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By William Maley
The COVID-19 pandemic has basically brought most of the world to halt. Orders to stay at home, businesses either having workers to their work from home or closing down, and unemployment skyrocketing is causing the economy to crater. There are efforts to try and jump-start the economy such as $1,200 stimulus checks. But an executive at Ford wants to see a return of a "cash for clunkers" like program.
“We think some level of stimulus somewhere on the other side of this would help not only the auto industry and our dealers, which are a huge part of our overall economy, but will help the customers as well,” said Mark LaNeve, Ford’s vice president of U.S. marketing, sales and service to Bloomberg.
“Cash for clunkers was very effective at that time. It would be nice to think we could have something equally as effective for 2020 when we get out of this because it was a great program.”
According to LaNeve, internal discussions are taking place at Ford about doing a similar program and there are plans to bring the Government in to these talks.
When asked by Automotive News about this, Ford spokeswoman Rachel McCleery said, "The auto industry is America’s economic engine.We are encouraging Congress to look at a variety of ways to drive job creation, increase demand, support customers and provide long-term stability for the entire auto ecosystem."
A brief refresher on the Cash for Clunkers program. In 2009, the U.S. Government introduced a billion initiative called the Car Allowance Rebate System, which gave a voucher worth between $2,900 and $4,500 to anyone replacing a vehicle newer than 1984. Their old vehicle would be taken away and disposed of. The program was nicknamed Cash for Clunkers.
On the surface, the program was a success. Within first month, all of the funds were exhausted. This prompted the U.S. congress infuse an addition two billion into the program, which would be all gone within 17 days. But begin to look deeper and the results are mixed. In 2012, a study published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics described the program as being a bit of a wash,
"...the effect of the program on auto purchases is almost completely reversed by as early as March 2010 — only seven months after the program ended.”
Other studies have come to the same conclusion.
There's also the question of how many perfectly good used cars were taken off the road due to the program.
Source: Bloomberg via Automotive News (Subscription Required), The Drive, The Truth About Cars
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By William Maley
The COVID-19 pandemic has basically brought most of the world to halt. Orders to stay at home, businesses either having workers to their work from home or closing down, and unemployment skyrocketing is causing the economy to crater. There are efforts to try and jump-start the economy such as $1,200 stimulus checks. But an executive at Ford wants to see a return of a "cash for clunkers" like program.
“We think some level of stimulus somewhere on the other side of this would help not only the auto industry and our dealers, which are a huge part of our overall economy, but will help the customers as well,” said Mark LaNeve, Ford’s vice president of U.S. marketing, sales and service to Bloomberg.
“Cash for clunkers was very effective at that time. It would be nice to think we could have something equally as effective for 2020 when we get out of this because it was a great program.”
According to LaNeve, internal discussions are taking place at Ford about doing a similar program and there are plans to bring the Government in to these talks.
When asked by Automotive News about this, Ford spokeswoman Rachel McCleery said, "The auto industry is America’s economic engine.We are encouraging Congress to look at a variety of ways to drive job creation, increase demand, support customers and provide long-term stability for the entire auto ecosystem."
A brief refresher on the Cash for Clunkers program. In 2009, the U.S. Government introduced a billion initiative called the Car Allowance Rebate System, which gave a voucher worth between $2,900 and $4,500 to anyone replacing a vehicle newer than 1984. Their old vehicle would be taken away and disposed of. The program was nicknamed Cash for Clunkers.
On the surface, the program was a success. Within first month, all of the funds were exhausted. This prompted the U.S. congress infuse an addition two billion into the program, which would be all gone within 17 days. But begin to look deeper and the results are mixed. In 2012, a study published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics described the program as being a bit of a wash,
"...the effect of the program on auto purchases is almost completely reversed by as early as March 2010 — only seven months after the program ended.”
Other studies have come to the same conclusion.
There's also the question of how many perfectly good used cars were taken off the road due to the program.
Source: Bloomberg via Automotive News (Subscription Required), The Drive, The Truth About Cars
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By dfelt
NEURON EV
CES 2020 has been a busy place this year with more auto companies showing of prototypes and finally production ready auto's than ever before. We have seen so much including the latest in super dense solid state batteries for the EVs to motorcycles and bikes.
This year we now get to see the latest competition to Tesla and Rivian in a well funded California / China based EV auto company called NEURON EV. This company has a swiss army knife of a truck/suv auto as well as a Semi truck that they say is going into production in 2020.
The truck which is seen here in Silver has a sister truck that was running around the streets which is the following Black T-One.
All the details you could ever want can be found here on this truck: https://www.neuronev.co/new-products/t-one-p-gyrwr
The cool thing about this modular truck is that is can be more than a truck, a tractor, a van. there are no limits to how one can configure up this beast of an EV.
The seat options are an interesting take as you can go like how Tesla showed their Semi with a center driving position as a base 3 seat configuration of 3 captain chairs, or a single drivers captain chair and a bench seat behind for 4 people and go from there to cover a wide range of colors, materials, etc. in customizing your auto.
While this company is looking at this modular truck and semi for the US, in china they will have many more auto options including their V.E.G.A. or Versatile Electric Grand Automobile.
The company has great plans and while they have only two models for the US market, China will get many more that includes a medium duty truck, a bus, a MAP or Multipurpose Autonomous Platform focused on shipping yards, a HUB or autonomous transportation auto, in addition to the car, semi and truck.
