dbsb3233
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- TimCO
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It was only a few years ago that batteries got good enough to enable all this. And it takes some time to be proven in real-world use. That's always been the key -- when batteries would get good enough, and then be able to be mass produced in quantities needed.Don’t you think it’s a little strange that they had the forethought to scrap the compliance car design. At the same time they didn’t bet on themselves enough to secure 2 assembly lines with LG Chem?
I think everyone could see that BEVs were coming as a major segment of motor vehicle production, but no one knew for sure when. Many predicted it way too soon and the batteries fell short (only enabling vehicles like Leaf's that had a niche but were way short of major transformation).
IMO Ford played the timing perfectly. They started the compliance car in 2017 and switched it to a "real" competitor (Mach-E) in 2018. That's about the time that Tesla (and a few others) proved the batteries had gotten good enough to really start making mainstream BEVs.
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