Next up: Reichstag fire. The US Capital will be destroyed this time.

9. The platform will allow many kinds of body styles including crossovers, sedans, and sport cars. The debut vehicle will arrive in 2027 as a mid-size truck.

8. There was an audible gasp from someone in the crowd of assembly workers at the press event when the presenter said "You will never need to put a dash cluster through a door opening ever again".

6. Ford claims lower total cost to own than buying a 3-year old Model-Y. (I'd like to read the fine print on this one)
7. The way the components are assembled is now significantly more ergonomic, less twisting and bending for assembly workers.

There's so much to digest with this:
3. Lower weight will mean more range with less battery.
4. LFP cells that are built in the US without cobalt or nickle.
5. Faster production, while overall production time will drop 15%, the assembly process will drop 40%..

There's so much to digest with this:
1. This is a new way of assembling vehicles. The new production line is now a production tree with three branches that converge into one.
2. Ford has cut a lot of weight out of the platform. 4,000 fewer feet of wiring harness, 25% less fastener.

But outside of Buick, the entire little crossover segment is in trouble.

Same. #Buick is killing it in China, but risks getting killed in the US.