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Ford to reveal all-electric F-150 Lightning on 19 May

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Ford announced that it will reveal the new battery-electric F-150 Lightning pickup—a revival of the name of the old Ford SVT Lightning performance truck—in 19 May in a livestreamed event at Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn. Now comes the F-150 Lightning. The reveal takes place at 9:30 p.m.

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Ford CEO gives nod to Tesla Model 3 in F-150 Lightning announcement

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In a statement about Ford’s next EV, the F-150 Lightning, Farley gave a nod to several key vehicles that paved the way for the all-electric truck. Now comes the F-150 Lightning. As per Ford, the Lightning will have a dual motor setup that would produce more torque and more horsepower than any existing F-150.

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VinFast reveals Ford Ranger-sized VF Wild electric ute concept, Aussie DNA included

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Vietnamese EV startup VinFast has revealed its VF Wild mid-sized ute concept at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. At the reveal no details were shared about battery size, powertrain, range, cost or potential production timing. The VF Wild was penned by GoMotiv , an independent design studio in Melbourne.

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Stellantis RAM 1500 Revolution vs Tesla Cybertruck, Rivian R1T & the Ford F-150 Lightning 

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Stellantis’ Ram Truck brand revealed its RAM 1500 Revolution battery electric vehicle concept during CES 2023 in Las Vegas. RAM vs. Tesla Cybertruck, Rivian R1T & the Ford F-150 Lightning. However, Giga Texas has started preparing for Cybertruck production in 2023. Ford F-150 Lightning.

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Shock! VinFast’s VF Wild electric pickup was designed in Melbourne!

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The VinFast VF Wild electric pickup concept unveiled at the 2024 CES tech extravaganza in Las Vegas this morning was designed in Australia. We hope when this product is unveiled at CES people go ‘wow’ and it creates a lot of interest,” said Thompson. “The GoMotiv missed out then but next time it was successful.

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Ford adds BlueCruise to 50,000 cars for hands-free driving

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Ford said this morning that it has pushed its BlueCruise hands-free highway driving capability to an additional 50,000 F-150 and Mustang Mach-E vehicles. “Nearly 15,000 2021 F-150 and Mustang Mach-E customers already completed the BlueCruise software updates with another 35,000 in process,” Ford said.

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Team from autonomous EV startup NIO wins car hacking contest at DEF CON 25

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At the conference held, last week in Las Vegas, researchers and hackers devised a series of challenges to understand the vulnerabilities of our connected world. In March 2017, NIO US announced its first production autonomous electric vehicles will be available in US in 2020. Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.

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