The last part of you statement is silly. Google is your friend. The industry as a whole will spend trillions of dollars on EV development by all manufacturers.
They will migrate to the Chevy Equinox. It's not a big stretch to do so.
Most, but not "all" of the industry.
Or Bud Light?
We're about the same, have a 98 F150, 04 Escape, 13 GT500 and a Ford motor in an 09 Mazda 5. All vehicles have been rock solid at 150K each on average (except the GT500 at 22K). I do all the routine maintenance on all of them, helps to be informed of any "problem areas" like the transmission and PTU in the Escape aren't known to be robust units, but I have changed the PTU oil every 30K and I drain and fill 4Qts out of the transmission when I do the oil. I also never checked a plug in my 98 F150 but lots did, I believe torque specs are important so I always used them when changing the plugs in that motor.
Ford has never taken a government bailout nor declared bankruptcy.
Another "Internet Fallacy" that's not true-
That isn't a bailout, it was a loan that has been fully repaid. The loan was to upgrade facilities so Ford could meet US mileage requirements, it is where the family of Ecoboost engines came from and the 10 speed transmissions.
It seems Toyota is reconsidering that strategy.
Of these loans are bailouts. In fact, even though many default, the US has realized a net gain on the loans.
I had a 2009 F150 with the 5.4 and now have a 2016 with the 3.5 eco. The eco is miles ahead of the 5.4 in day to day driving and, especially, towing. While the eco has complexity, the current 5.0 with its cylinder deactivation and previous 5.0s with the oil burning plasma arc cylinder liners are not a better bet. Ford sells a lot more turbo'd ecoboost engines than normally aspirated.
I don’t think they’ve paid that $6billion “loan” back yet. This came from the department of energy to help develop fuel efficient engines for the new CAFE numbers back in the day. Nissan borrowed $1.6 billion and Tesla $465 million and paid the loans back. Then Ford went out and borrowed a pile of money for the scamdemic. They aren’t in as great of shape as people think.
Ours has definitely made the shift to GM. I’ll be in a Malibu once this Fusion is up. Kind of sucks for the van guys though, they all love the Transit.
According the the .gov site I originally linked to, it was fully repaid in Jun 22
