Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 04:57:26 +0000
The Ford F-150 Lightning is widely considered one of the most important new electric vehicles of the past year — or the past decade even. In fact, the F-150 Lightning was 2022 CleanTechnica Car of the Year (yes, we know, it’s a truck — but that’s the award name). As a vehicle, we consider the […]
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 20:00:55 +0000
The United States Forest Service (USFS) is now testing the Ford F-150 Lightning as it begins to transition its 17,000 vehicles (fossil powered at the moment) to a rugged, sometimes off-road fleet of over 17,000 battery-electric vehicles. In addition to being used in remote areas, vehicles must be top-notch and withstand extreme weather conditions. The […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2022 02:45:52 +0000
The top selling electric vehicle seller in the United States is no secret. Tesla has dominated US electric vehicle sales for years, with well over half of the market all to itself. However, other automakers are getting more serious, offering more compelling and more competitive electric cars, and providing some fun electric vehicle news. Ford […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 13:42:24 +0000
I recently interviewed Aaron Smith, CEO of the Energy and Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA), about his new Ford F-150 Lightning and also his Ford Mustang Mach-E. There are a lot of fun notes and takeaways regarding these electric vehicles in the one-hour podcast, but probably the items that jumped out to me the most were […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 06:49:27 +0000
Members of CleanTechnica‘s YouTube team recently spent some time with the Ford F-150 Lightning and produced a 10-minute review on YouTube. You can view that below, but I’ll also pull out some highlights for a text review here. Watch the video, read my summary of the highlights, and/or chime in down in the comments with […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 16:55:00 +0000
Range is a primary concern with anyone hoping to take an EV on a road trip– and that all-important range number can take a huge hit when you start to add in factors like additional weight and vehicle loads. That make an EV driver’s dependence on their range estimate that much more important, and getting […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 16:52:00 +0000
When I bought my first EV with any kind of range that might work on a road trip, I fell into a trap. The 2018 Nissan LEAF was supposed to have a 150-mile range, so I initially thought that it could go an honest 150 miles on the highway. I quickly figured out that this […]
Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 13:13:23 +0000
National Homebuilder Partners with Ford to Create the “Home of the Future” on Innovation Way PulteGroup, one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, has built a living laboratory to explore how homeowners will live in the not-so-distant future. Located on “Innovation Way” within Babcock Ranch, America’s first and largest solar-powered town near Fort Myers, Florida, PulteGroup has […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 04:50:10 +0000
You will see more hybrid pickups in the city of New Orleans for its Sewerage and Water Board. The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) has deployed 6 new XL plug-in hybrid electric Ford F-150 trucks to its fleet
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 01:34:19 +0000
We don’t yet have production Tesla Cybertrucks to compare to conventional pickup trucks, but the Zunigas playfully captured an entertaining break from work, a tug-of-war between a “big boy truck” and a “mom’s car.” That would be a Ford F-150 Raptor and a Tesla Model