Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2020

Ford is using two four-legged robots leased from Boston Dynamics at its Van Dyke Transmission Plant in early August to laser-scan the plant, helping engineers update the original computer-aided design. That digital model is then used when we need to retool the plant for new products. We design and build the plant.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2021

Ford and SK Innovation signed an MoU to create a joint venture—to be called BlueOvalSK—to produce approximately 60 GWh annually in traction battery cells and array modules, starting mid-decade, with potential to expand. —Jim Farley, Ford president and CEO. Mass production at Plant 2 is expected to start in 2023.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 27, 2022

The Tesla Cybertruck is not yet in production, but the electric pickup truck market is already hitting its stride. This became quite evident earlier this month when two all-electric pickups, the Rivian R1T and the Ford F-150 Lightning, engaged each other in a tug-of-war bout. The results of the match were quite interesting.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 21, 2022

But while the EV maker may have to put the pedal to the metal to hit this goal by the end of December, one particular vehicle from Tesla’s lineup is definitely shaking up the automotive industry’s global sales rankings– that vehicle is the Model Y. Ford Team [link] — Steven Armstrong (@StevenArmstrong) July 1, 2018.

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Baua Electric

MAY 11, 2023

“A lot of our enthusiast products create a halo for the rest of the brand.” Such consumers additionally exist within the midsize pickup section, Ford says, developing a chance to enlarge the Ranger’s buyer bottom and differentiate itself from rival vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

Ford has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Anhui Zotye Automobile Co., a major manufacturer of all-electric vehicles in China, to explore the establishment of a 50:50 joint venture for the development, production, marketing and servicing of a new line of all-electric passenger vehicles in China.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The Tesla Cybertruck production specs are here, and they are quite a bit different from the figures that were announced for the vehicle back in late 2019. The production Cybertruck, as per Tesla’s official page for the vehicle , now has an overall length of 223.7 inches, a width of 79.8 inches, and a height of 75 inches.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The Tesla Cybertruck production specs are here, and they are quite a bit different from the figures that were announced for the vehicle back in late 2019. The production Cybertruck, as per Tesla’s official page for the vehicle , now has an overall length of 223.7 inches, a width of 79.8 inches, and a height of 75 inches.

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Teslarati

JUNE 30, 2022

Slow-moving is definitely not one of them. In fact, the Texas-based electric car company could soon see itself being overtaken by veteran automakers such as General Motors and Ford. . In its annual Car Wars study , Bank of America predicted that Ford and General Motors would surpass Tesla’s electric vehicle sales by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2016

The Asahi Shimbun reports that will set up a factory for the joint manufacture of automotive fuel cells, with production beginning by 2025 at the latest. is collaborating with Ford Motor Co. Earlier post.). Toyota Motor is working with BMW to develop key components for FCVs, while Nissan Motor Co. and Daimler AG on fuel cells.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Ford’s all-in on electrification and Clean Fleet Report had a chance this past week to experience the company’s commitment first hand—from the passenger seat. The first Ford F-150 Lightning pre-production units begin leaving the factory. The first Ford F-150 Lightning pre-production units begin leaving the factory.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Ford has issued its third annual trends report, a compilation of consumer research and insights from thought leaders around the world, which is intended to provide a look at micro-trends expected to influence products and brands for 2015 and beyond. —Sheryl Connelly, Ford global consumer trend and futuring manager.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 10, 2023

With Ford having debuted the global version of the midsize Ranger pickup in 2021, the only question was what kind of changes would be made for the American market. However, Ford also invited us out to take a gander at the new Ranger and Ranger Raptor (more on that later) last week, and we wanted to give you a deeper dive here.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The new, longer-range Lightning Electric Transit Van is the fourth generation of its battery-electric and fuel cell electric platform, based on the Ford Transit 350HD chassis. Service is performed by Lightning eMotors’ network of Ford QVM-certified service centers, upfitters, and dealers, and spare parts are readily available worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2017

A new Leaderboard report from Navigant Research finds Ford is the leading company developing automated driving systems, followed by General Motors, the Renault-Nissan Alliance, and Daimler. Four companies met Navigant’s “Leaders” definition, with both Strategy and Execution scores of greater than 75.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The company, which supplies batteries to automakers including Ford, Hyundai and Volkswagen, currently operates seven factories in the United States, Hungary, China and South Korea and is currently in construction of seven more plants. SK On ranked ninth in terms of global EV battery market share in 2019, but has shot up to fifth this year.

