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Starts just under $40K. Before federal EV incentive payments. Compares to $30.6K for the 2022 gas version. After incentives, the difference is only about $2.5K.

This is when electric vehicles really start taking over.

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Are incentives even necessary anymore?

Regardless, this just shows how well Ford understands the truck market. This will sell like hot cakes, and they will have trouble keeping up with demand.

EVs are currently 5% of annual sales. They need to be 60% by 2030, and 100% by 2035. Yea, incentives are still necessary, but higher taxes on combustion vehicles as well.

If they're almost at cost parity now it seems like a sure bet that you'd have to have a very abnormal use case to consider a gas vehicle 5 years from now.

People buying brand new $40-60K vehicles are not representative of the general driving population.

> This is when electric vehicles really start taking over.

Price is one aspect, the other is looks. This looks like a truck and probably drives and handles like a truck.

Truck buyers are already financing $60K trucks, this design being exactly like a body on frame F150 makes the decision easier.

The 40k version isn't available until 5/24 ( 3 years), and it's a commercial variant, not retail.

I think that's the 24th of May, not May in 2024. They were talking about when you can place reservations and the details of each trim level.

Your previous comment was complaining about Tesla FUD. So are you spreading Ford FUD here, and if not, what's the difference? Genuinely curious.

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