW Autoworker and a Chinese Autoworker. There’s your difference. Tariffs only BITE the consumers. The companies will increase the prices and blame the Angry Orange Toddler. (Deservedly so because of his lack of understanding of Economics.)
I don’t think consumers will go for an additional 25% on top of an already inflated vehicle price when the economy is bad and options are plentiful. That’s why dealer inventories are skyrocketing. Look at the ev rollout: dealers and manufacturers usually eat the price difference to move the metal
@@DavidC-pg6ni that absolutely makes sense, sucks for us though
It won't bite at all if you buy made in America and support American jobs.
I have a F150 Lightning and have been blown away by it's performance and versatility. From what I'm seeing and feeling personally is the customer is asking for more range as seen by the large imbalance between reservations for the upcoming plug-in Dodge RamCharger over the all electric REV and the plug-in Scout Terra over the all electric version. Although it's handy, I think pretty much everyone will be okay with losing the frunk on the Lightning to have a range extending generator. A Lightning with no range anxiety would be the perfect truck IMO and I'd likely would make the upgrade.
Thankful for IONNA
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The fact that there's no Maverick Lightning (or PHEV/EREV) should be obvious to many
I keep posting everywhere that there should be a PHEV maverick. or a full ev. Why tote around an f150?
I have an escape plug in. I do love driving around and getting 40 miles of ev only range. for most days I never used any gas. but a 80 mile range would be perfect.
Maverick would make a great uber it would get 120 miles in the city.it would need maybe a level 2 charger though.25 miles charge per hour
The Maverick is better as a Hybrid.
No one wants a 5500LB Maverick with 220 miles of range that costs 60k
@@728GTit wouldn't be 60k. Probably 35-45k above the same as the mache.
There was no 50% requirement it was a goal. No mandate...
Sure -- and the drive to unattainable MPG ratings doesn't mandate EV's either.
A very very expensive mandate penalty too
@@usa1mac attainable for non obese cars
@@usa1mac I bet if gas prices were $12/gallon, you would complain about that too?
@@usa1mac when you don't want to change nothing is attainable
My advice to Ford is make a Fisker Ocean type vehicle, no solar panels roof, no rotating screen, lose the taco trays, and have regular door handles. Also, a frounk even if some drivers won't use it. Sell it under $38k then they'll have a hit vehicle on their hands, no need to be original.
They should have bought fisker, they could avoid dealerships
@rp9674 I thought someone should buy Fisker but then what I've heard allegations about Fisker practices I think they deserve to be look at by authorities. Ford got the money to build one themselves, or have their VW partners do it on their side then bring over here.
Thankfully you don't work for Ford, that's the dumbest suggestion I've ever heard.
Funny thing is I was listening to a old podcast about how great the lighting is. Go back and listen to older podcasts. It’s funny how things work 😂
It’s actually quite funnier what happens when you listen to people that actually want to buy your product rather than being forced to buy electric when there should be options and the fact that electric is so expensive to make as it is this was coming because $$$$ talks the loudest.
@@Anomize23there is NO federal government mandate to buy an ev. There never was a mandate.
You republicans can be in denial all you want. But the rest of the world is moving on with or without us.
If Ford and GM don't make evs at economy of scale. They will go under.
If all they are making for the US market is gas cars. They will also fail.
Batteries are much better then what you have been led to believe. And billions of dollars are being spent each year to give longer range. Safer batteries and longer life.
Is a 300,000 mile battery good enough for you? They are hitting the production lines now.
Before you comment again. Just go test drive a full ev. Please?
@@Anomize23no one is forcing anyone to by electric. This is like saying your free speech is censored on social media. Good lord the smooth brains are taking over
Ford said it was going to make a dedicated f150 electric around 2027. Not a converted gas truck.
The current one is a ground up EV chassis that uses the same mounting points for the all aluminum body.
Obviously you know little about the current F-150 Lightning.
@ Take five minutes and do some research to avoid making a fool of yourself before a world audience.
They did, it’s called the lightning, and barely anybody bought it 🤷♂️
I believe it is called the T5 platform.
So Spurlock and Iacocca basically followed the Exact same professional path? Humm.
The automotive industry as a whole needs a hard reset. A standard half ton truck is almost $90,000 at the top end… insanity.
