Teslarati

MARCH 19, 2024

Ford is planning to delay some electric vehicle plans in favor of a lineup of small, compact $25,000 EVs that could launch shortly after Tesla launches a car at the same price point, a new report says. During its most recent earnings call, the company said it would slow down production of some of its EVs, including the F-150 Lightning.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 26, 2024

The American automaker cut production of its all-electric F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E in recent months. Lawler said the new EV platform will enable multiple low-cost “top hats” or body designs. Ford’s CFO reiterated that the ultimate competition is low-cost EVs from China and Tesla.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 4, 2024

Ford’s F-150 Lightning remained the top-selling electric pickup, with sales up 80% over last year with 7,743 units delivered. The company said many 2024 F-150 Lightning orders are repeat buyers. The first models based on the platform are expected to be a smaller electric pickup and SUV with prices starting around $25,000.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2024

Electrek’s Take The news comes after BYD declared a “liberation battle” against gas-powered vehicles by releasing more affordable electric models priced below (or around) their ICE counterparts. 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.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The first is major price cuts from EV makers like Tesla. Ford F-150 Lightning charging (Source: Ford) Ford draws up 800V fast charging system for new EVs According to a new Ford patent, it looks like the automaker could level the playing field with 800V fast charging for its next-gen EVs.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The company recently announced it was exploring a strategic alliance with Mahindra Group as it transforms its business in India, and Zoyte with the intention of developing a new line of low-cost all-electric passenger vehicles in China. Hackett cites as a template the example of how the company reimagined the all-new 2015 F-150.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Aluminum companies are in an “ ebullient mood ”, WSD says, due in part to the aluminum-bodied 2015 Ford F-150 ( earlier post ) and an Aluminum Association report, authored by the Ducker Worldwide consulting group, forecasting that by 2025 three-in-four pickup trucks will have an all-aluminum body. Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

MARCH 21, 2024

The American automaker is developing a new low-cost EV platform to underpin a smaller electric pickup and SUV. 2024 Ford F-150 Flash (Source: Ford) According to Bloomberg Businessweek , Ford’s “skunk works” team working on the platform is led by Alan Clarke, who led engineering on the Tesla Model Y.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2024

The comments come after a source told Bloomberg Businessweek that Ford was developing a low-cost EV platform to power a smaller electric pickup and SUV with starting prices around $25,000. Rivian’s R1S electric SUV was the seventh best-selling EV in the US last year, topping the F-150 Lightning and Tesla Model X.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Unfortunately, the reduction in commodity cell price and improvements in energy density have plateaued due to the practical limits of intercalation-type cathode materials. In addition, iron is 300 times cheaper than cobalt and 150 times cheaper than nickel. —Huang et al.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 4, 2024

Ford’s EV sales climbed 80% year-over-year (YOY) in February following aggressive price cuts last month. Ford EV sales climb in February following price cuts After EV sales slipped 11% last month in EV sales last month, Ford saw a big improvement in February with 6,368 all-electric vehicles handed over, up 80.8% over last year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2016

Where high-temperature performance would normally be addressed by the conversion of aluminum to titanium, much higher prices may be justified. This intermetallic melts only at temperatures above 1093 ˚C (2,000 ˚F). —Sims et al. Image credit: Carlos Jones, ORNL. Click to enlarge.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Ford Mustang Mach-E (& F-150 Lightning & E-Transit). Finally, take the company and the country’s best-selling vehicle–the Ford F-150–and recast it as an affordable, capable all-electric work vehicle with higher-end consumer versions also available. Kia/Hyundai/Genesis – Coming on Strong.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 22, 2022

This year–2022–is shaping up to be the year we have been expecting for two years—when the population of EVs expands so a great variety of vehicles at a range of prices spur the market to new heights. The bottom line is it’s getting harder to say “I can’t find the right price and model” for the prospective EV buyer.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 23, 2021

In recent years, the low cost of lithium has discouraged the miners from increasing production capacity which has now resulted in a lack of demand accelerates. Ford has also recently announced a $29 billion commitment to electric and self-driving cars and unveiled an electric version of the F-150 truck.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

In Phase II, devices suitable for near-commercial applications must be built and tested, and issues associated with manufacturing the units in large volumes at a competitive price must be addressed. Innovative subsystem component technologies in the areas of high-resolution low-cost NO x and NH 3 sensors.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The question really is how quickly, at what price point, safety levels and manufacturing defects." As for chemistry, Viswwanathan said a nickel-rich, low-cobalt design will surely power pricier, longer-range models, to take on rivals including Lucid and General Motors—the latter with its new nickel-intensive Ultium cells.

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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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