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01-06-2024, 11:03 AM | #31 | ||
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From the article: "The Mustang Mach-E now starts from $64,990 plus on-road costs – some $15,000 less than the car’s launch price last year. That’s an $8000 cut from revised pricing that made the car more attractive in December last year."
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01-06-2024, 11:04 AM | #32 | |||
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01-06-2024, 12:52 PM | #33 | ||
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Only a few days and we should see sales figures for May….
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02-06-2024, 01:15 AM | #34 | |||
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02-06-2024, 02:45 PM | #35 | ||
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When Ford US says .."this year we spent $USDXX Billion on all costs associated for the EV side of the business which includes all the capital costs for EV assembly plants, battery factories, R&D etc"...then they will never make a nett profit from the total vehicle sales until those sales numbers surpass ICE sales......but if you only look at the specific actual build cost per unit and remove this from the final retail price then yes they make some profit...it's how you do your accounting...
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02-06-2024, 03:42 PM | #36 | ||
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At the moment, our RHD models are based on versions supplied in RHD to UK,
the original RRP was based on the UK price converted so I would think that Ford Canada pricing is more $ for $ aligned with what we are or should be paying… https://www.ford.ca/suvs/mach-e/ Our market is also small and still has unique ADRs that may be adding to the cost of a straight European spec vehicle |
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11-06-2024, 09:39 PM | #38 | ||
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Yeah, they're going to call it The Falcon
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11-06-2024, 10:30 PM | #39 | ||
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11-06-2024, 11:10 PM | #40 | ||
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Carsales ran article on it recently: https://www.carsales.com.au/editoria...ration-145976/
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11-06-2024, 11:34 PM | #41 | ||
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Everybody fiddles when it comes to internal costs.
Going back 40 years ago (when I was a young tradie in the field), we had a clerk in the office who would keep track off all of our job numbers and the cost centres we were were booking to. A capital project was finished under budget??? The word would come down from the supervisors to book to "this" job number for the next few weeks. Subsequently, less bookings to the local cost centre. Result, we are running under budget because we do a darn good job. Opps, an upgrade project was running over budget??? No problems, lay off against this sundries job number. And so it went. I am not sure of how Ford tracks its internal costs these days ... but there is a practice with some US companies for a percentage of staff to be almost "free agents" who go around looking for internal work to "help with", and then book their time to. They are really like profit leaches. And one is always on the lookout to make sure they are not booking time to your cost centre. Always, always, take internal profit numbers with a bag or two of salt. |
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14-06-2024, 08:13 PM | #42 | |||
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Update: story from Europe and petrol is back in fashion
https://www.carsguide.com.au/car-new...lf-as-electric
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30-06-2024, 09:49 AM | #44 | |||
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I thought I read somewhere that some Ford bosses now admit cancelling high-volume low-margin vehicles probably wasn't the best decision... |
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30-06-2024, 12:19 PM | #45 | |||
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FORD CEO JIM FARLEY SAYS COMPANY LOST BILLIONS ON SEDANS https://fordauthority.com/2024/06/fo.../#&gid=1&pid=1 I’d love to know exactly which cars lost Ford billions, maybe a lot of cash down the gurgler on developing CD4 Lincoln MKZ, Continental, Taurus? But then, Farley says sedans have aero advantage.. https://www.hagerty.com/media/lists/...33567fec781301 Also, Farley extolling the virtues and benefits of owning BEVs Confessions From a Lifelong Petrol Head—I Love Electric Vehicles And It Has Nothing To Do With Politics by Jim Farley https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/confe...-farley-fc81e/ “The tipping point we’re working toward will come not from regulators who push us or from politicians who try to hold us back. It will come from consumers. Not when an arbitrary market share is reached, but when electric vehicles are simply better for more customers – better to drive, cheaper to own, and easier to integrate into daily life. This is the reality for millions already. “ The truest thing that can be said is that buyers will make up their own minds and not be forced into a vehicle they’re not comfortable with… |
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30-06-2024, 12:28 PM | #46 | ||
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A Ford salesman said the same thing to me 5 weeks ago when I said that Ford had become the Ranger and Everest company.
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All i can see it doing is playing further into the hands of Tesla and the Chinese companies (BYD etc). When these OEM's start the electric again, they'll even further behind and require major public help or have to shut down. |
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