Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 05:20:16 +0000
US auto sales were up 1% in the 3rd quarter of 2022 compared to the 3rd quarter of 2021, but they were down 13% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2020 and down 21% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2019, which we use as a bit of a control year since it was before […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 16:53:23 +0000
A few weeks ago, Ford’s events kept having unexplained power outages, and there was always a Ford Lightning on hand to save the day. It happened enough times that many people on social media started to suspect Ford was staging the power outages just to show off the Lightning’s ability to power things. Personally, I’d […]
Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 15:44:20 +0000
Plugin electric vehicles took 22.4% share of the UK auto market in September, up from 21.6% year-on-year. Full electrics grew share, while plugin hybrids declined. Overall auto volumes were 225,269 units, up 4.6% from a year ago, but down 34.4% from September 2019. The Tesla Model Y was the best selling all electric. September’s combined […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2022 23:47:02 +0000
The Ford F-150 Lightning has just barely arrived on the market, yet I’ve already heard a few stories of the Lightning powering people’s needs in the event of power outages. The first I heard about was up in Michigan, and we’ve got a whole podcast coming on that F-150 Lightning owner’s experience as well as […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:00:42 +0000
As part of the Ford+ plan for growth and value-creation, Ford Motor Company is investing $700 million in new investment and creating 500 additional hourly manufacturing jobs in Kentucky. This will support an all-new F-Series Super Duty pickup being built at Ford’s Kentucky Truck plant in Louisville. But, that’s not all the company is doing. […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 21:00:18 +0000
At present, Ford’s E-Transit offered in the United States comes with a limited range of only 126 miles. That’s actually enough for most businesses to use, according to Ford’s data, as local delivery and service vehicles don’t usually drive very much. But, Ford seems to know that there are many customers who wanted more range […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 19:00:16 +0000
The race to autonomous vehicles seems to mean different things to different manufacturers, and even to different divisons/companies within an organization. Tesla seeks to offer full self-driving, with no human aid under most circumstances on any road. Others (such as Cruise and Waymo) offering driverless options tend to work within certain geographic areas (geofencing). Ford […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 13:37:11 +0000
EV production is serious business, and on the scale we need it to happen, the industrial efforts will need to be seriously big. Tesla has answered that call with gigafactories in several countries, and everyone else who wants to be a future player is expanding global supply and production networks to do what needs done […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 01:10:16 +0000
I’ve never struck a pedestrian, largely because I try to slow down in places where I’m likely to encounter them when driving. That slower speed helped buy me some time to avoid disaster during some close calls, like it has for many other drivers. On a couple of occasions, the position of my A-pillar (the […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 15:50:11 +0000
Ford has told its dealers it’s time to choose whether or not they want to be part of the coming EV revolution.