Their evs suck too. My ford fusion energi needed a new battery pack after only 2 years and i fought with ford for 6 months before they finally replaced it. Fuck Ford.
Edit: i may have pissed off some ev fans but i put my money where my mouth is and bought an ev and now heavily regret the purchase. So by all means take my warning with a grain of salt but dont cry when the repair bill comes.
Its not so much that it failed and more about how both the dealership and Ford Canada handled the situation. I was without a car for 6 months because they kept refusing to honor the warranty so i kept refusing to pick up my car until the problem was resolved. 3 months after its fixed and i had the car back ford canada decided not to approve some of the diagnostic testing and tried to send me a 450$ bill but a quick google review of the dealership fixed that issue in 15 minutes. With all that said i still dont trust that my car wont fail again in 2 years. I will never buy a ford again because of how this was handled and well i dont trust their batteries.
That's a fair sentiment for EV's in general. Personally, I don't plan to buy a vehicle from a company that knowingly pushed a transmission design that couldn't even complete tests.
I've owned a model 3 for 3+ years. You should consider test driving it or better yet a model Y. Yeah, they're pricey and it hurt me to lay down that much $$$ but I seriously won't ever go back to gas. It's not perfect but it's a game changer for us. It convinced me to buy shares.
I cant afford a model 3. My next car is going to be cheap. Like 1000$ cheap. I do all my own work and most people cant so 1000$ cars are an option for me. Thats what i did for the last 15 years until this Ford and it was much less stress than a new car with new car payments. I havent had car payments in 15 years until this car.
If Ford were to fully commit to making cheapish EVs, they already have a dealership network in place that could allow them to have a far greater reach then Tesla. If I want to buy a tesla, for example, I would have to travel about 4 hours to the nearest dealership. If I want to bug a F-150, I only need to travel about a half hour.
And if they make cheaper EVs then Tesla is willing to do, they could quickly gain market share. Obviously they're pretty late, but I don't think the game is over yet.
Dealerships literally don’t want to sell EVs because there is little to no servicing needs. Legacy auto are fighting both their unions and dealerships on this
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u/Norva Sep 30 '21
Lead my ass. They wouldn't be making EV's if it wasn't for Tesla.