Baua Electric
MARCH 18, 2024
Ford is developing a new low-cost EV platform to power a small electric pickup and SUV, with starting prices around $25,000. Shifting to low-cost EVs Although low-cost Chinese passenger EVs, like BYD , are not sold in the US, they are having a big impact on domestic automakers.
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.
Baua Electric
MARCH 19, 2024
BYD, Chinese EV makers select NVIDIA Drive Thor NVIDIA announced the partnership with BYD during its GTC conference on Tuesday. 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. BYD will use NVIDIA’s Drive Thor for its next-gen EV fleet.
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.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 6, 2014
The report, based on WSD’s independent consultation with steel, aluminum and automotive experts, is formally being presented to steel executives today at the worldsteel Annual Conference in Moscow. Earlier post.). —“AutoBody Warfare”. Aluminum automotive sheet deliveries will show spectacular gains through 2018, the WSD report says.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost.
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