Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2021

Ford announced that it will reveal the new battery-electric F-150 Lightning pickup—a revival of the name of the old Ford SVT Lightning performance truck—in 19 May in a livestreamed event at Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn. Now comes the F-150 Lightning.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Ford has commented to Teslarati , explaining the image posted by its FordPerformance Instagram account, teasing an upcoming vehicle with Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo and Ford CEO Jim Farley. Ford has recently re-entered Formula 1 after a long hiatus.

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Teslarati

MAY 11, 2021

Ford CEO Jim Farley may have thrown some shade towards Tesla in the past, but the automotive veteran seemed to have adopted a much friendlier stance as of late. In a statement about Ford’s next EV, the F-150 Lightning, Farley gave a nod to several key vehicles that paved the way for the all-electric truck.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2015

Ford has begun production of the 2015 F-150 ( earlier post ) at Kansas City Assembly Plant, which joins Dearborn Truck Plant in building the first mass-produced light-duty pickup truck with a high-strength, military-grade, aluminum-alloy body. In 2011, Ford announced a $1.1 In 2011, Ford announced a $1.1

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2015

The new Ford GT on display in the Ford stand at NAIAS. In December, Ford President and CEO Mark Fields said Ford would focus on five key areas of innovation, one of them being performance. One of the reasons we didn’t go the hybrid route with some of the products you saw today was efficiency in terms of weight.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2009

Ford Motor Company began production of its EcoBoost engines ( earlier post ) at Cleveland Engine Plant No. Ford invested $55 million to retool and reopen the plant, which had been idled in 2007. The EcoBoost begins production. A V-6 EcoBoost engine will be available for the F-150 in 2010. Click to enlarge.

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Teslarati

APRIL 23, 2021

In its piece, Consumer Reports argued that this was proof that Tesla’s driver monitoring is inadequate since it does not use eye-tracking technology like those employed in GM’s Super Cruise (or Ford’s BlueCruise). These tribes exist in numerous segments, from politics to consumer products. A Fallacy of Composition.

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