Kinda makes you wonder why the Big Three didn’t lead with a strong plug-in hybrid. That answer would not only comply with current and future regs, but more importantly be awesome for the customer. Awesome all-electric performance most of the time, but gas-powered when you need it for those long trips (especially while…

So it’s an awesome car that a normal sized American fit in or see out of. Pass.

It’s Philly. Boss is all good.

“It’s funny ‘cuz it’s true.”

“Analyses” like this are almost hilarious. Very few ask the question: “what products are the companies actually designing, building, and marketing?” In other words, what’s the product mix between BEVs, PHEVs, and regular hybrids?

Thank you for this. The AV did better than us humans, but that’s not what the headline suggests.

Yup, the note is too much.

Bring on the Gladiator 4xe PHEV.

At the Detroit show, Jeep confirmed the 2025 Gladiator 4xe (albeit the Gladiator and the Ranger are two very different types of pickup trucks).

Ford’s logic sounds like Toyota’s: “We aren’t going to offer this product that man you might want because we have other products that you don’t want, but we will market the heck out of them to you, with the hopes that you will buy them.” Then we can say “See! No one wanted the product we didn’t offer.”

Plug-in hybrid would be sweet.

Yup. Not sure what their experiences are, but that’s how it seems.

Agreed. And also have a grown-up conversations about those in society who need help. Letting them fend for themselves doesn’t seem to be working.

San Francisco resident here. Our family walks, bikes, ebikes, takes MUNI, and (gasp) drives to do the life thing here, compounded by kids’ activities, appointments, getting sick, etc.

So much this.

So this or a Grand Highlander?

I’ll bite. Where the heck is the Gladiator 4xe PHEV?

C’mon Ford. Bring out a strong plug-in hybrid F-150. You’ll need to to comply with the new CARB rules that kick in for model year 2026.

Try parallel parking on a major east-west or north-south artery in San Francisco. People don’t pay attention, no matter what you do as a driver to try to warn them ahead of time.