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Toyota and Lexus 800V EVs, F-150 Lightning home power backup cost, Stellantis electrifies in Canada: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

The electric replacements for gas-swilling Dodge muscle cars and Chrysler minivans start to take form in factory revamps. And the F-150 Lightning system that can power your home gets priced out. The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning is. Lexus and Toyota have plans involving big battery packs and 800-volt charging.

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Toyota Sienna hybrid minivan, electrified Ram pickup, Fisker and Lordstown go public: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Which electric truck played tug of war with the Ford F-150? How long ago were Detroit automakers thinking about climate change? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending October 30, 2020.

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Tesla Model S & Model X named ‘Best Resale Value Award’ winners

Teslarati

Vehicles like the Rivian R1T, GMC Hummer EV, and Ford F-150 Lightning have become appreciating assets over the past few years. Broadly, Toyota and Lexus were awarded the best resale value brands of 2023, winning many segments, including the minivan, PHEV, full-size pickup truck, midsize pickup truck, and luxury full-size SUV.

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Q3 Sales Up 11.6% for EVs With OEM Reported Sales Numbers

EV Adoption

Ford F-150 Lightning: 181.5% The Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid (PHEV) had a sales decline of 49%, perhaps due to strong sales of the Toyota Sienna minivan, which is now available only as a regular hybrid. The Ford F-150 Lightning also had strong growth of 181.5%, but was still only on a monthly pace of around 2,150 units.

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Ford patents movable in-vehicle table

Baua Electric

Ford movable in-vehicle table patent image Ford hasn’t sold minivans in the U.S. It already offers fold-flat seats in the F-150 pickup truck, as well as a folding shifter that turns the center console into a flat workspace. That feature went away with the introduction of the Chrysler Pacifica for the 2017 model year.

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News: Mid-Year EV Sales Hit Peak

Clean Fleet Report

They are not science experiments or beta testing projects (with some exceptions that we won’t go into), but functional vehicles that work at whatever task is thrown their way–from hauling people (still waiting on a full electric minivan, Chrysler) to lighting up your house in a power outage (thank you, Ford Lightning ).

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

Ford has just announced that its electric F-150 pickup will be called “Lightning,” bringing back a moniker that was applied to high performance F-150 versions in the past, but keeping the electric version within its best-selling brand. Next up will be the ID.Buzz electric minivan. Create a New Model.

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