It depends how much money you make.
These days lots of people have money to burn.
Or they have saved 50 years and want a retirement vehicle
The North American auto industry is doomed.
Oh good
Hardly, but you Doom and gloomers are funny 🤣
After Europe
No the sky is not falling chicken little.
Just like Great Britain’s once world-best auto industry. Now 100% gone.
With the prices so high on new vehicles, u think it would be cheaper. Oh well. Guess GM CEO can't get her 30 million dollar salary. Am buying a American made Hyundai 🤔
More like 300 Million with all the stock options GM Chair Mary gives GM CEO Mary🎉
Hyundai cars look great. About the only thing they’re great at.
@ They do but their track record for reliability is not great.
Tesla just overtook Audi in sales this year, new milestone. Next stop BMW and Mercedes.
Tesla cars suck, only fools buy them and support fascist musk.
But Tesla is not a car company and this is only January 21. Are things that desperate over there?
@@bobbbobb4663 "Car company" is a subset of what Tesla offers indeed, the company continues to expand in many other fields rapidly - energy, automation etc.
Glad you are now coming to this realization.
@ But Musk himself has said that "it’s (FSD) really the difference between Tesla being worth a lot of money or worth basically zero". So Musk himself gives the energy, robotics, and automotive arms of Tesla a valuation of zero. Glad you are now getting the realization.
@ Let's not forget Starships that catastrophically fail after every launch but one where it came back severely damaged.
I think Auto Forecast Solutions are reading the tea leaves incorrectly. Most likely Ford is going to design the next generation F150 to be flexible like the New Ram truck, and will have 3 power trains. Gas, hybrid an full electric.
Maybe DT will force them to make it affordable. I guarantee if it was below 50k it would be selling like hotcakes but nooo! They have to make it 65k
DT's tax will only increase the price on virtually everything, including gasoline and electricity.
Regardless of our political positions, my point is, if he removes the incentives it will force automakers to make affordable rather than "luxury" evs, OR stop making them all together and risk a large market segment and fall behind on innovation.
@@Drewcardello In essence you will get less value for the same money, not something to look forward to.
I have no idea how that counteracts my statement, they are only letting the public access the 65k model while fleets get the sub-50k PRO model. This truck is doomed if the incentives are removed. No one will buy it
all of the auto stuff cannot happen as legacy auto is already struggling, all of them would go out of business.
Americans already can't afford America made cars.😅
Welcome to Trump's World where all US auto makers are the "Enemy" because they aren't Tesla, owned by his mate Elon.
GM struggled to sell the most vehicles of any manufacturer and make the most profit. That's really struggling.
Trump and his policies are gone in 4 years
F-150 Lightning has been a flop for Ford, losing too much money on each truck built which is passed on to the price of Fords ICE vehicles
It gives ford the credits to build V8 mustangs. Nobody else has a sub-50k V8 vehicle.
NisaannAD van looks like an SRT 4 mixed with the newer Dart.
Good thing Toyota moved that pickup production to Mexico to help the US government revenue stream.
A revenue stream paid by US citizens.
tariffs are ultimately paid by the consumer. hey, its just another government tax the americans CANNOT AFFORD.....
If Lightening does go away, what happens to the multi-billion dollar Blue City (or whatever they are calling it) being built near Memphis?
As soon as the lightning gets native NACS I’m getting one.
The reason that ev’s are not profitable is that they require almost no maintenance. As an example, my 2018 Leaf is over 6 years old this year. It has NEVER been in the shop for any reason (except for new tires). No oil to change, no muffler, no spark plugs, no injectors or carburetor or filters to change. In the past, driving a gas vehicle, by this amount of time I would have spent at least $3000.00 on the car, and that is just for routine maintenance to keep it running, assuming nothing major went wrong. For car companies the business model relied on the consumer bringing the vehicle back for regular maintenance and repairs. For electric vehicles that model no longer is applicable. When Nissan sold me my car in 2018 that was the only money they received from me. And since the car still runs as good as the day I first bought it the chance of them ever getting more of my money is very close to zero. And make no mistake, I am not bashing Nissan here. I wish them no ill will. The Nissan Leaf is the most reliable vehicle I have ever owned in 50 years of driving cars.
