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There is more bad news for the electric vehicle industry.

CNN reported Monday that automobile giant Ford will lay off about 700 employees responsible for assembling the F-150 Lightning, the electric version of its highly popular pickup truck, at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, close to its main headquarters.

“We are adjusting the schedule at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center because of multiple constraints, including the supply chain and working through processing and delivering vehicles held for quality checks after restarting production in August,” the company said in a statement.

However, The Wall Street Journal reported last week that it had obtained a memo from a UAW leader expressing concerns about falling demand for Ford's electric pickup.

“It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that our sales for the Lightning have tanked,” the memo said.

[Source.](https://www.wnd.com/2023/10/ford-lays-off-hundreds-workers-building-electric-f-150/) > There is more bad news for the electric vehicle industry. > CNN reported Monday that automobile giant Ford will lay off about 700 employees responsible for assembling the F-150 Lightning, the electric version of its highly popular pickup truck, at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, close to its main headquarters. > “We are adjusting the schedule at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center because of multiple constraints, including the supply chain and working through processing and delivering vehicles held for quality checks after restarting production in August,” the company said in a statement. ----------------------- > However, The Wall Street Journal reported last week that it had obtained a memo from a UAW leader expressing concerns about falling demand for Ford's electric pickup. > “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that our sales for the Lightning have tanked,” the memo said.

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I bet that is a damn nice truck! I've had trucks all my life.

Https://autocareaids.com/ford-f150-v6-vs-v8/

Summary of above - the new twin turbo v6 is a good equivalence for power and torque to the V8.

They claim "much better" fuel mileage with the TTV6 vs V8, but in Toyota's case the V8 got 18MPG and the turbo V6 got 19MPG. I don't know exactly what Ford claims. Also, I assume you must use 89 octane with TTV6 whereas V8 uses 87 octane or possibly less.

Longevity is not mentioned in this article but Scotty Kilmer on YT has said over and over the TTV6 will never ever last as long as the old, reliable V8. The combination of forced induction pressures, direct fuel injection pressures, higher V6 RPMs will wear the TTV6 out more quickly than a naturally aspirated V8. So you are paying for all kinds of extra high tech engine goodies, extra for premium gas for the equivalence power/torque of a V8 but get less engine longevity and more expensive repairs when needed - to save a couple of MPGs when you're driving unloaded. When driving loaded, your mileage will be virtually identical.

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It's a beauty. I run regular gas, it doesn't need premium, I'm not sure why he say's that. I don't pay attention to gas milage, it's far better than my last gmc 350 lol. It may wear quicker but I take good care of it. I only have 26k miles on it after 5.5 years as I ride my MC a lot in the summer so it'll last me a long time and it'll be gone before it gets to higher milage. Nowadays pretty much everything is higher technology and there are so many parts to fail, we're all in the same boat. Drive an old vehicle, parts are getting harder to get and ridiculously expensive. It's all a big racket and I don't get into the who's better debate, they're pretty much all the same now.

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they're pretty much all the same now.

Yes, the new ones. I'll try to get another 15 years out of my 2007 GMC Sierra Classic 2500HD crew cab 6.6 diesel 4x4 with ~130K miles. It gets 24MPG highway in the summer. It's got a 450HP tuner and 4" dual exhaust so it puts out about the same HP/Torque as the new GMCs diesels but with better MPGs and no need for DEF. I just can't justify the price of the new trucks for personal use. I despise all of the unnecessary electronics and plastic underhood parts on the new stuff, have had excellent luck with this truck since I bought it new. If I can get another 15 years out of it, I'll be getting too old to play with big trucks anymore.

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Good choice. I could never justify a diesel as I had nothing much too tow with it. If I had purchased one I'd be the same way. Last forever and power to spare.