The Ford CEO has stated that they’ve learned a lot of lessons about reducing the bill of materials (specifically significantly reducing the sheer weight/quantity of wires and harness) from mistakes made with the Mach E and the F-150 Lightning. If they can pull off making it use less stuff and require less labor to build, I can believe that they can get things down in price.
That’s slates whole thing too, make parts that do multiple jobs and are interchangable, simplify systems, make single parts and less small components. The idea is really good, simplify manufacturing and pass savings on to consumers, just have yet to see if executed.
The Ford CEO has stated that they’ve learned a lot of lessons about reducing the bill of materials (specifically significantly reducing the sheer weight/quantity of wires and harness) from mistakes made with the Mach E and the F-150 Lightning. If they can pull off making it use less stuff and require less labor to build, I can believe that they can get things down in price.
Never trust anything Jim Farley says. They thought the F150 and MachE could demand the higher profit margins Musk pulled off, highest in the industry.
Farley will never admit those EVs were attempted gouging. That guy just spews bullshit constantly to media.
That’s slates whole thing too, make parts that do multiple jobs and are interchangable, simplify systems, make single parts and less small components. The idea is really good, simplify manufacturing and pass savings on to consumers, just have yet to see if executed.
Exactly what China is doing. US does not know how to make cars, despite 100 year head start.