VIA still exists! Sure they’ve changed their directions a few times but Bob Lutz is still in the game as one of the countless companies trying to make electric last mile delivery into a profitable enterprise.

Since about 2018 Ford has been cutting back heavily on pre-production test models of their vehicles. Even an all new platform like the Mach E only had a few dozen pre production models built. In my experience as a supplier Ford has cut their pre production models to less than half of what other OEMs build. It’s an…