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Hardcore electric ute incoming: Dakar-ready Ford F-150 Lightning Switchgear concept paves the way for wild Raptor EV

EV Central

The all-new Ford F-150 Lightning Switchgear concept has been unleashed, revealing the Blue Oval is plotting a faster all-electric Ford F-150 Raptor. To evolve the regular F-150 Lightning into something ready to tackle the legendary Baja100 race along the Californian peninsula has taken some work.

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Flash Mob: Ford Introduces F-150 Lightning Flash

The Truth About Cars

It has an extended range (320-mile) battery, popular equipment, and a price tag right at $70,000.& Essentially an XLT with a few more tech tricks, the Flash packs that 131 kWh extended-range battery, available Ford BlueCruise, and throws in the 15.5-inch Yes, I had to check the calendar to learn if this is April Fool’s Day.

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Ford develops and begins manufacturing new powered respirator; expanding other COVID-19 efforts

Green Car Congress

Ford has also started providing manufacturing expertise to help scientific instrument provider Thermo Fisher Scientific quickly expand production of COVID-19 collection kits to test for the virus. Collection kits for COVID-19 tests. Ford is helping scale production of collection kits for COVID-19 tests at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

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Feature: Tailgating With an EV

Clean Fleet Report

Having to call roadside assistance because you’ve run out of fuel—or in this case, battery power—is humiliating. Ford’s F-150 Lightning combines electric power for towing, a huge frunk and 11 electric outlets. Bring along a windshield repair kit and a tool kit in case you need to fix something or change a flat tire.

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Update on ALTe; EREV powertrain company tracking for production-caliber units by December, production ramp in 1Q 2013

Green Car Congress

The first wave of F-150 production-ready prototype extended range electric vehicles is soon due to be delivered to Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to kick-off a pilot study in the PG&E fleet. Specs for the powertrain in the F-150 include a 2.0L, 4-cylinder naturally aspirated gasoline engine powering an 82 kW (peak) Remy DC generator.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. The pickup boasts 563 horsepower, does zero to 60 in four seconds and wields 1050 Newton-meters (775 lb.

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Does EV home-backup capability outmode the Tesla Powerwall?

Baua Electric

GM last week announced details regarding its vehicle-to-home (V2H) system, set to launch with the Chevrolet Silverado EV RST , that will help EV owners back up their home without the help of a storage battery like a Tesla Powerwall or a backup generator. It’s good for charging at 19.2 That brings the total component cost to $7,299.

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