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Teslarati

JUNE 4, 2021

New production data from Ford reveals that the legacy automaker is manufacturing more units of the all-electric Mach E than the traditional, gas-powered Mustang. In an attempt to enter the all-electric car market, Ford announced that it would electrify its legendary Mustang in November 2019. What do you think?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2020

XL Fleet and Pivotal Investment Corporation II, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), have recently entered into a definitive merger agreement. XL expects to expand its current suite of hybrid and plug-in hybrid solutions for Class 2-6 vehicles to include zero CO 2 (e.g.,

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

This was definitely the case for the Model X Plaid, whose real-world quarter-mile performance was recently shared online. seconds on regular streets, the Model X Plaid effectively becomes faster than the 2022 Ford GT, a ~$500,000 American supercar currently listed by Car and Driver to have a standing quarter-mile time of 10.8

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Ford is investing $1 billion over the next five years in Argo AI—an artificial intelligence software startup founded by former Google and Uber leaders—to to develop an SAE Level 4 virtual driver system for the automaker’s autonomous vehicle coming in 2021 ( earlier post ), and for potential license to other companies.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2016

Ford is tripling its fleet of fully autonomous Ford Fusion Hybrid test vehicles—making it the largest in the automotive industry, according to the company—and will use a new-generation sensor technology as the company further accelerates its autonomous vehicle development plans. Advances in sensing, software and hardware.

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Teslarati

MAY 11, 2022

Former Tesla 4680 battery cell production engineer James Herbermann has been named Vice President of Manufacturing at the American Battery Factory (ABF). Rivian , Ford, and Volkswagen are also utilizing the cell chemistry for some of their vehicles. Tesla is just one of the companies working to use LFP cells.

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Teslarati

MAY 23, 2023

With Cybertruck production nearing , Tesla is continuing to show off what the final product might look like in several looks through both candid shots taken by lucky onlookers and exclusive photos shared by the company. The Ford F-Series has dominated the U.S. market for pickups for years, and this past year was no different.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 4, 2020

It has most definitely not been a typical year for product launches and vehicle arrival timing. One of the finalists named—the Ford.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2011

Researchers from the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Co. The data collected included deposit location, geologic type, dimensions and content of lithium, as well as the current status of production. The second part of the study examined lithium demand for the same 90-year period (2010-2100).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2011

Marathon Oil Corporation has reached a definitive agreement with Hilcorp Resources Holdings, LP to purchase its assets in the core of the Eagle Ford shale formation in Texas in a transaction valued at $3.5 Year-end production expected to be approximately 12,000 net boe per day. The Hilcorp transaction is expected to close 1 Nov.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2022

The framework for the specification and testing of automotive LiDAR sensors will provide a trusted basis for OEMs to create “Request for Quotation” (RfQ) and bring the right products to the market, as well as a clear market overview and segmentation of LiDAR sensors. fka and its partners have motivated Deutsche Institut für Normung e.V. (DIN)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Liontown has already secured offtake agreements with Tesla, Ford and LG Energy Solutions.) Australia-based Liontown Resources has begun open pit mining operations at the Kathleen Valley Lithium Project in Western Australia ( earlier post ); the first blast was successfully fired at the Mt.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2016

For the past five years, Ford has issued an annual trend report exploring societal shifts expected to influence consumers and brands (e.g., Sheryl Connelly, Ford global trend and futuring manager, says there is no escaping the fact that disruption is now the status quo. earlier post ).

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Baua Electric

APRIL 17, 2024

Economies of scale created by ramp-ups of EV production will help, but won’t completely close the gap either, according to analysts, adding that this could be a problem for legacy automakers in the U.S. Ford in February announced a new strategy focusing on smaller, lower-cost EVs at higher volume, to tackle potential Chinese rivals.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 30, 2024

Well, two new cars – a Porsche Taycan and Mercedes-Benz EQS – and an aging Ford Explorer. Pierluigi Cumo, VP of Michelin Business to Business Products for Michelin North America, told me improvements in mileage, rolling resistance, and how often the tires need to retreaded will be part of the sales story as Michelin works with fleets.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2009

Prior to his current position, Tinskey led Ford’s product planning and product management activities for hybrids and for developing and implementing the electric vehicle strategy announced last January ( earlier post ). But we definitely have this in mind as a long-term goal. Ford’s product approach to electrification.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Founded in 2006, XG Sciences specialized in the production of graphene nanoplatelets and the formulations of advanced materials that amplify product performance across diverse applications such as Lithium-ion battery anode materials, automotive, packaging, composites, concrete, and other industrial markets.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

He also says that when the Model S came out, it was the best car to hit the market for 100 years since the Model T Ford, saying that it’s still the best car on the road 12 years later. “Definitely in this decade. “I would say maybe five years,” Kimbal responds.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

“The proposal Ford offered us is garbage,” stated Nicholas Brooks, a member of UAW Native 862 at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant. “I can’t believe they want to cut some of our profit sharing, cut the sign-on bonus down, and they definitely need to be helping the retirees more.”

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2011

Ford is focused on lightweighting as a key enabling technology for lowering fuel consumption in combustion-engined vehicles (ICE) and for extending the range—and the size—of battery electric vehicles (EVs). At a media dinner with other Ford executives, including Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr.;

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

They're definitely overall a good impact for our customers and for the environment, but it's moving too fast," said Michael Lucki, general manager of Riverhead Mazda in New York. "It still used production quotas. EVs are definitely not a want of our guests today. Electric vehicles are exciting.

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