It is because Ford is not under a microscope like the other pure EV players, they are not beat up in the news cycle for delays. Therefore slipping dates can be missed with no black eyes. If the Riven, Tesla, Bollinger, etc were delayed, it would be front page news. Ford gets a pass.
Yes. As of today (1/1/21,) it still says it is scheduled for production 12/24/20
As of right now. ford meet 100% promise. No one else this year did. It is truly amazing how ford did it. They lost 8 weeks back when covid started. 8 weeks and made it all up. OKTB was 3 weeks later but 53 mache have been sold in 2020.
You and the other guys did a tremendous job in keeping us mere mortals entertained and informed. I don't think I would have lasted on this epic journey without your help. I, for one, will be forever grateful. I loved this car from the outset. Knew I had made the right decision when I saw it in the flesh and have been (and still am) prepared to wait for the car I WANT. A lot of people on here are saying that they had received delivery confirmations from Ford and that the dates tally with the ETA end date on the tracker. I am hoping that this is true for this side of the pond as well as my eta end date is 2021/02/07 which I hope means that it will be shipped on the Grande New York that leaves Veracruz on 2021/01/06 which is due to offload in Southampton on 2021/01/27. If this is the case then after 9 months and the uncertainty of covid I have only 5/6 weeks to go. If Ford pull this off it will be a remarkable achievement. Once again, many thanks to you all.
Agree that Ford did a much better job than the other manufacturers. Others are announcing 3-6 month delays. Ford's was only about 2.5 months on the MME for first delivery. We still lost those early 8 weeks of shutdown, which was "supposed" to have the MME out in the Sept/Oct timeframe originally. Those lost 2 months pushed it to Nov/Dec. There were a few extra weeks lost to OKTB and shipping struggles (again, understandable). But to only end up with a 2.5 month delay through all this on the first shipments is impressive all considered.
They met many, but not all 100% promises. Ignoring individual promises by dealers, here is one global miss from their website https://www.ford.com/buy-site-wide-content/overlays/mach-e-overlays/mach-e-faq/
Ours will likely be in the same shipment... Morgan Hill Ford Store though...
Agree.
I'm personally rather impressed with just how well Ford did in all of this @trutolife27. They bent over backwards to help a handful of Hawaii customers during the reservation conversion process, all based upon the email of a single customer. They caught up with the Mach-e and actually made deliveries! Was it perfect? Nope. Were there masses of deliveries? Nope. But we are getting cars when other manufacturers and even other Ford models are delayed. That's a huge plus for Ford.
actually, that was still going to go on until covid. Certain states even would not allow. So again not that ford could not have done it, but there is this thing covid going around and each state is different. So instead of doing that they did the mache roadshow, the best ford could do.
The plant seemed to have been running about a week behind schedule as they wrapped up before Christmas. Mine was scheduled for 12/16 and just made it out on 12/22. Some from the week of the 14th are in mid-construction now (body shop, trim) and should roll out pretty fast next week.
The Big board showed 3 days behind before shut down. but they planned to make all that up before January 10th.
I call that a success!
Plus everyone who gets an early delivery will have the chance to test drive a Mach-e before purchase. Yes, it'll probably be the one they ordered but it's still a test drive. If @ChasingCoral, for example, tests drives his grabber blue FE and says, "I like riding in this car better than driving it. I'm bailing for a Volvo XC-40 Recharge*," he can do that. Or if you've never had the chance to see one in person and decide it's not for you, you can do that. The dealer will put it on their lot and sell it at MSRP + (a lot). Sure the lack of FCTP vehicles throws things off kilter from the pre-pandemic norm, but this works.
I understand that, and think the change is reasonable. My only point was that Ford failed to maintain 100% of the promise as you claimed. That promise is still on their FAQ despite it being 2021 and no way for them to keep it.