The Lightning needs to go to 800V charging ASAP. Not only is it the slowest charging EV truck, but 800V is also cheaper to manufacture due to all the savings in copper cost. It also needs a larger battery to compete with GM's EV trucks.
MOre crispy self ignition
I’m not so sure that they need bigger and more expensive batteries. Maybe pickup buyers need to try living with less range. How often does a pickup driver really need more than 240 miles in a day (or 150 miles on a very cold day)?
@@FameyFamous I know there are a lot of pickups used in daily construction, but if you look at the models being sold, a very large number are luxury models which means they are being used as more than everyday work trucks. I know many folks who own F150s and seldom haul more than a large package from the store. I have a King Ranch that I have driven cross country 4 times, on 3 + week vacations.
2027 end of Lightning aligns with introduction of Ford’s next gen EV trucks.
F150 Lightning needs a lower price more than anything else if Ford wants to improve sales.
Bring Diesel cars back to the US!
I thought Lee Iacocca saved Chrysler.
The 80s were a long time ago.
Manufacturers need to solve the towing problem with EV pickups first.
HOW OFTEN DO PICKUP TRUCK OWNERS USE THEIR VEHICLES FOR VARIOUS TASKS?
Frequently Occasionally Rarely/Never
Shopping/Errands 87% 6% 7%
Pleasure Driving 70% 20% 9%
Commuting 52% 4% 44%
Personal Hauling 28% 41% 32%
Towing 7% 29% 63%
@@mickeynolan1559i townquite regularly. Even if it’s only 20 percent of the time it still has to have that functionality to make it a contender. People buy pickups because they can tow when needed, even if they don’t tow every trip. Pickups are the jack of all trades, the essential multi function tool, that’s why people like them. Not much they can’t do.
Better towing capacity is coming from EV pick ups. In the meantime, the EV pickups sold today will please its customers with a $30 charge and a next to $0 maintenance cost.
It’s really a physics problem. The best we have currently, we can look to the Chevy Silverado EV. That has a battery about double the size of the F150 lightning (Silverado EV at 220 kWh) . That does about 200 miles of towing, with a battery that weighs 3000 pounds. there just isn’t room to put more battery on these pick up trucks.
Because every pickup truck driver on the internet tows a house trailer 800 mile a day.
Good luck finding a car that doesn’t include parts from Canada and Mexico. Also Canada and Mexico may put their own tariffs on in response. So you are underestimating the cost increase. All vehicles will go up in price. Americans will pay more for almost everything.
What I don’t understand is Trump is complaining about fentanyl. It’s not like Canada does the border enforcement for people entering the US from Canada. Thats handled by American customs agents. Maybe it’s your border patrol that needs more man power. Only 20kg in a whole year was seized. It’s all lies and bs as usual.
I'm not a fan of Tariffs, however, if they are enacted then this will be a HUGE advantage for Tesla. If you research foreign parts content for every vehicle model, you will find out that Tesla models are the most American made models. Tesla will be largely unaffected by these tariffs, whereas the gas cars the legacy automakers will be selling will cost 10-25% more. If a consumer compares a Tesla model Y performance to an econobox Chevy and the model Y costs 10% less, how many people are going to choose the Chevy?
The ‘Sweet Spot’ for current BEVs would be a Ranger EV or Maverick EV 🔋
Making a FULL-SIZE Pickup or SUV run on Batteries is currently too expensive and their AERO sucks the Range out of them. 🪫
If ford had a positive margin on their lightnings, they would continue selling them. However, but we all know there's only one company who makes money on electric vehicles. The hated tesla. Lol
But not the Cyberflop.
Still the best selling electric pick up? Lol. I have a beast, and I love it. four wheel steering, thirty five inch tires, steer by wire, nine inches of height adjustment. Not to mention all the f****** power. And it cost me seventeen bucks to fill up. And I still have my ram 2500 with a v10 and a stick shift. Meanwhile, you probably don't even know your cam durations.
Tesla was building EV cars for 18 years before making a profit, Ford and GM will be profitable in 5.
But tesla was a startup who made zero vehicles, meanwhile, ford and g m were fully established automakers.
@@erikmoore7402 Fanboys run to the aid of their man crush with lame excuses.
What about Lee Iacocca?
3:51 Nissan out off touch with reality
All manufacturers are out of touch. It’s not just Nissan.
