Would you buy an EV maverick for 25-30k?

[Mav_RICK]

I don’t see any sales pitch here and I couldn’t care less what kind of a car you buy.

Hmmm it seems you do after that speech. By implication you are basically saying if a person is not buying an EV that somehow they are contributing to a global catastrophe. Thats sounds like emotionalism to me.


I think EVs have desirability even outside of environmental concerns. If they are going to be the vehicle of the future they are going to have to appeal to a broad spectrum of customers. That’s not the case right now but I think it may be someday.

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[The-X]

You can't keep saying this over and over and it becomes true. Their cheapest EV is a c-hair under $45k currently and they are losing money hand over fist to produce it and the $53k Ford Lightning.

To think they can, AND will, make a $25-30k EV truck profitably when the average price of an F-150 is $60k and they sell about 100 of them PER HOUR and the average price of a vehicle is approaching $50k - Ford is not going to undercut their own market and under price vehicle (that are not profitable).

The Maverick is the cheapest vehicle Ford is ever going to sell moving forward. You will never buy a cheaper vehicle than the current Maverick from Ford. Maybe...MAYBE when considering the time value of money it may approach the price of the Maverick.

But a compact/mid-size EV pick up from Ford will never cost less than $40k.

Yea this is what I was saying. There 30k price isnt realistic without stripping almost every standard option from the vehicle. Without a monumental breakthrough in battery tech it cant happen.

So its like saying "would you buy a lariat edition loaded out for 30k"
Yes I'll take 5.

Would you buy a v6 edition for the same price as the one you have now? Where do i sign??

The price of converting about any vehicle is generally 10-15k over the original same trim vehicle.

So when the question becomes
"would you pay 40k for a maverick EV with no options or get a loaded lariat"
Answers change.

 

[SLINGSHOT]

Ford and any other car co shouldn't need to be told that is what people want - it's common sense - but they wanted to rush to the EV party losing Billions every quarter, then trying to make up the R/D with pricey options - a great combination if you want to lose money. As to hybrids - there's at least a 10 year track record of people liking hybrids but they act like this is some new product. If they'd spend more time being realistic and doing some 'customer surveys' they'd do a lot better, instead they jump on and /or lead the bandwagon for EVs and they got exactly what most sensible people would expect - they tanked.

Common sense???? Is that why they WAY underestimated the demand for the Maverick?

 

[710-oil-614]

Yea this is what I was saying. There 30k price isnt realistic without stripping almost every standard option from the vehicle. Without a monumental breakthrough in battery tech it cant happen.

So its like saying "would you buy a lariat edition loaded out for 30k"
Yes I'll take 5.

Would you buy a v6 edition for the same price as the one you have now? Where do i sign??

The price of converting about any vehicle is generally 10-15k over the original same trim vehicle.

So when the question becomes
"would you pay 40k for a maverick EV with no options or get a loaded lariat"
Answers change.

Yeah you look at what you get with a $53k Lightning - Vinyl seats, manual adjust seats, plastic steering wheel, 200ish mile range.

Far and away the biggest expense for Ford when building any vehicle is labor - which is why Farley said they will build future vehicles elsewhere, and then they won't qualify for tax incentives and they will piss off their customer base.

 

[Bigbill27]

No way. No EV.

 

[pigsareus]

Common sense???? Is that why they WAY underestimated the demand for the Maverick?

Common sense???? Is that why they WAY underestimated the demand for the Maverick?

well like I said it SHOULD be common sense for them to know that a 21K hybrid is going to be a monster seller , apparently they either don't do market research or have a pulse on what the American drivers are looking for. Why they're always surprised as to what people do and don't buy is rather troubling. Now Farley says his new direction is not to build anything that isn't going to make a profit. Wow, what a novel idea!

 

[SLINGSHOT]

well like I said it SHOULD be common sense for them to know that a 21K hybrid is going to be a monster seller , apparently they either don't do market research or have a pulse on what the American drivers are looking for. Why they're always surprised as to what people do and don't buy is rather troubling. Now Farley says his new direction is not to build anything that isn't going to make a profit. Wow, what a novel idea!

No profit, no build?
Goodbye Lightning.

 

[pigsareus]

No profit, no build?
Goodbye Lightning.
[/QUOTE
Farley going forward : "

But mainstream customers are opting for hybrid vehicles in the near term, while they wait for charging stations to be built and EV prices to come down.

"We're just running into the reality," Farley said. "I'm not going to launch any vehicle if I can't make money on it the first 12 months. That required a lot of change. ... Go small."

