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The EV Transition Explained

Cars That Think

From the outside, there is little to tell a basic Ford XL ICE. F-150 from the electric Ford PRO F-150 Lightning. The Lightning’s software suite may even be larger than its ICE counterpart (Ford will not confirm this). Ford CEO Jim Farley. Exterior changes could pass for a typical model-year refresh.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

Cars That Think

Ford, for example, recently cut 3,000 highly-paid salaried and contract workers as a down payment to help fund the transition to EVs. Ford CEO Jim Farley has said , employee cuts are necessary as Ford has “too many places in some places, no doubt about it. Ford is not alone. million jobs” in the Japanese auto industry.

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2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5: First of an aggressive wave of new EVs

Charged EVs

It’s not the first such EV: the Ford Mustang Mach-E, Tesla Model Y , and Volkswagen ID.4 Power export has proven to be a hugely popular feature of the recently announced Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck, and Hyundai may find a similar reaction to a mass-market crossover that can power your home in an emergency. kW of output.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

Green Car Congress

Industry officials expect that this $2.4 billion in cost-share from the award winners, will result directly in the creation tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in the US battery and auto industries. Ford Motor Company. Ford Motor Company. $30. billion investment, coupled with another $2.4 Indianapolis, IN.

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The Tesla Cybertruck’s most formidable rival gets a bullish battery supply update

Teslarati

The Ford F-150 Electric, arguably the most formidable rival to upcoming vehicles like the Tesla Cybertruck and the Rivian R1T, has practically secured its battery supply. With this in mind, SK could finish constructing its US facilities, such as a plant in Commerce, GA, which would be providing batteries to Ford and Volkswagen. .

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Tesla requests tariff waiver for graphite amid rising demand for EV batteries

Teslarati

Tesla stands as one of hundreds of auto industry players currently asking the US Trade Representative for extended tariff waivers on components imported from China. One of these is battery giant SK Innovation, which is one of the suppliers that is expected to provide cells for vehicles like the Ford F-150 Lightning.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

manufacturing operations, primarily due to a) the rising popularity of EVs and b) to guard against the kinds of challenges and risks in the international supply chain that have been one of the hallmarks of pandemic-era production; select specific plans include: Ford, which announced in June of this year that it would invest $3.7