According to Automotive News Canada, Ford Motor Co. entered its all-electric Mustang Mach-E into last year’s annual Michigan State Police vehicle trials because of interest expressed by police departments. The Michigan State Police trials rates vehicles based on their viability for police use after putting candidates through rigorous acceleration, braking, and handling tests on a 3.2 […]
Ford Motor Co. is planning a major shift to electric vehicle (EV) production at its factories as part of a restructuring to better focus on electrification — reports Bloomberg. The plans could see the veteran automaker spend as much as $20 billion USD over the next 10 years, with efforts led by former Tesla and […]
With Ford’s F-150 Lightning seeing high levels of demand alongside a new electric van from the automaker, the company’s leader is expressing high production targets for the two electric vehicles (EVs). Ford CEO Jim Farley says the company is targeting 600,000 production units of the E-Transit electric van and the F-150 Lightning over the next […]
As electric vehicles (EVs) shift to become the primary focus for most automakers, vehicle manufacturing giant Ford says its already seen major gains on a recent investment into another startup automaker. Ford said it made an $8.2 billion Q4 gain on its initial investments into Rivian, after the EV automaker startup debuted its R1T electric […]
Following reports last month that some Ford dealerships were marking up F-150 Lightning prices by as much as $30,000 USD, the company has officially advised its dealerships to stop adding additional deposits or payments. Ford has sent a notice to its dealerships warning them against requiring marked-up payments for F-150 Lightning orders, according to a […]
After Ford doubled its production targets for the upcoming Ford F-150 Lightning from 40,000 to 80,000 units earlier this year, the company’s head has said they’re increasing targets again for the electric pickup. According to a post from CEO @Jim Farley on Tuesday, the company is doubling its production estimate for the Ford F-150 Lightning […]
Ford launched its online build and price configurator for its F-150 Lightning electric pickup on Tuesday morning, with prices in the U.S. starting from $39,974 USD. Ford will launch orders for the new electric truck on Thursday, January 6, 2022. F-150 Lightning Build & Price is live! https://t.co/3IUO6zr636 🛻⚡️ pic.twitter.com/X9pxLdiBjx — Mike Levine (@mrlevine) January […]
Ford Motor Co.’s home state of Michigan was the veteran automaker’s largest electric vehicle (EV) market in the U.S. for the first 10 months of 2021, with one in every five EV registrations in the state being a Mustang Mach-E — reports Automotive News. The legacy automaker managed to register 1,235 Mustang Mach-E crossovers in […]
Mike Levine, Product Communications Director for Ford North America, on Friday shared a public service announcement for Ford customers on Twitter, informing them that it is recommended they “agree to a selling price with their dealer when the order is placed via a signed purchase agreement.” PSA: If you’re ordering a new vehicle, it’s recommended […]
Ford has officially started delivering locally-assembled Mustang Mach-E vehicles to customers in China, with a delivery ceremony taking place in Shanghai Hongqiao Tiandi on Sunday — reports Chinese electric vehicle (EV) publication 42HOW (@42how_). The Made in China (MIC) Mustang Mach-E is being produced at a manufacturing plant in Chongqing by Changan Ford, a joint […]
In a recently published YouTube video, Redline Reviews compares the 2021 Tesla Model Y Performance and the 2021 Ford Mach-E GT Performance — the higher-end performance models of the two popular all-electric crossovers on the market right now. The 2021 Tesla Model Y Performance has a dual-motor (all-wheel-drive) powertrain that delivers 450 horsepower, a 75 […]
The Canadian government has earmarked almost $880 million CAD to build some 65,000 new charging stations for plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles (BEVs). However, an industry group made up of some of Canada’s biggest automakers says that is nowhere near enough, and the country actually needs millions of publicly available chargers — reports CBC News. Brian […]
Ford’s F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck is expected to start delivering its first vehicles in 2022, and ahead of the launch, some independent dealerships are marking up prices by eye-popping amounts. According to users on the u/F150Lightning sub-Reddit, one Ford dealer, the Koons Falls Church location in Virginia, emailed those with pre-order a markup of […]
When asked about Ford’s ongoing rivalry with electric vehicle (EV) pioneer Tesla in a recent interview with Bloomberg, President and CEO Jim Farley said they “really have a chance to get to #1.” Ford’s goal moving forward is pretty straightforward: double EV production to 600,000 units by 2024 and become #2 by volume, and then […]
Ford Motor Co. has pushed back production of all-electric versions of the Explorer and Lincoln Aviator crossovers from mid-2023 to December 2024 in order to significantly increase Mustang Mach-E output and meet growing demand — reports Automotive News. According to the publication, Ford informed suppliers in a recent memo that production for the new electric […]
