The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Ford announced this morning a new trim for their all-electric pickup truck. It has an extended range (320-mile) battery, popular equipment, and a price tag right at $70,000.& Though if Ford is going down this road, they better be prepared to also add the Lightning Strikes and Lightning Rod trims to its roster.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

No less an auto industry titan as Ford has also made bidirectional charging a selling point of their F-150 Lightning electric truck, reportedly slated to roll off the lines this year. Market watchers and researchers alike are wary of potential compatibility and standards issues, and consumer uptake is unpredictable. feet) of torque.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles. Pricing from $8-15,000 for installed low-speed EV range of 8-24 miles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. 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.)

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EV Central

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Its 655km WLTP range (in Long Range guise) is over 10 per cent above the equivalent Polestar 2 AWD, and its figure bests everything in this price bracket – Telsa Model 3 Long Range (629km) and Hyundai Ioniq 6 RWD Extended Range (614km) included. Range anxiety? Properly banished. But seriously.

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