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Ford unveils F-150 Lightning electric pickup; starting at $39,974; arriving in 2022

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Ford unveiled the F-150 Lightning battery-electric pickup. F-150 Lightning offers a standard-range battery targeting 230 miles of EPA-estimated range and an extended-range battery targeting 300 miles of EPA-estimated range. 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum, Lariat, XLT. America’s No.

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Ford drastically cuts workforce at F-150 Lightning EV plant amid ‘much slower’ demand

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Ford is drastically cutting its workforce at the facility where the F-150 Lightning is built, with demand “much slower” than expected. Ford cutting F-150 Lightning workforce Ford initially announced the reduction in January, citing “slower than expected” demand. Instead, workers are being reassigned or offered retirement.

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BYD confirms Shark electric pickup name as Ford F-150 Lightning rival in latest teaser

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BYD is launching its first electric pickup soon after confirming it will go by the name “Shark” in its latest teaser, revealing a Ford F-150 Lightning look up front. It also showed the pickup’s Ford F-150 Lightning -like full-length light bar and stacked headlights. A new electric pickup is coming to global markets.

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Ford low-cost EV platform to compete with Tesla being designed by “skunkworks team:” CEO

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Unlike its current lineup of EVs like the Mustang Mach-E, Ford F-150 Lightning , and the E-Transit all-electric van, the company’s upcoming EVs are designed to be profitable in the first 12 months of their launch. We developed a super-talented skunkworks team to create a low-cost EV platform. It was a startup.

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Ford is building a low-cost EV platform with some of the ‘best EV engineers’ to rival Tesla

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Ford (F) assembled a “super-talented skunk works team” to build a low-cost EV platform. Ford is “secretly” developing a low-cost EV platform Following Tuesday’s Q4 and full-year 2023 earnings results, Farley explained that Ford is adjusting its capital while switching gears to focus on smaller EVs.

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Stanford researchers make ammonia from air and water microdroplets

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This one-step nitrogen-fixation strategy to produce ammonia is eco-friendly and low cost, which converts widely available starting materials into a value-added product. To break nitrogen’s strong bonds, the Haber-Bosch process requires roughly 80-300 atmospheres of pressure and temperatures around 572-1000 ˚F (300-500 ˚C).

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TU Delft heading European collaborative RD project on high-energy, low-cost, high-safety Li-ion traction batteries

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fluorosulfates, LiFeSO 4 F) and more established systems, will be investigated. The outcome will be a newly developed cell, manufactured and tested by end-users, consisting of i) a newly formulated Si-negative electrode, ii) newly designed low cost salts, and iii) modified positive electrodes.

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