Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

Ford is moving inventory after slashing prices by up to $8,100 on its best-selling electric SUV, the Mustang Mach-E , last month. In February, sales of the electric SUV surged 64% year over year. EV volume was up 20% last year, but it was mainly driven by the F-150 Lightning.

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Teslarati

MARCH 19, 2024

During its most recent earnings call, the company said it would slow down production of some of its EVs, including the F-150 Lightning. We developed a super-talented skunkworks team to create a low-cost EV platform. The first vehicle is set to arrive in late 2026 and will cost around $25,000.

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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. Meanwhile, Ford is delaying plans for a larger three-row electric SUV due to the shift.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Although the Mach-E was the second best-selling electric SUV behind Tesla’s Model Y, rivals like Hyundai’s IONIQ 5 are stealing market share. Ford’s CEO also mentioned the company was working on a low-cost EV platform earlier this month. While Mach-E sales were up 4.6%

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The team also is reducing engineering costs by $4 billion from planned levels over the next five years by increasing use of common parts across its full line of vehicles, reducing order complexity and building fewer prototypes. Hackett cites as a template the example of how the company reimagined the all-new 2015 F-150.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2024

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. In response, Ford is shifting its strategy from larger EVs (like the F-150 Lightning) to smaller, more affordable electric cars. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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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.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 21, 2024

Audi plots a new lower-cost EV, an electric A3 or Q3 After unveiling the new Q6 e-tron this week, its next-gen premium mid-size electric SUV, Audi, is planning a smaller, lower-cost EV. The American automaker is developing a new low-cost EV platform to underpin a smaller electric pickup and SUV.

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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

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Is Ford shifting its electric vehicle efforts away from large EVs like the F-150 Lightning , and focusing on translating the ethos of the Model T into the EV era? Now this is important because we made a bet in silence two years ago, we developed a super-talented skunkworks team to create a low-cost EV platform,” said Farley. “It

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Baua Electric

MARCH 4, 2024

Meanwhile, Ford F-150 Lightning sales nearly doubled (+93%) YOY, with 2,930 EV trucks delivered. Ford F-150 Lightning production (Source: Ford) Ford’s overall sales were up 10.5% Rivian’s R1S electric SUV was the seventh best-selling EV last year, with over 24,783 units sold. E-Transit sales were also up 112.9%

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Tesla helped former shareholder Toyota to bring back the Toyota RAV4 EV , an electric SUV and also aided its other OEM shareholder, Daimler (which also has since divested its Tesla shares), with the Smart ED and B-Class Electric. Ford Mustang Mach-E (& F-150 Lightning & E-Transit). Kia/Hyundai/Genesis – Coming on Strong.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 22, 2022

Affordable & Luxury Electric Cars, Trucks & SUVs Coming. The first half of the year should see introductions of three key products—two compact SUVs, the Kia EV6 and Nissan Ariya , and Ford F-150 Lightning Pro pickup. If you’ve keeping count, that’s six more crossover/SUVs added to the mix. Small SUV-13.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

That chemistry, once dismissed for its puny energy density, is suddenly prized for low cost, long life and reassuring safety; especially for entry-priced models. Model Y SUV's from Giga Texas and Giga Berlin are also in line for the 4680, built at those factories' adjacent battery-production lines.

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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.) Furia explained, "The SUVs that we just completed that were outfitted with the XHT drive train could have been any SUV made by anyone.

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