 

[Halo9x]

I know I would, probably to go alongside our hybrid. This is Ford's affordable electric vehicle platform, internally called CE1, created by a very talented team of ex apple and Tesla engineers. It's apparently going to be used for an electric maverick and bronco sport, likely other vehicles as well.

I know 25-30k seems too good to be true, but Ford seems very committed to delivering at this price point.

Never! Gas power forever!

 

[mr mojo risen]

I know I would, probably to go alongside our hybrid. This is Ford's affordable electric vehicle platform, internally called CE1, created by a very talented team of ex apple and Tesla engineers. It's apparently going to be used for an electric maverick and bronco sport, likely other vehicles as well.

I know 25-30k seems too good to be true, but Ford seems very committed to delivering at this price point.

No, not for me. To each their own however.

 

[Mike S]

What would really get me interested if an EV Maverick could also be used to power my house during a power failure. I live in SW Florida. Every 5-10 years we get a hurricane, resulting in power outages that can last a week or more. Even if your house is undamaged, without a refrigerator or lights, it can be very difficult to live in your house without a backup generator.

In addition, wide spread power outages can make it very difficult to find fuel for a conventional ICE vehicle, as many gas stations don't have power for their fuel pumps.

With an EV, along with a solar system on your house, you can solve all of these problems. Your solar system can charge your car during the day. In addition to providing transportation, the car can provide power for your house in the evenings and on cloudy days.

A conventional backup generator, would easily cost $5K+. You have annual maintenance required for a piece of equipment that is rarely used. If you do get hit by a hurricane, you have to scramble to find fuel to keep it running if you have an extended power outage. All of this can be avoided using an EV as a backup power source.

 

[SLINGSHOT]

What would really get me interested if an EV Maverick could also be used to power my house during a power failure. I live in SW Florida. Every 5-10 years we get a hurricane, resulting in power outages that can last a week or more. Even if your house is undamaged, without a refrigerator or lights, it can be very difficult to live in your house without a backup generator.

In addition, wide spread power outages can make it very difficult to find fuel for a conventional ICE vehicle, as many gas stations don't have power for their fuel pumps.

With an EV, along with a solar system on your house, you can solve all of these problems. Your solar system can charge your car during the day. In addition to providing transportation, the car can provide power for your house in the evenings and on cloudy days.

A conventional backup generator, would easily cost $5K+. You have annual maintenance required for a piece of equipment that is rarely used. If you do get hit by a hurricane, you have to scramble to find fuel to keep it running if you have an extended power outage. All of this can be avoided using an EV as a backup power source.

I lived in Kissimmee for 21 years. Charlie, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne came to visit in 2004. We left in 2005, just before a typical Florida real estate crash. We lived of a generator for 5 to 10 days each time. PITA, and expensive. Hard to keep them from "walking off" also.
So, I completely understand your wants and concepts. Good luck.

 

[Dadscars]

I am not sold on the EVs. Besides all the usual glaring shortcomings, if there ever gets to be any large quantity of them on the road electricity prices will skyrocket, negating one of their biggest reasons to buy.

And, the hybrid doubling my gas mileage is a great step up. An EV might be a step down.

 

[Timothyd]

What would really get me interested if an EV Maverick could also be used to power my house during a power failure. I live in SW Florida. Every 5-10 years we get a hurricane, resulting in power outages that can last a week or more. Even if your house is undamaged, without a refrigerator or lights, it can be very difficult to live in your house without a backup generator.

In addition, wide spread power outages can make it very difficult to find fuel for a conventional ICE vehicle, as many gas stations don't have power for their fuel pumps.

With an EV, along with a solar system on your house, you can solve all of these problems. Your solar system can charge your car during the day. In addition to providing transportation, the car can provide power for your house in the evenings and on cloudy days.

A conventional backup generator, would easily cost $5K+. You have annual maintenance required for a piece of equipment that is rarely used. If you do get hit by a hurricane, you have to scramble to find fuel to keep it running if you have an extended power outage. All of this can be avoided using an EV as a backup power source.

What ever happened to thermoelectric generators? I was hoping they'd get more efficient and popular. I still have one on my wood stove powering a fan. It's working right now.

 

[Sugarbush Bob]

Like any other vehicle purchase you buy one that meets your needs. Have two friends that have owned one for over a year. They now are looking to buy one as their second car. Charging stations are being added daily but I would not buy one if I was making a cross country trip in a hurry. For daily communities of under a couple hundred miles they are perfect. Our electric supplier is currently offering great deals on garage hook ups using " off peak" electricity. Half as much as regular electric rates.

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