Vans are practical
& Ppl keep saying they want affordable vehicles
No Ranger " Desert Fox"..?? 😅
That is a shame about the 'AD' being dropped from the product line, it comes close to looking like a classic station wagon.
I lament our no longer having proper station wagons in the U.S.
Ford sells an off road version of the Ranger in China for around $40k...wait what!
They don’t have the same safety, standards, and luxury demands from their buyers.
They'll sell like 6 of them , huge success if you ask me
@@Bum_Hip You must be Special to think that. As in Special needs.
@@burnttoast9890 No new Trucks for you Americunts , So sad :(
And here I thought that Lee Ikoca Developed The k car
Re tariffs, well the us manufacturers will have to shut down plants anyway assuming the ev transition happens, so might as well close the ones in mexico and canada, rather convenient really in avoiding repercussions at home. Anyhow the tariffs should stand. Canada like everyone else you can see currency devaluation since the nafta years to make exports cheaper.
Canada's currency floats, so no.
Someone sets its value. If you have a positive trade balance, your currency should appreciate, not depreciate. Float means nothing
@@Rene-uz3eb LOL someone sets the value!? Sure they do... the MARKET. Canada's currency does not appreciate against the dollar because they have trade with other countries that also use the dollar in int'l transactions.
@@Rene-uz3eb
Canada overall has a balanced trade value with the world. The last 8 months or sphas seen Canada have a minor trade deficit with the world
@@temur72 canada's currency has conveniently weakened since free trade with us against the dollar. One way to do that is with lower interest rates, see e.g. japan. If you have a trade surplus with your main trading partner, then your currency will naturally rise because more exports means more currency demand (the 'market')
All that cash they donated to Trump was a waste of money..
Musk was the highest bidder and won the auction where the US government was sold.
The oil industry donated more.
Looks like all of you people that voted for orange Jesus might be laid off if you work for the auto industry
I prefer to to call him the Mango Muscillini. Or maybe the Velveeta Voldemort?🤔
And when it all goes bad he’ll blame Obama or the deep state
Cheezus
FAFO 😂😂😂...
Trump is great, and so is my Ford F150 Lightning, and my Tesla. 😊
4:26 headline about Ford
I guess all of these automakers need to move their Mexico plants to USA
The problem is that it takes years to build up the factories and the supply chains. It’s highly inefficient for the companies if policies are making wild swings after every election.
Problem is $100K+ uaw wages
@@polishhammertv6395 Cars made in Mexico cost just as much as domestically built cars.
@@FameyFamousright. We should have been america first all along instead of being Mexico and china first. It’s like saying you’d rather stay sick because the surgery involves some pain. American companies shouldn’t have been dumb enough to offshore that much manufacturing in the first place
It’s easier to just charge the end consumer
Lightning isn’t getting axed
Not true the next gen lightning is still coming. T3 ev platform is coming
So if auto makers produce cars that have more parts from USA they have less tariffs? Who ever moves fastest makes the most money. Flexibility = profits
Slow to change = ☠️
Or, you simply consolidate the production in Mexico because they'll simply allow a low/no tariff supply chain from across Asia to feed into Mexico, and just take the 25% import hit on a lower cost structure vehicle. The US made cars will not be able to unwind their decades-long supply chains that criss-cross the border, and they won't spend $25B to replicate a US-side supply chain just to feed a $5B car factory, so tariffs might just put them at a DISADVANTAGE (before we even talk about retaliatory tariffs) so really... who knows ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
no f150 lightning , when will cybertruck production stop too ?
New inflations in the USA will end up in big troubles cause the whole production will be cut soon
The F150L will stay in production until a new model replaces it.
Hahahhhah That's what Ford and GM get for building there vehicles in another country. Tesla doesn't have to worry about paying that tariff because they build their cars in the US
Ha!!!!!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤
Cool. I hope the eu bans all us made filth on wheels :3
Cool. I hope the eu bans all us made filth on wheels :3
Tesla has benefited from all kinds of government giveaways. Now that these are going away Tesla sales have tanked.
