Ford motor company has lost it

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Being widely reported they wont sell ice vehicles much longer in the UK at any price for fear of the new fines coming there way from the government if they dont sell enough EV vehicles?

Genius or will Ford fold in the uk and become van retailers only?

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Does this mean there will be less overall new cars sold (ice and ev) and we become more like cuba repairing what we have already?

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BunkMoreland said:

ATG said:

Quite. Isn't their problem the exact opposite? They don't have any competitive low/mid range BEV products to offer and they're a low/mid range brand.

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I dont think you understand how expensive BEV cars are to make! Theres never going to be a Fiesta/Polo EV that costs £15K. Even the £20k that a 3 cylinder Fiesta ST costs is a price that an EV simply cannot match!

Even Mercedes are binning off all the A, B, CLA and GLA models in the next few years to focus on EVs as they know they cant make them cheaply enough. No ones going to spend £45K on an EVA class!

Dacia can manage it, 15k for the new spring.