Photo Source: Ford Ford continues to set the standard by ensuring its consumers, who desire the finest features and capabilities in their vehicles, have access to them with the 2024 F-150 Lightning. For a pickup truck this size, the F-150 Lightning’s most remarkable characteristic isn’t its 580 horsepower rating or its 775 pound-feet of torque…
Several of the most popular pickup trucks on the market are electric first, pickups second. Now, customers have the opportunity to select from a variety of aesthetically distinct trucks. For decades, Ford has typified the best-selling automaker in the pickup truck segment. As the all-electric iteration of America’s highly favored truck, Ford’s F-150 Lightning symbolizes…
Photo Source: Ford Summary Ford remains America’s No. 1 truck seller, led by best-selling F-Series and strong growth for Maverick, America’s most affordable pickup Ford is America’s No. 2 electric vehicle brand, with electric vehicle sales up 61 percent in second quarter of 2024 Ford Transit, America’s No. 1 selling van, posts new first half…
Photo Source: Ford Ford’s venture into electric vehicles marks a notable advance toward the mainstream acceptance of clean-energy automobiles. Bill Ford and Jim Farley underscored the rapid pace at which the automotive landscape is developing, stating, “Our industry is experiencing change at a remarkable rate and magnitude, and Ford is seizing this opportunity to lead…
Photo Source: Ford During an earnings call in the fourth quarter of February 2023, Ford CEO Jim Farley discussed the company’s Gen-2 electric vehicle platform. To everyone’s astonishment, Farley revealed that the project was not developed by the Ford Model e electric vehicle division. Instead, it was outsourced to a talented skunk works team that…
Photo Source: Ford What does a genuine effort toward sustainable automotive manufacturing look like? As decarbonization efforts were extended, automotive production realized that genuine sustainability efforts demand a holistic approach. For automotive manufacturers, this means that the carbon footprint caused by finished vehicles is only a small fraction of the equation. The energy output formed…
Photo Source: Ford Ford was one of the initial brands to state it would be switching the charging ports on its vehicles from today’s (2024) Combined Charging System (CCS) outlets to the so-called North American Charging Standard (NACS) outlets. As such, the automaker announced on February 29, 2024, that vehicles from its model range, such…
Photo Source: Ford In May 2023, when Ford confirmed that its future electric vehicles would adopt the NACS (North American Charging Standard), the company also revealed that gaining access to Tesla’s Supercharger network by spring 2024 formed part of this deal. Seemingly overnight, nearly all automakers with an electric vehicle on sale in the United…
Photo Source: Ford Smart homes have come a long way in making our electric vehicle (EV) charging more efficient, but the notion of utilizing an electric vehicle to power our homes is still more science fiction than reality. On December 7, 2023, a groundbreaking collaboration between Ford and Resideo, a global provider of solutions for…
Photo Source: Ford This is the time of year when various organizations come out with the “Best of the Year” or “The Best Model of the Year.” For many buyers, when an organization with a long history in the car business comes out with its list of “best” vehicles, it is a way for them…
