Doubt 30k. You can’t find a used mach-e or lightning for that price. Other low cost makers like Slate keep being super shady about pricing, no one wants to say it but the cheap new EV is a mirage. It’s a shame, but there have been a bunch of “cheap” evs that when they hit market cost a ton of money, bet this is no different. Chevy bolt and maybe the leaf are the only two I can think of that cost near 30, and that’s before any options / tax or anything else.
The Ford CEO has stated that they’ve learned a lot of lessons about reducing the bill of materials (specifically significantly reducing the sheer weight/quantity of wires and harness) from mistakes made with the Mach E and the F-150 Lightning. If they can pull off making it use less stuff and require less labor to build, I can believe that they can get things down in price.
That’s slates whole thing too, make parts that do multiple jobs and are interchangable, simplify systems, make single parts and less small components. The idea is really good, simplify manufacturing and pass savings on to consumers, just have yet to see if executed.
Doubt 30k. You can’t find a used mach-e or lightning for that price. Other low cost makers like Slate keep being super shady about pricing, no one wants to say it but the cheap new EV is a mirage. It’s a shame, but there have been a bunch of “cheap” evs that when they hit market cost a ton of money, bet this is no different. Chevy bolt and maybe the leaf are the only two I can think of that cost near 30, and that’s before any options / tax or anything else.
EVs cost less than ICE to make. A lot less. Musk conned everyone but Tesla won’t be making cars in two years.
The Ford CEO has stated that they’ve learned a lot of lessons about reducing the bill of materials (specifically significantly reducing the sheer weight/quantity of wires and harness) from mistakes made with the Mach E and the F-150 Lightning. If they can pull off making it use less stuff and require less labor to build, I can believe that they can get things down in price.
Never trust anything Jim Farley says. They thought the F150 and MachE could demand the higher profit margins Musk pulled off, highest in the industry.
Farley will never admit those EVs were attempted gouging. That guy just spews bullshit constantly to media.
That’s slates whole thing too, make parts that do multiple jobs and are interchangable, simplify systems, make single parts and less small components. The idea is really good, simplify manufacturing and pass savings on to consumers, just have yet to see if executed.
Exactly what China is doing. US does not know how to make cars, despite 100 year head start.
Cheap evs is a mirage because why sell cheap evs when they can triple the price and people still buy them.
they block all the cheap EVs from entering the country. so you have to buy thier slop.
that’s kind of a reach for a product not even out yet.
US EV startups have a historical problem with bullshit and going broke before a single vehicle is made: Aptera, Bollinger, Canoo, Nicola…etc. etc.
I don’t recall any of those aiming for a sub-30K vehicle.