Ford $30K Ranchero EV Pickup - News & Info

[ryanO]

TBH, I dont think it looks bad at all. I'm tired of the same ole truck looking BS. Nobody takes a design risk or creates anything truly unique.
I'm also tired of the fact we are still building vehicles by hand with people.
If you look at how China has re-invented car manufacturing, we should 100% be pulling a lot of their ideas into ours. But, I guess the legalized crime ring known as the UAW and their useful idiot members would probably revolt.

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[ryanO]

I just saw this. I find some of the comments about making the vehicle look like a truck very reassuring.

Why? Why do we need ANOTHER truck "looking" vehicle? I'd celebrate if Ford does what no other manufacturer has the balls to do. Make something totally unique. Every other manufacturer plays this stupid safe game with designs.
What kind of uninteresting and ballless society of people are we that we simply want a box with wheels for everything?

 

[purdyd]

Why? Why do we need ANOTHER truck "looking" vehicle? I'd celebrate if Ford does what no other manufacturer has the balls to do. Make something totally unique. Every other manufacturer plays this stupid safe game with designs.
What kind of uninteresting and ballless society of people are we that we simply want a box with wheels for everything?

‘your in sales right? It’s the same reason there are so many shades of gray. It’s what sells.

 

[ryanO]

‘your in sales right? It’s the same reason there are so many shades of gray. It’s what sells.

That's why I ended with a deserved shot at the people that make up our society and have zero sense of desire to be bold.

 

[Jason B]

Why? Why do we need ANOTHER truck "looking" vehicle? I'd celebrate if Ford does what no other manufacturer has the balls to do. Make something totally unique. Every other manufacturer plays this stupid safe game with designs.
What kind of uninteresting and ballless society of people are we that we simply want a box with wheels for everything?

"totally unique"
Like Mustang Mach E, Rivian, or the Cyber Truck? Those are selling really well, just on looks alone.
If I ever buy an EV, I don't want it to look like an EV.

 

[ryanO]

Again, that's my point. Our society is full of buyers that want a damn grey/black/white looks like every other thing I've purchased in my 80 years of life vehicle.

 

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Two Ranchero EV Spotted @ Tesla Supercharging Station



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[mrmike7189]

TBH, I dont think it looks bad at all. I'm tired of the same ole truck looking BS. Nobody takes a design risk or creates anything truly unique.
I'm also tired of the fact we are still building vehicles by hand with people.
If you look at how China has re-invented car manufacturing, we should 100% be pulling a lot of their ideas into ours. But, I guess the legalized crime ring known as the UAW and their useful idiot members would probably revolt.

So you want to put the auto workers out of work? How will that benefit us?
You like Chinese ideas ? Anything compared to Communist China is a no go in my mind

 

[ryanO]

So you want to put the auto workers out of work? How will that benefit us?
You like Chinese ideas ? Anything compared to Communist China is a no go in my mind

No, I'm no fan of China's communists. They are gobernmentally despicable. But, that doesn't mean the country doesn't have EXTREMELY smart engineers and ways of manufacturing.
Henry Ford revolutionized the car building industry 100 years ago. Why can't we use technology advances to do it again? Not progressing because "what about the factory workers" is going backwards as a nation.

 

[Jason B]

No, I'm no fan of China's communists. They are gobernmentally despicable. But, that doesn't mean the country doesn't have EXTREMELY smart engineers and ways of manufacturing.
Henry Ford revolutionized the car building industry 100 years ago. Why can't we use technology advances to do it again? Not progressing because "what about the factory workers" is going backwards as a nation.

There's a lot of automation in car manufacturing. Many jobs originally done by hand, are now done by robots. There are just some things that robots can't do. The Ford Ranger/Bronco has about 600 robots stamping, assembling and welding bodies and chassis.

 

[ryanO]

There's a lot of automation in car manufacturing. Many jobs originally done by hand, are now done by robots. There are just some things that robots can't do. The Ford Ranger/Bronco has about 600 robots stamping, assembling and welding bodies and chassis.

China has revolutionized car manufacturing in the past decade.

 

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Apple Maps Navigation Announced For Ford Ranchero EV / Universal Electric Vehicle Platform



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[ryanO]

Apple Maps Navigation Announced For Ford Ranchero EV / Universal Electric Vehicle Platform



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Cool. Does this mean one won't be able to use Android Auto & Google Maps?

 

[Texasota]

Cool. Does this mean one won't be able to use Android Auto & Google Maps?

No, Ford has said Android Auto and Apple CarPlay will still be supported. This new Apple Maps support becomes the new native navigation instead of what you see today.

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