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[–] 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You couldn't pay me to use a modern Ford

Fathom means “to penetrate and come

Okay, maybe with jokes like that!

Every model will be equipped with a large, high-resolution touchscreen, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, BlueCruise, bidirectional charging capabilities, and a digital key.

The Fathom will be the first vehicle to have Apple Maps built in, providing turn-by-turn directions using real-time data, EV routing, battery preconditioning, and more, all directly through the navigation display.

Ford will use the road-level data from Apple Maps to advance its BlueCruise hands-free highway driving tech for “a more seamless on-ramp to off-ramp experience.”

Oh no. Nevermind. Either they're cutting corners on what actually matters or their selling your data. Probably both.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    I just bought an ev. The touch screen is being tracked like a web page. They know how often you use the normal basic features.

    I wish they were upfront about the data selling. Factor that into the price.

    commercial opens "This is our data collection Car. We made it $10k to buy, but $120 a year to use the accelerator and so many more subscriptions we have to give the car away. We make the cars for $4000 anyway. Why do we have so many extra part laying around. Looks back at camera so if you want an affordable car, buy ours, we make money off of you while you drive. Or don't. That's still a data point that someone wants to buy."

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Affordable in its space, that's great.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    28.3K really is cheap in this context but I'm skeptical that this would be anywhere close to the price when it comes out. Seen too many "40K" that turn out to be 60K in reality. I mean in any context, the avg sale price of new vehicles is over $50K.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    They are likely using LFP batteries instead of ones that take some of the more expensive minerals like cobalt. That is a huge part of the cost of EVs, and LFPs should help keep the price down

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    They're using LFP in the Mach-e as well and they're losing money on every sale at signuficantly higher price tag. So I think it's gotta be something else.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    From what I understand that has more to do with the amount of money they are putting into R&D, not cost of materials for each vehicle. Media has been spinning it, but it is not a 1:1 thing

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago

    For all the "make it a car" folks out there - Ford F-series is the best selling vehicle in the US and Canada. That's just how fucked we are.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago

    This is an advert.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    That’s “midsize”? The fuck?

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  • [–] 25 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    Sucks that it has a touchscreen display and built in Apple Maps, a infotainment that has physical buttons and no systems to track you would sell me on it

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  • [–] 20 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    1000%

    I have a 2020 Mini Cooper, and we took it in for service and got a loaner 2026 Mini, and it has this massive, ugly touchscreen.

    Look at these gorgeous physical toggles! And even more overhead! All gone! FFS!

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Wait, they took out the toggles? That is a ton of the personality of the Mini

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    Yes, it's now one massive round touchscreen. Takes like 4 different taps just to change the AC temp.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    I hope people start suing over this shit. My 2010 had buttons for rear ac temp up/down. Now I have to find the climate button on the screen, wait for the climate screen to load, find the "rear" button, wait for the rear ac screen to load, BAM head on collision.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Wow, that's the one of the ugliest pickup trucks I've ever seen, second only to the cyber truck.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    With how big the cab is, it almost looks like they took an SUV and bolted on a tiny truck bed sticking out the back. The proportions are very strange.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I really wish they could make some kind of mini truck design where the bed and cabin are huge but there is no engine in front. Since its an ev the bed can be lined with batteries and the motor is very compact. I love a mini truck and its so practical and fun to drive. Pickups are just too big.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago

    Too expensive, too big, too Ford.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I wish ford would stop doing the ugly af square nose design. Make EV cars and make them aero, please.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    I’d really like to see an EV designed with no mirrors. Not like Tesla: the displays for each side mirror should be on each side. And the whole vehicle should be aero, yes. But for a truck you’d end up with something that resembles the cybertruck, but with rounded corners.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    There was an article linked at the bottom of this one for the truck I really want - the Telo MT1. I'm willing to pay more to have a compact and capable vehicle. And there's an option for a full solar panel roof.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Ok now make it a car and you'll have my attrntion

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    The landscape of EVs within the Evil Empire is pretty bad

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    How is this more expensive than the Slate?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago*

    I wonder if it'll have the same death wobble that their other trucks had lol.

    Side note I'm biased as hell because all these american truck brands keep making their trucks bigger when they dont need to be. It makes the road a more dangerous place than it already is

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