Ford is working on a $25,000 compact EV
Small EVs are a big market abroad—a stark contrast to the gigantic offerings like the Ford F-150 Lightning and the plethora of electric SUVs that are prevalent in the U.S. But the small EV market here is growing, and Ford is getting in on the action. The automaker is pivoting to smaller—and cheaper—electric vehicles....
https://www.fastcompany.com/91064581/ford-is-working-on-a-25000-compact-ev
lol. This type of stuff is exactly what I expect to see if Ford even manages to deliver on this.
Fedi is full of conversations about how “we need small cheap EVs. This is why you’re not selling EVs”.
When it gets here, that same group will have a laundry list of further requirements as reasons why they will not be buying the thing they said they wanted.
I say all this as an EV owner (go Polestar!).
We’re all guilty of it too. Im currently in love with the JDM Alto works, it ticks every current box I need in a daily and a BUNCH of things I want, its reasonably priced and blah blah blah.
Theoretical me would buy one tomorrow if my car chucked a rod through the block or got written off but my 08 Volvo wagon just keeps running and my money is finite.
08 Volvo wagon just keeps running and my money is finite
P2/3 Volvos are one of the best kept secrets in the car world. Dirt cheap but dead reliable. What kind of wagon do you got?
P3 V70 T6
Its a fantastic car, its never failed to start or broken down but its got a lot of those aging luxury euro problems. the check engine light comes on for a day or so a month and disappears again. The thermostat for the climate AC is busted so it only runs at full tilt hot or full. While its nice driving a 300hp heated leather armchair it also weighs 2 tons, drinks premium at about 12L/100km and 90% of the time its me and a gym bag in it alone.
Starting soon I’m going to need to do a lot of driving for work and they compensate at 78c per km. So something that gets 5L/100 will add up fast.
Sounds awesome from across the pond. I wish we had more P3 V70s on the market here.
I’ve got a P2 XC90 V8 and 12L/100Km (19.6mpg in American) makes me jealous haha. I love it regardless and like your V70, feels like a two ton heated leather chair. Only issue with it is the sunroof drain port has developed a bit of a clog in the last month or so and when it fills up, water runs down my A-pillar and puddles up by the driver’s footwell.
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