@nm-qt2hb lol Elon is the second most powerful person in the Trump administration. He purposely cut a deal with Trump to stop these EV subsidies. He knew they were benefiting Ford and GM while he's interested in AV's
It's funny the people who say I want to buy American don't understand that the most American made cars are. 1.Tesla 2.Honda 3. VW 4. Toyota.... The list is published every year it varies model by model but the top for are makers are shown above.
I agree, build in America or pay tariffs due to cheating on cheap labour. Musk said there should be no subsidies for EVs. Increase ICE pricing to make EVs more competitive.
F150ltg is the top selling ev truck by a long shot. Cancellation is very unlikely
The most damage that has been done to the US auto industry has been done by the US auto industry.
And will only get worse as the orange man starts with the tariffs and his other crap.
You need to look at the bigger picture Sean
If you sell here, build here, and stop sending US dollars to other countries. It really is a zero sum game we have allowed ourselves to lose for far too long
Many Ford and GM stuff made in Mexico and Canada
Ha. 555 It’s not “tuke-tuke” or even “tuk-tuk”, it actually “dkuk-dkuk”. In Bangkok, Thailand they already have an electric dkuk-dkuk taxi service that seats 6 + the driver; the APP is called Muvmi.
Nyuk nyuk
Those Nissan vehicles are so ugly. Who the hell buys them…
They are the (more awkward) equivalent to Toyota's ProBox, a very cool piece of industrial design.
0:54) “imports from Canada”? EVer heard of the Honda CR-V? Or Toyota Corolla? Lexus RX?
Hope my investments can survey these coming four years.
If you like prosperity I think you'll be okay
@@dpharr100 HA, with a twice impeached convicted felon at the helm? What could go wrong.
Don't worry, I'm sure Convict Trump will give everyone double the social security and food stamps money!
Is this one of those bots that says “I would suggest you call Mrs Cathy on WhatsApp…” ?
@@aussie2uGA If Trump goes through with his promised import taxes, we're all in trouble, including you.
With Elon's "HEIL HITLER" Salute yesterday. This could be a bad year for Tesla 😮
Um, sure 🤦♂️
@@aussie2uGA Yep, he did it twice.
I am curious if it affects German or Israeli sales more.
@@buddy1155German sales are already way down bc of his stupidity
But the stans say he has Asperger's and he can't control it
American car companies aren't so American, now you know. Bring back American Jobs
You think people can afford vehicles made with UAW wages? 😆
@@michaelriecher5632 CEO's wages?
@ they’re even more greedy than the workers
The best deals in EVs Chevy bolt EV and Equinox EV, Union made
Big OEMs haven’t attempted to streamline on order to reduce costs to the customer. Maybe its time they do that. Reduce parts, copper wire, reduce paint options etc. No they only cared about sticking to American consumers.
Non-US citizen here: Just interested, why is it 'Trump' and 'President Biden' ? I thought the inauguration had happened? Or was this pre-recorded.
The lack of respect may have something to do with his 34 felony convictions.
Great News.
Go Trump !!
American made is American jobs. He is not the President of other countries just USA.
you mean dictator not prez....
I believe Auto Forecast is wrong about the Lightning being cancelled. As it points out, Ford has planned a next gen F series EV. I think Ford says that is planned to come out in 27', not 28'. In either case I see the current Lightning being produced up until that comes out. No matter what they call it, I see that next gen large EV truck effectively being a Lightning. Furthermore, Farley is not totally dismissive of large sized EVs. While he did say smaller EVs are better. He has also said that large EVs work if they are "highly functional". I think Ford will make that happen, especially for Pro customers.
In any case, Ford is planning a Capital Day this spring so we should know a lot more when that happens.
2027 is too late
@@Drewcardello Why, do you have a terminal illness?
I was considering a new Heavy Duty truck from RAM but if there is a 25% tariff, they can keep it! Is this what Elon calls short term pain?
Then make the doggone things in the usa
Lightning is built in US
Make America great again not make Mexico great again.
Make America broke again with another 8 trillion dollar deficit.
Yeah, we want Mexico in ruin, so all the Mexicans will come to the Us.
Make America Broke again is what con man felon trump is doing.
GM is the only legacy auto with a usable truck
Usable with all the problems a person could want!
@@leerjet18what problems have you seen with them?
@reasonablecomments2538 6.2 engine failures, and 10 speed transmission failures. Lots of info on google about this.
