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"you voted for this"
-one of like 12 people in kentucky who didn't vote for trump
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Whoa, I want to point out that 2/3 of Kentucky adults didn't vote for Trump.
That's also a terrible statistic, because Trump voters outnumber all other voters by almost 2:1. I'm sure other half of eligible voters would not have turned the needle the other way, but 700k voters did not want him.
At the same time, they didn’t vote for this.
This is also partly Ford's fault. The F150 Lightning is very heavy and very expensive. It's capabilities as a truck aren't that great for the pricetag. They needed to be making more smaller, affordable EVs than shooting for the moon.
They're still making the Mustang Mach-E, and that CUV sells better than the actual Mustang.
The guys that founded Tesla (not Elon) actually did a great market analysis. They said EVs are expensive, so you don't start at the budget end. You actually start at the expensive luxury end. With trucks though it's hard because the buyers think they need a towing truck and the aerodynamics and thus range are awful.
To be fair, the F-Series trucks make up almost 39% of all vehicles fold by Ford in the USA (2024), plus . Americans overwhelming want big trucks from Ford, they're listening to their customers, their customers are just wrong though lol.
Ford Brand Total - 1,974,009
Ford Trucks Total - 1,158 964
F-Series - 765,649
Speaking of which, IDK why anyone would want a Mach-E. Sat in one and it was mind-blowing just how Spartan the interior of those cars are. Even the real Mustangs have have nicer interiors, and sports cars aren't exactly known for their luxury. But the Mustang might as well be a Bugatti by comparison to the Mach-E.
Noticed that trend in a lot of EVs lately, actually. They all seem to have the same bare-bones, Tesla-like interiors: all you get is just a steering wheel, somefake leather seats, some vents, and a giant screen that covers half the dashboard. And they expect people to pay $100K for these econo-boxes.
Every month USA will be less and less competitive in the EV space. The world will not wait for us.
They yearn for the coal mines.
Wow their population is between 1900-2700. Obviously not every employee lives there, but it means less people going there / being there. That's going to have catastrophic local effects.