Ford’s renewed push on EV volume, however much it may hurt its own bottom line, will keep the pressure on Tesla. And there are other competitive forces entering the fray. For example, Hyundai’s Ioniq 6 electric sedan is squarely aimed at the Model 3-curious and has garnered enthusiastic reviews.
Judith Meyer
Judith Meyer is executive editor of the Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal, the Morning Sentinel and the Western Maine weekly newspapers of the Sun Media Group. She serves as vice president of the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition and is a member of the Right to Know Advisory Committee to the Legislature. A journalist since 1990 and former editorial page editor for the Sun Journal, she was named Maine’s Journalist of the Year in 2003. She serves on the New England Newspaper & Press Association Board of Directors and was the 2018 recipient of the Judith Vance Weld Brown Spirit of Journalism Award by the New England Society of Newspaper Editors. A fellow of the National Press Foundation and the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, she attended George Washington University, lives in Auburn with her husband, Phil, and is an active member of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine.
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British glasses are half-full for King Charles
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MIT is a college bargain. NYU, not so much.
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Migration’s root cause isn’t that complicated
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Why gun control advocates keep failing
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The IRS is becoming a model of efficiency. Really.
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