NEURON EV has not released any details about their hp / torque other than to say class leading at this time. Two wheel drive and All Wheel Drive will be the choices folks will have and talk of a base 300 mile range battery pack. More details are to come later this year.
First Press release of 2020 can be found here:
https://www.neuronev.co/01102020
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69MUFfq-4W8qxUWcGltBUg
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By Drew Dowdell
FORD MOTOR COMPANY FOURTH QUARTER 2019 U.S. SALES
2019
Q4
2018
% Cha nge
Year-to-Date
2019 2018
% Cha nge
SALES BY BRAND
Ford
568,507
581,386
-2.2
2,310,494
2,393,731
-3.5
Lincoln
33,355
28,307
17.8
112,204
103,587
8.3
Total vehicles
601,862
609,693
-1.3
2,422,698
2,497,318
-3.0
SALES BY TYPE
Cars
63,400
107,491
-41.0
349,091
486,024
-28.2
SUVs
208,387
217,343
-4.1
830,471
872,215
-4.8
Trucks
330,075
284,859
15.9
1,243,136
1,139,079
9.1
Total vehicles 601,862 609,693 -1.3 2,422,698 2,497,318 -3.0
FORD BRAND
Fiesta
7,315
15,212
-51.9
60,148
51,730
16.3
Focus
0
13,078
N/A
12,480
113,345
-89.0
C-MAX
0
213
N/A
38
6,683
-99.4
Fusion
32,137
48,636
-33.9
166,045
173,600
-4.4
Taurus
769
6,988
-89.0
9,924
28,706
-65.4
Police Interceptor Sedan
88
1,762
-95.0
3,427
7,382
-53.6
GT
42
24
75.0
229
126
81.7
Mustang
17,124
14,223
20.4
72,489
75,842
-4.4
Ford Cars
57,475
100,136
-42.6
324,780
457,414
-29.0
EcoSport
14,051
16,038
-12.4
64,708
54,348
19.1
Escape
47,587
62,178
-23.5
241,388
272,228
-11.3
Edge
37,621
35,184
6.9
138,515
134,122
3.3
Flex
6,147
4,150
48.1
24,484
20,308
20.6
Explorer
48,083
56,316
-14.6
168,309
227,732
-26.1
Police Interceptor Utility
3,201
8,385
-61.8
18,752
33,839
-44.6
Expedition
24,267
14,140
71.6
86,422
54,661
58.1
Ford SUVs
180,957
196,391
-7.9
742,578
797,238
-6.9
F-Series
233,952
230,312
1.6
896,526
909,330
-1.4
Ranger
33,059
0
N/A
89,571
0
N/A
E-Series
12,837
11,387
12.7
45,063
47,936
-6.0
Transit
36,885
31,331
17.7
153,868
137,794
11.7
Transit Connect
10,208
8,705
17.3
41,598
31,923
30.3
Heavy trucks
3,134
3,124
0.3
16,510
12,096
36.5
Ford Trucks
330,075
284,859
15.9
1,243,136
1,139,079
9.1
Ford Brand
568,507
581,386
-2.2
2,310,494
2,393,731
-3.5
LINCOLN BRAND
MKZ
4,080
4,931
-17.3
17,725
19,852
-10.7
Continental
1,845
2,424
-23.9
6,586
8,758
-24.8
Lincoln Cars
5,925
7,355
-19.4
24,311
28,610
-15.0
Corsair/MKC
7,549
6,971
8.3
25,815
26,241
-1.6
Nautilus/MKX
7,727
8,687
-11.1
31,711
28,573
11.0
MKT
275
540
-49.1
3,388
2,324
45.8
Aviator
6,424
0
N/A
8,323
0
N/A
Navigator
5,455
4,754
14.7
18,656
17,839
4.6
Lincoln SUVs
27,430
20,952
30.9
87,893
74,977
17.2
Lincoln Brand
33,355
28,307
17.8
112,204
103,587
8.3
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By Drew Dowdell
Rumor has it that Ford is working on a V8 powered version of their Ranger Raptor currently sold in overseas markets. Only available in other parts of the world, the current Ranger Raptor is powered by a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder diesel that produces 210 horsepower and 369 lb.-ft of torque, but a report in Wheels magazine says that Ford Australia is working with an external engineering company to swap the 2.0 diesel for a 5.0-liter V8 from the Mustang GT. The odd thing about this is that the Ranger Raptor 5.0 would be still built with the 2.0-liter diesel under the hood and then later converted to V8 gasoline power.
Expect power to be about the same as it makes in the Australian spec Mustang GT, a healthy 455 horsepower and 410 lb.-ft of torque.
If it all comes together, the Ranger Raptor 5.0 is expected to go on sale in Australia next year, sold by Ford dealers and backed by the full 5-year warranty. For now, the Ranger Raptor remains forbidden fruit to the U.S. no matter what engine is under the hood.
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It's not possible to message you. At least, it wasn't possible to do that last summer. So I'll post it here. I had a crazy layover back in June at PHL ... for about 8 hours ... and wondered how far into NJ you were from Philly. What I did is get the PHLash day pass and did the self-guided tour of Center City before heading back to the airport. I stayed too close to the center because of time. I actually wasted time by going into South Philly. I wanted to venture out onto the Main Line and see Villanova. That rail line was included on the pass I bought. I had to manage my time because of the late afternoon flight to the Coast. Cheers.· 1 reply
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