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Flash Drive: 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning

Clean Fleet Report

Not electric trucks, but trucks. Ford held focus groups with cardboard cut-outs depicting design features to test acceptance. One excited the focus groups: the frunk. Electric can haul. Bumper-To-Bumper – Three years/36,000 miles. Electric Vehicle Components – Eight years/100,000 miles.

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First Ride: 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning

Clean Fleet Report

The four trims really break down into two distinct owner groups based on the current F-150’s demographics. The PRO is the basic work truck, starting with a smaller of the two battery packs (still with 230 miles of range), but retailing for less than $40,000, including four-wheel drive and 775 foot-pounds of torque. A full frunk.

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Coda popped onto the electric-vehicle stage in June 2009 as an offshoot of Miles Electric Vehicles, a maker of electric light trucks in China. Warren Buffett is an investor in China’s BYD, which is making a compact fully electric vehicle to be sold in China later this year. Tesla Motors.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Related Articles Chrysler May Dodge the Banking Bullet Quick Read Apr 28, 2009 Group 1 Automotive Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript Quick Read Apr 28, 2009 Celadon Group, Inc. Tax credit incentives are also available to consumers in the U.S. market for sustainable “green” energy purchases.