If conditions were "normal", absolutely. You might pay a bit of a price premium for that incremental volume, but you would have to suck it up. Problem is, things are far from normal right now. It's gonna be a long stretch just to get the original 50K.
Probably not even if things were normal. Ford made it sound like it was quite the accomplishment just to secure 50k when they announced it last year. It's just a tight market now until all these new battery factories come online in the next few years.
Probably a silly question.... but:
not all plants run at the same speed and the same lines. not all vehicles run the same or same builds. There is info on here about how many they run an hour and will.
I may have missed some official information from Ford but have not seen any Ford released word of official numbers for reservations, orders, sales, # of available batteries, or specific production goals for the Mach-E. Many of the numbers discussed at the forum seem to be assumptions, estimates, beliefs, or guesstimates (not complaining). Some of these appear to be informed by insider information (and thus probably reasonable quality information) but they are still just guesstimates, assumptions, or best informed estimates that do not always turn out to match what happens (especially during this dark year). An example of this is the apparently broadly accepted belief that First Edition trim vehicles would all be made first before any of the other trim levels or models were made. This was a reasonable assumption/belief that has apparently proven unfounded. Another belief (including my own) that seems to not fully match reality was that build dates would parallel reservation dates. I really believed that, perhaps because I wanted to. When I look back at the official messages from Ford, however, I can't find anywhere that Ford said that would be the case. Don't get me wrong, I find the information from forum members useful (especially from insiders) but, unless Ford makes an official statement, I treat Forum information as opinion/estimate/expectation and often as informed information but not necessarily "Ford official information." I keep coming back to the forum because I value the opinions/estimates/expectations even when the beliefs expressed as fact are not necessarily a match to what actually happens and because it is interesting to see what others are thinking. And, some of the information has turned out to be quite on-target. Plus, early links to things like manuals, sales guides, etc. have been amazing as have photos and video and reactions from forum members who don't live in our flyover states who have actually seen and ridden in the Mach-E! Correct me if I am wrong. Has Ford officially announced any of the following: number of reservations? Number of orders? Number of batteries available? Number of expected units to be made? How many partridges can fit in a pear tree?
You don't want to run an assembly line for 3 months then just stop with thousands of employees with nothing to do. They surely size the line(s) to keep them going year-round to match expected demand (minus some planned downtime to retool and such).
I'm not sure. But according to National Geographic, zero partridges are likely to be found in any pear trees. Another sour note in our dark year. My apologies.
The original 50,000 number was announced by Ford to the media last year (MY2021). But none of the rest of that. And the 50,000 could have been boosted since (although probably not a ton). Keeping supply lines intact in the age of COVID has been a monumental task, from the sounds of it. And could still cause more setbacks.
And, this is another reason that I keep coming back to the forum--some of the members have a great sense of humor! For my entire life, I believed that there could be a partridge in a pear tree because so many people told me that was true. Heck, they even put it into song just like some members have used song to express thoughts on this forum. However, now that I look back on the official information, the song only referenced my true love giving me a partridge in a pear tree. Maybe she was in a pear tree when she gave me the partridge and I formed an incorrect belief....
The dude's obviously hooked into the right social feeds from Ford, etc. Though I wonder where else he collects some of his intel?
That's Patrick. He's a regular poster here.
sounds like he has all the inside info. Amazing
