Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

In February, Ford CEO Jim Farley announced that his company has been quietly working on a low-cost platform for smaller EVs for the last two years. The platform will feature low-cost LFP batteries, and the first model is expected to launch in 2026.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

EV volume was up 20% last year, but it was mainly driven by the F-150 Lightning. Ford F-150 Lightning production (Source: Ford) Despite rising Mach-E sales, Rick Wainschel, vice president of data and analytics at Cloud Theory, told Automotive News there are some “dark clouds” lingering.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Is Ford shifting its electric vehicle efforts away from large EVs like the F-150 Lightning , and focusing on translating the ethos of the Model T into the EV era? Now this is important because we made a bet in silence two years ago, we developed a super-talented skunkworks team to create a low-cost EV platform,” said Farley. “It

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Baua Electric

APRIL 4, 2024

Ford’s F-150 Lightning remained the top-selling electric pickup, with sales up 80% over last year with 7,743 units delivered. The company said many 2024 F-150 Lightning orders are repeat buyers. Delaying production could cost it market share over the next few years as rivals look to take advantage of the shift.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Ford F-150 Lightning charging (Source: Ford) Ford draws up 800V fast charging system for new EVs According to a new Ford patent, it looks like the automaker could level the playing field with 800V fast charging for its next-gen EVs. Ford’s CEO also mentioned the company was working on a low-cost EV platform earlier this month.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2024

BYD new Seagull EV (Source: BYD) BYD, HYPER, and XPENG join China’s ZEEKR and Li Auto, which already announced plans to use the tech for future EVs. Although BYD is best known for its low-cost EVs, the Chinese automaker is expanding into luxury and mid-size SUVs to take on new segments.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Aluminum companies are in an “ ebullient mood ”, WSD says, due in part to the aluminum-bodied 2015 Ford F-150 ( earlier post ) and an Aluminum Association report, authored by the Ducker Worldwide consulting group, forecasting that by 2025 three-in-four pickup trucks will have an all-aluminum body. Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2024

The comments come after a source told Bloomberg Businessweek that Ford was developing a low-cost EV platform to power a smaller electric pickup and SUV with starting prices around $25,000. Rivian’s R1S electric SUV was the seventh best-selling EV in the US last year, topping the F-150 Lightning and Tesla Model X.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

The race for lower-cost electric cars Automakers are rushing to introduce new low-cost EVs. Ford is shifting from large EVs, like the F-150 Lightning, to smaller, more affordable models. According to a new Bloomberg Businessweek report, Ford plans to launch a new low-cost EV platform.

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Baua Electric

MAY 22, 2023

The ones enlargement plans are pushed by way of the corporate’s center of attention on successful car sections and high-margin, low cost derivatives. As an example, he stated, the freshened F-150 full-size pickup debuting this 12 months has 2,400 fewer portions than the stream type. We have to prove it.”

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2016

Modern windmills and hybrid autos, for example, rely on strong permanent magnets made with the rare earth elements neodymium and dysprosium. The commercialization path in part will depend on the cost of cerium. At an alloy cost of less than $10.00/kg, This intermetallic melts only at temperatures above 1093 ˚C (2,000 ˚F).

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Baua Electric

MARCH 4, 2024

Meanwhile, Ford F-150 Lightning sales nearly doubled (+93%) YOY, with 2,930 EV trucks delivered. Ford F-150 Lightning production (Source: Ford) Ford’s overall sales were up 10.5% That’s more than the Ford F-150 Lightning (24,165). The move comes as Ford looks to take on low-cost Chinese automakers and Tesla.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Tesla is described as disruptive technology, but in reality the company has done what auto companies have done for a little more than a century—build great cars and match them up with owners who appreciate them. Ford Mustang Mach-E (& F-150 Lightning & E-Transit). Let us know what you think.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 23, 2021

The BEVs also lower the system costs of a fully renewable system if the moment of charging is optimally chosen especially when combined with bidirectional charging. In recent years, the low cost of lithium has discouraged the miners from increasing production capacity which has now resulted in a lack of demand accelerates.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet." First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009.

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