Hi Geoff, thank you for the comment. I happen to agree that Ford will learn from Tesla, and I also agree that Tesla is incredibly innovative. Tesla is also a generation in front of any other auto manufacturer in terms of battery technology and vehicle electronics (they have even gone as far as designing their own chips). Like him, love him, or hate him, Elon Musk has irrevocably changed the world. As of right now, I don't believe there's a single manufacturer who has long-term plans for internal combustion engines beyond 10 years out. Let that sink in for a minute. I'm not quite ready to write-off hydrogen just yet, but it's definitely at the "show-me" stage.

As bold and innovative as Telsa is however, they rank near the bottom of automotive manufacturers on quality. And while I'm certainly not holding Ford up as some pillar of quality (I own a 2018 Expedition after all), one thing it didn't possess were things misaligned body panels or doors. If your auto plants are still doing stuff like what's in the article below nearly 15 years in, then I'd say that you probably don't want to build things correctly, and as with any product, when there are alternatives which don't suffer these types of shortcomings, it's only a matter of time before people start evaluating alternatives. It's like that really-attractive person who's an absolute jerk- when they first move to town they are all the rage, but after everyone has lived with them a while, everyone realizes who they really are and goes elsewhere.

https://www.cars.com/articles/how-was-the-build-quality-on-our-model-y-445732/