Unpacking The Jim Farley Interview With Bloomberg
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 20:35:47 +0000
Ford CEO Jim Farley sat for a wide ranging interview with Bloomberg this week to talk about vertical integration and batteries.
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Ford Has A Plan To Boost Electric Vehicles In Europe
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 17:35:53 +0000
Ford will try a new more customer-friendly sales process in Europe, where it expects to introduce 10 electric models in the next few years.
Sierra Club Survey Says 30% Of US Dealers REFUSE To Sell Electric Cars
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 21:11:19 +0000
30% of US car dealers tell the Sierra Club they refuse to sell electric cars. Pretty soon they won’t have to because they will be out of business.
Mexico To Triple EV Production In 2023
Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 11:01:49 +0000
Giant amongst developing nations, Mexico stands currently as the seventh-largest automobile producer in the world (in number of units). It is the fifth-largest automobile exporter (in total value). The Mexican auto industry has grown sevenfold since the 1960s and doubled its output since the 1990s, when it was granted full access to the US market. […]
Tesla Now 8th Best Selling Auto Brand In USA — US Auto Sales +9% vs. 2022, -11% vs. 2019
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 06:49:15 +0000
It’s time for another quarterly report on US auto sales. Like a few other major news outlets, I track total quarterly sales of the US auto industry, but I also conduct a thorough analysis of the trends of each automaker. Furthermore, I compare last quarter’s sales not just to the same quarter last year, but […]
Tesla Now 8th Best Selling Auto Brand In USA — US Auto Sales +9% vs. 2022, -11% vs. 2019
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 06:49:15 +0000
It’s time for another quarterly report on US auto sales. Like a few other major news outlets, I track total quarterly sales of the US auto industry, but I also conduct a thorough analysis of the trends of each automaker. Furthermore, I compare last quarter’s sales not just to the same quarter last year, but […]
Ford F-150 Lightning Goes To Norway!
Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2023 01:18:56 +0000
Ford has just announced that the F-150 Lightning will be entering the most cutting-edge battery-electric vehicle market in the world, Norway, for the first time. In response to overwhelming consumer demand, a small number of exclusive Ford F-150 Lightning Lariat Launch Edition vehicles are now available for purchase by Norwegian customers. “In my 25 years […]
Ford’s BlueOval City Focuses on Lean Manufacturing, But What Will This Look Like?
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 18:20:35 +0000
A few days ago on the USS CleanTechnica, our scanners picked up something interesting on the interwebs while scanning the Ford Constellation. “On screen!” said Captain Shahan. “I want someone on the crew to do an analysis of this news item. Lean manufacturing is clean manufacturing, so we need all of the data we can […]
Lifecycle Cost: BEV vs. ICEV — Pickup Truck Edition
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:59 +0000
My recent article on the lifecycle cost of BEVs vs ICEVs was well received, so I thought I’d write another one, this time looking at trucks now that many OEMs are producing them — or are about to. A lifecycle cost analysis captures the full financial impact of BEVs across the vehicle’s entire lifetime for […]
Ford To Radically Reduce Complexity, Announces EV Tax Credit Eligibiliy
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2023 15:35:42 +0000
Ford says it will pull out all the stops to reduce complexity in its model lineup as it struggles to remain profitable.