@@reasonablecomments2538 They just got a class action lawsuit last week on the transmissions. They're not even making cars anymore. If they can't make trucks all they have left are military and financing.
junk. Ford maverick is the only useable truck for 95%.
Let's not cry for the Germans. They want to go green, and green they'll go. They don't want to spoil that, with nasty old car factories. They will plow their factories over, and sow wheat instead.
Be careful what you wish for. All BMW X3s, X4s, X5’s, X6’s and X7’s for Europe and most global markets are made at Spartanburg, BMW’s largest plant in the world. Retaliatory tariffs will have the consequences of exporting US jobs back to Germany or elsewhere. Mini could well pull out of selling to the US as market too small to build locally. Surely it is best to work on a company by company basis to ensure a balance of trade between exported and imported vehicles. BTW Canada is not a low wage economy. Consumers will have to face up to the fact that tariffs will reduce choice and contrary to what President Trump says is paid by the importer not the exporting nation so unless the importer absorbs the cost within their margin the added cost will be passed onto the buyer or the product withdrawn from sale as no longer competitive.
Tariffs might be tough for a little bit.But as soon as the cars are being built in this country again, it will all be worth it.
Do you know how long that would take,? They can't switch that s*** over overnight ... By the time they get that s*** rolling it'll be another president 😂
In a decade or so, long after con man trump is gone.
Rip Joe wilssens
And rip Chrysler.
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Instead of making US products competitive, Trump wants to build an island of overpriced loser cars.
A bit left leaning..
The facts seem left?
Reality has a left leaning bias.
@@tjts1 not all the time...
@@scottvickery2057 just the vast majority of the time 🤣
Electrification is necessary and Trump's tariffs will cause price hikes. Also water is wet.
You can quibble about how fast we should be decarbonizing, and whether or not the long term benefits of tariff's outweigh the short term price hikes. But it doesn't mean anything I said in the first paragraph isn't true.
It's pronounced 'took took'
More poisonous air for profit please.
What poison are you talking about? Do you mean the same “poison” you are exhaling right now reading this? The same poison that makes all plant life possible? You do realize co2 is about 400 ppm right now and earlier in earths history it was as high as 8000 ppm? You know back when there were no glaciers, the earth was super green and lush and dinosaurs roamed around.
I used to listen to all your videos until you started pushing EVs
Please get rid of the stupid poster and rotate presenters so we can vote on a good one
Too early to tell. As Greenland says the Pres is in the early stages of negotiations.
I thought they said F-off old man!
@@gregkramer5588 That's the opening offer in the negotiations.
OMG!
Negotiating for another embarrassment
@rp9674 No, not true. Joe retired and Hunter has been forgiven.
Tarrifs aren't permanent. Once Trump is gone, so are his executive orders, tarrifs, politricks, and shenanigans.
Why are American automakers building more cars in Mexico than Japanese and Korean automakers? If the Japanese and Korean and run shops in the US, so can American
You sound just like your father!
good, bring on the tariffs
Hopefully trump will up EBT payments it red states.
So how about all that cheap electricity, oil, steel, aluminum and lumber you like so much? How about those self-inflicted internal tariffs, without Canada doing a thing! Unless you are a billionaire it's going to hurt you. Read your history books - it's been done in the US before and it didn't work then either. As a Canadian, it's really sad to see this happening, and yes, we know it will hurt us too. So pay more for your products and services. Up to you. The rest of us will cosy up to Europe, India and China, and leave you to play with your toys on your own. Call us when you feel lonely.
Clearly Ford Lightning can not compete with the Cybertruck.
It out sold the Cyberflop in the 4th quarter of 2024 after only 2% of the two million presales ended.
It competes. It's also a flop.
The lightning has physical door handles and physical steering. It is a much better vehicle in the long run. They would have sold hundreds of thousands of these if they were available for 40-45k instead of 65k+
HOW OFTEN DO PICKUP TRUCK OWNERS USE THEIR VEHICLES FOR VARIOUS TASKS?
Frequently Occasionally Rarely/Never
Shopping/Errands 87% 6% 7%
Pleasure Driving 70% 20% 9%
Commuting 52% 4% 44%
Personal Hauling 28% 41% 32%
Towing 7% 29% 63%
President Biden but President Trump is just Trump. Respect the office .
FDT