Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:00:04 +0000
Ford says it is trimming its electric vehicle plans because customer interest in EVs is waning, but could something else be going on?
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 18:21:45 +0000
I met a fellow driving a Ford F-150 Lightning the other day. He told me what he liked about the truck and what he didn’t like.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 18:13:08 +0000
It’s official — Tesla’s Cybertruck was the the best selling EV pickup truck in the US during Q2, and is among the fastest production ramps in Tesla’s history. After the first deliveries in just November of last year, the Cybertruck was able to sell 8,755 units in the US during … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2024 12:25:19 +0000
Hype about dropping electric vehicle sales, or dropping electric vehicle sales growth, began near the end of 2023. I recall that one of the first big names in the industry to bring it up was Jim Farley, CEO of Ford. And as a result, Ford said that it was adjusting … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 17:38:47 +0000
If a man on the street was asked to guess what the most American car in the country was, I imagine there’s a strong chance they’d guess a Ford, a Chevrolet, a Dodge, or an automobile from some other member of the Detroit “Big 3.” To be clear, what we’re … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Press Release| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 16:43:53 +0000
The Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck is Ford Performance’s newest electric vehicle demonstrator SuperTruck will take on the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb presented by Gran Turismo with Romain Dumas behind the wheel This is Ford’s second consecutive year competing at the Hill Climb with an EV demonstrator, following the record-breaking … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 23:17:27 +0000
I wrote a couple of days ago that Tesla produced 1,000 Cybertrucks one week last month. It’s a notable milestone, but if that was the output every week this year, that would still just be a little more than 50,000 trucks. Though, a reader pointed something out I hadn’t caught … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 03:57:24 +0000
Tesla’s just had a tough quarter, including in the United States, but a tough quarter for Tesla would be a stunning, fantabulous success for any other company trying to sell electric vehicles. In the USA, according to data from Cox Automotive and Kelley Blue Book, more than one out of … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 11:32:24 +0000
Ford recently announced that orders are now open for 2024 F-150 Lightning electric pickup trucks. Normally, there’s not much news when an automaker announces a new model year, but one big news item is some impressively low prices for the F-150 Lightning Flash, a tech-focused variant/trim of the truck. For … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Chris Boylan| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:32:11 +0000
A few days ago, Ford CEO Jim Farley teased us with a picture of a Ford Mustang Mach-e EV charging at a Tesla Supercharger, Farley promised “more details coming very soon.” Today, the company officially announced that its Tesla adapter is available for retail customers to order free of charge until June 30, 2024. After that date, it will cost $230. This means owners of Ford EVs, including the Mustang Mach-e and F-150 Lightning, will be able to use Tesla Superchargers to charge their EVs at high speed.
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