QOTD: What Do You Expect Ford's EV "Breakthrough" Will Be?

by Tim Healey

Published: July 31st, 2025

qotd what do you expect ford s ev breakthrough will be

Ford is planning to make an announcement about an electric-vehicle " breakthrough" at its Kentucky plant soon.

So, what do you think it is?

Ford is hyping it as a "Model T" moment -- but what could be that transformative?

Matt suggests an affordable EV. Certainly possible -- there aren't that many on the market and Ford isn't really playing in that space right now.

I speculate it could be something with insanely long range and/or super-fast charging.

But maybe our imaginations are too limited. What do you think it is?

Sound off below.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Lou_BC on Aug 01, 2025

EV Maverick?

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- Aja8888 on Aug 01, 2025
  
  Could be, there are way up in price already as hybrids.
  
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- Zang on Aug 01, 2025
  
  This would be pretty hot if so.
  
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- EBFlexing on ur mom on Aug 01, 2025
  
  From the fire lol
  
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- Jalop1991 on Aug 03, 2025
  
  Ford didn't start the fire...
  
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Jdaviscle on Aug 02, 2025

I don't care about the cost per mile for fuel. If i cared about cost I'd buy a used civic. 5k and 40 miles a gallon is hard to "save". I'd still rent a car for long trips just like I pay to have mulch delivered rather than buy a truck for the 2 times a year I need it.

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- Jalop1991 on Aug 02, 2025
  
  I don't care about the cost per mile for fuel.
  Nor do I, so when the wife wanted a Bronco, it was no big deal.
  And if I wanted to pick up that RS3, or that Stelvio QF, it too would be no big deal.
  
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- Grandmaster T on Aug 02, 2025
  
  "I pay to have mulch delivered"
  • Didn't realize we have billionaire posters on TTAC 😉
  
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