Well, it put them on the map

I’m not a fan of corporations demanding things of cities and states.

But this property has been sitting vacant for decades. There has been no evidence whatsoever that it would be refurbished and used again. So your options seem to be to accept the measly little bit in taxes they get now or give some sort of a break.

And…

The person I was responding to was comparing the situation with that in America, and he said vehicle, not car.

Expedition and Super Duty say your statement isn’t correct.

The rest of Ford’s lineup is suffering in terms of updates largely because they pushed so many in a giant wave a few years back, rather than spacing them out over time. They also suffer some because they have a nasty habit of making very minor styling changes…

I wasn’t intending to imply it was just import control - but that import control is what affects the trade level. You’re correct that it is much more complex than just import control. But yeah, there’s no way that trade in dairy gets opened up like he wants without significant structural reform. And when people here…

Heh... If we could get our labs down to $111M, we’d be ecstatic. :)

The stupid thing about milk is that he could be totally screwing over the dairy farmers he claims he’s arguing for.

Both Canada and the US support their dairy industries. Canada does it by the government controlling supply. Below a certain level of imports, there are no duties. Above that, they face stiff tariffs,…

That certainly is the most economical thing for you.

But in terms of the environment, not likely.  People too often think about the environmental impact of making the new car vs. the efficiency gains of the new car vs. the old.  But that’s the improper comparison when it comes to efficiency / emissions gains.  Because…

4th: So because Cheeto Benito doesn’t like dairy trade policies, he’s willing to blow up all trade? Frickin’ idiot...

FWIW, you can’t expect Canada to dump tariffs on some US dairy products (not all are taxed, btw) while the US government so massively subsidizes the US dairy industry. If we expect them to get rid of…

As someone who works in an industry that people often deride as “basic” or not “high tech”, I’d advise you might be surprised. I can’t say for certain what they had in their building, obviously, but you could still easily have lab equipment studying foams, outgassing, accelerated wear, etc, that would be very…

Still better than Texans.

“It’s “Mustang-inspired”? What does that mean?”

It clearly means watch out, pedestrians. 

Apart from everything else, it isn’t unusual for industrial R&D centers to sell for far less than they cost to build.  The construction cost generally includes lab facilities that slowly lose their value.  Last R&D center my employer closed was worth so little by the end that it was simply bulldozed.

That’s a good question.  The Ford family still runs the show, so they don’t need to respond to Wall Street’s quarterly demands.

Ford doesn’t need investment.  They have plenty of cash and are making plenty of money.   There’s no reason to issue more shares, and their bonds, while barely investment grade, are at reasonable rates 

Those insurance rates are obscene.

I carry millions in coverage, so I’m hardly underinsured. If I swapped my 2010 Mazda6 for a 2018 Mazda6, my bill would go up $37.26 per year. That gives some idea of the increase in rates for a newer car.  If instead of the 2018 Mazda6, I chose a 2018 Nissan Leaf, my bill would go up…

Neutral:

The answer depends entirely upon charging time.

If the range is 100 miles and you can recharge in 2 minutes, that would probably be fine with most people.

If the range is 200 miles and you can recharge in 5 minutes, I’d bet most people would be happy.

If the range is 600 miles or more, you could probably push…

What EV has ever sold for more than its manufacturing cost?  No maker yet has ever made money selling EVs.

They might be - but the seats in the wagons are much higher quality than the garbage wanna be stuff they put in the commercial ones - so don’t go overestimating the cost of ripping the minimalistic seats out.

But Ford seems to be doing ok on profits....

Somewhere I saw a review for the TCW that was hillarious - they took other reviews and simply trashed them. For example, one review had claimed that the TCW was unacceptable because of a lack of an entertainment system for the kids. This review took that and just ridiculed it by pointing out the enormous windows…