Ford and VW LCV future devolpment

[Sunny43.5]

Thing is Sunny you're in the skilled position to fit these, most are not, I'm not, or a company buying one just wants to send off the Purchase order and grab the keys when it's ready, then another thing is the issue of local warranty for genuine parts but not locally supplied or factory fitted options....and good luck if the company decides your non-genuine part somehow was part of the reason for a failure for something related in the vehicle.

Yes have had that advice before but could hardly see any issue with fitting 4 pieces of glass especially because I fit sunroofs to brand new cars all the time anyway , the interior side is my motor trimming heritage and part of that was fitting aftermarket cruise control and lots of other goodies to customers cars . But yes you right not everyone is lucky like me , I sort of hate paying other people for what I know I can do myself . I constantly tell my relatives not to fall for the aftermarket sales people at dealerships when buying new cars , there are better prices to be had outside the dealer network . When I bought our latest van the sales lady for aftermarket must have found I was a hard nut to crack as each thing she tried to foist onto me I had a comeback on price and reason for refusing her offers , in the end she gave up and went elsewhere to shear some other poor sheep .

[Seano]

The Ford/VW team up has little to do with the past or the present. It's all about the future. Ford are on record recognising VW's skills and capabilities with respect to electric drivetrains and platforms whilst Ford brings both manufacturing scale and price per unit efficiency that VW can not currently match.

Put simply, VW have the skills and Ford has the coin and capacity and they have combined in order to transform their LCV ranges to hybrid and full electric, boost sales for both makers (remember that VW is at full LCV production capacity now) whilst maintaining current margins.

I can't see Ford or VW offering a product I both need and can afford in the future team up...

[Transporter]

I see it as another step back in quality, also I can’t see myself drive half Ford half VW. I though that when VW left the Mercedes/VW partnership in Crafter/Sprinter van and went to built their own new high capacity factory in Wresnia in Poland where a new Crafter is now built, that it wasn’t just for a very short moment.
So short lived new model independently built.

One has to ask the question, is the new Crafter the model that will exist only 3 years or so? I guess only time will tell.

[Ozsko]

Like a lot of automotive alliances now happening they are based on the expertise of the partners and you can bet that Ford and VW will be primarily looking at EV production as Toyota and Panasonic are with their announcement in recent weeks. Mazda and Toyota have announced that EV production and development is the only reason they have gotten together as well.

[Kiels3927]

Until they can do my 950 km run from Brisbane to Parkes in a day, I'm not that eager to see EV.

[Ozsko]

They are not worried about you and no one said they would stop IC production for where EV's are not practical. This is all about Europe and China, for instance and as an example we have bugger all electric buses but China has 325,000 of the things so where do you think production and research is going to be concentrated? Australia is a market that is hardly on the horizon or if it is a damned big pair of binoculars will be needed to see it. We will be driving IC vehicles in the bush for many years but in the metro areas they will become fairly common over the next five years once Hyundai and Kia have ramped up production on affordable production.

[Transporter]

...and since there are not many EV’s in the showrooms yet, we even don’t know if market will accept them.
The EV is even older than vehicle with IC engine. Yeah, the EV was a sleeper for +100 years.
IMO, it will take more than 5years before they’re fairly common, even in Europe, let alone AU.

[Ozsko]

Lock up the children, electric cars are coming!

[Transporter]

Yes, they’re. No doubt about that. But, 80% of us won’t have one.
Are you still excited?

The EV is part of the third industrial revolution, it will take more than 10 years (before they’re common on our roads), more like one generation according to Jeremy Rifkin. I enjoyed watching this video even get excited until...
I started to think about it more and realised that it might be just an utopia and if not we might (will) run out of time to save the life and species on this planet.

Though this comparison of EV to ICE cars nailed it and if I’d be buying today it’s not brainer I cross the EV from the shopping list.
The Biggest Pros and Cons of Electric Vehicles | Earth911.com

[Ozsko]

Sounds like the owners of horses when the car first started to arrive, it will never happen as there are not enough no petrol stations.