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Better mounting gear and power options for the sensors? I'm not really sure. Also, cars in general might have less drop-in replacement options than SUVs in the US, and even if their platform stopped being made there's probably a bunch of used SUVs they could use. Ford stopped selling cars in the US as well, right?

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> Ford stopped selling cars in the US as well

Isn't Ford a US company? Do you have evidence of this happening?

Ford stopped producing passenger vehicles for the US market with two exceptions a few years ago [1]. When you look at the numbers it's not hard to see why though. Over 80% of new vehicle sales are in the "light truck" category, which is things like SUVs and pickups. Of that remaining 20%, most of them were being sold by other brands like Kia and Toyota. Consumers simply don't want Ford cars.

[1] https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/25/ford-to-stop-selling-every...

In this case the differentiation between cars and light trucks/suvs seems trivial.

Right, vehicles like the Ford Edge are only classified as light trucks for regulatory purposes. It isn't a real truck in any meaningful sense.

ford focus is very much a passenger car, and a popular one at that.

Yes, that's one of the two exceptions I mentioned along with the mustang. They also built some special vehicles like the GT40s.

I guess I'm wrong. Wikipedia says that in 2018 their intention was to "phase out" all standard cars except the Mustang and continue to sell SUVs and trucks. I don't think it's a good idea to have a self driving Mustang.

The electric mustang with the blue cruise isn't really a mustang, its a totally different beast with a mustang sticker on it

It seems a lot closer to the original Ford Mustang than an actual mustang.

What? Why do you say so? How so?

To others - this isn't true.

Well, they do both have four wheels and are roughly car shaped, whilst the original is a feral horse.

Oh, you're referring to a horse.

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