I couldn't agree more with you. Common sense is such a good education. Sorry some people missed that day in school.
Sad, but true. As someone who follows your video reviews, I consider you a man of intelligence and integrity. The intention of the OP was to provide insight to those who may not recognize the impact paying more than MSRP may have on them in their individual circumstances. Yes, everyone wants the new Maverick right now and when ordering many of us were not informed of the long-term delays because dealers were also not aware of how this would play out. The Bronco Sport and Bronco situation should have shed some light on the situation if Ford was focused. But as a business, Ford needs to push ahead and build sales momentum and I totally understand that. Many have twisted the true message of the post, which was to make people recognize what MSRP means, and how consumers do not need to pay more than necessary in MOST cases. I am reminded of the great toilet paper shortage a couple years back. Supply and demand always cause issues, but we don't have to feed into them always.
Having been born in CA in 1958 and calling it my home until 2017 when I escaped, I can speak to this. Yes they offer incentives, but they usually have an annual cap of vehicles sold. They DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT have a better, or even adequate charging structure in place. They have a very shaky electric grid statewide and have cut off their noses to spite their faces by shutting down so much traditional power sources like natural gas and Nuke that they regularly have rolling brown outs or black outs each Summer. This last Summer their ISO issued multiple power alerts advising people NOT to charge their EVs at home because grid was strained. The CARB air resources board leader also publicly admitted they DO NOT NOW and do not foresee EVER having enough charging infrastructure to supply the current number of EVs currently on the road and certainly not the expected increases coming.
I'm sure they have a better charging infrastructure. Per Tesla's own website, there are only two superchargers in the entire Metro Detroit area. This past a summer, a little wind knocked out power to thousands of people for over week. I guess it could be worse, it could be Texas.Having been born in CA in 1958 and calling it my home until 2017 when I escaped, I can speak to this. Yes they offer incentives, but they usually have an annual cap of vehicles sold. They DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT have a better, or even adequate charging structure in place. They have a very shaky electric grid statewide and have cut off their noses to spite their faces by shutting down so much traditional power sources like natural gas and Nuke that they regularly have rolling brown outs or black outs each Summer. This last Summer their ISO issued multiple power alerts advising people NOT to charge their EVs at home because grid was strained. The CARB air resources board leader also publicly admitted they DO NOT NOW and do not foresee EVER having enough charging infrastructure to supply the current number of EVs currently on the road and certainly not the expected increases coming.
They have passed multiple other self-defeating major laws and regulations in the name of appearing environmentally conscious (I won't go into real reasons behind it) that are now biting them in the ass and further hurting residents and businesses such as the mandate a few years ago that ALL new homes had to have solar power with panels on the roof. This added several thousand $ to cost to buy each home that was passed directly to buyers. Now, they announced they have TOO MUCH rooftop solar which overloads the grid and are banning new rooftop solar and stopped paying people for solar power they were feeding into the grid during the day. This has been followed by banning natural gas appliances in all new construction and forcing everyone to have all electric homes with soaring electric prices and further taxing the grid
There are endless examples of this stupidity by elected and appointed so-called "leaders" there!
you can quickly google the facts I just laid out for you. CA may in fact have more CHARGERS installed than say Detroit, but not power grid- infrastructure. What good are more chargers when your grid operator tells you not to use them?
I think everyone can agree that there is too many damn people in Cali, all these issues you stated seem like a good way to deal with overcrowding. Before long it will just be surfers, latin americans, a few old rich folks, and the homeless. Anyone else that can leave, will. Just a theory.Having been born in CA in 1958 and calling it my home until 2017 when I escaped, I can speak to this. Yes they offer incentives, but they usually have an annual cap of vehicles sold. They DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT have a better, or even adequate charging structure in place. They have a very shaky electric grid statewide and have cut off their noses to spite their faces by shutting down so much traditional power sources like natural gas and Nuke that they regularly have rolling brown outs or black outs each Summer. This last Summer their ISO issued multiple power alerts advising people NOT to charge their EVs at home because grid was strained. The CARB air resources board leader also publicly admitted they DO NOT NOW and do not foresee EVER having enough charging infrastructure to supply the current number of EVs currently on the road and certainly not the expected increases coming.
They have passed multiple other self-defeating major laws and regulations in the name of appearing environmentally conscious (I won't go into real reasons behind it) that are now biting them in the ass and further hurting residents and businesses such as the mandate a few years ago that ALL new homes had to have solar power with panels on the roof. This added several thousand $ to cost to buy each home that was passed directly to buyers. Now, they announced they have TOO MUCH rooftop solar which overloads the grid and are banning new rooftop solar and stopped paying people for solar power they were feeding into the grid during the day. This has been followed by banning natural gas appliances in all new construction and forcing everyone to have all electric homes with soaring electric prices and further taxing the grid
There are endless examples of this stupidity by elected and appointed so-called "leaders" there!
Well I did Google it, and literally the first link that came up said that California did not ask people to not charge their cars and that claim is false. It asked residents to voluntarily curb electricity usage due to extreme heat which happens in Michigan all the time. In fact, I even have a smart meter on my house and the utility company even cuts my AC in the summer for periods of time.
After reading this it made me e think of what my salesman at Corwin Ford in Reno recently told me when I complained after her had a Maverick with an almost identical build as mine and didn’t give me an opportunity to purchase it. He freely admitted that they marked up the truck by $7500 and would sell it to me at that price. When my vehicle came in they would turn around and sell it for $7500 more, making $15000 from the transaction. Then he reiterated how I hot such a great deal. Needless to say, I’m going to limit how much business I do in the future with them!
This piqued my interest so I decided to look into it a little more. It appears in June there was a heat wave in California, and the entire west coast for that matter, that caused record setting temperatures in California and the rest of the west coast. In Sacramento temperatures reached as high as 113 degrees. This was about a 3-4 day period where they asked people to conserve energy which included avoiding charging cars at peak times. This literally happens everywhere during a summer heatwave. It happens in Michigan all the time. During this same heatwave, Oregon gave out a similar warning to conserve energy. Despite this record heatwave, the power grid didn't fail, people were still able to charge their cars, and public chargers were still open. It seems, like most things, this all stemmed from a meme circulating on Facebook about OMG people can't even charge their cars in California.
The situation in California will only get worse - after looking into it.
I actually did exactly that Mav ordered 11/03/2020 and Mach E 11/13/2020 and honestly you could be very right ! Mav has shipped thank God! Mach E CRICKETS
I actually bought the Mach E in hopes to keep my wife in the passenger seat of the Maverick Well as they say: the best laid plans LOLActually not accurate in at least florida when it comes to the Mach E . If you think the ADM is Abhorrent on the Maverick .The Mach E starts at 18 to 25K here .And you are buying a 2021 model! My dealer who does not charge ADM called me and said I have a used 2021 Mach E ( I have 2022 on order) so I asked the details. A guy traded it in after owning it for 6-8 months 12k miles on it .My dealership paid him $1000 over sticker and promptly sold it for 5k over sticker 20 minutes later. Again this dealer does not charge ADM on anything. But they are in the car business ,they do not charge ADM on new vehicles even orders that are turned down .Each salesman who has a turned down order has an opportunity to offer it to their customers that are waiting for MSRP .
Pretty sure the flux capacitor was for time travel. That was powered by plutonium or Mr Fusion. Didn't the car run on normal gas or pushed by a train?They'll be running on a "Flux Capacitor" by then
California offers a 2,000 rebate for electric car ownership. It’s not even a tax rebate. Just straight up cash. They also offer incentives for lower income families to own a cleaner air vehicle, though I honestly don’t know how many lower income families are buying electric vehicles.
