I hate it when intelligent people start throwing facts around and screw-up my delusionary theories.
I should clarify what I said a bit more, I don’t think there will be an XLT PHEV, Lariat PHEV, etc. They used to have {trim} PHEV on the Escape but for 2023 they simplified it to a single Plug-in Hybrid trim. I would expect similar for the Maverick, so the trims would be XL, XLT, Lariat, and Plug-in Hybrid. The Plug-in Hybrid would resemble an XLT with Lux for features, but it would have its own premium package available to upgrade it to Lariat+ features.
I just saw a Bronco Sport up close. First impression was : Hey! An Updated 2005 Escape!They did, it's called a Bronco Sport
Before they go off and start building more variants how about getting the folks that have been waiting for months and years the variants they ordered.
PHEV should be a no brainer. They get Uncle Sam to pay $7,500 of the vehicle cost and less than 1/4 of the lithium needed for a BEV.
Escape PHEV was designed before the new $7500 law was passed. If Ford is designing a new PHEV Maverick, they should source the materials in US to get full $7500 like some other PHEV get.
With all the cutbacks Ford is making to their BEV programs there should be plenty of Lithium for Mav PHEV.
That's why my wife and I like them. We had a 2012 Escape and loved it. Still like the new Escapes but they became a cross over instead of an off-road capable vehicle.
Perhaps but I still believe it is highly unlikely. I guess we will just have to wait and see which direction Ford decides to go with future Mavericks.
That's totally fair. I'll own that. I should have phrased that way more delicately. My thought process is that Ford and all the other OEMs are in deep financial distress in the sense that they have to fund this incredibly expensive BEV transformation over the next decade. ICE has to fund that. More than a few industry observers expect at least one major OEM to go under if they don't handle things just right...
