Photo Source: Ford Few customers consider depreciation as part of their vehicle buying equation, whether the automobile is an electric vehicle or one that depends on an internal combustion engine. However, according to the Ford Authority, depreciation is a real cost that must be factored into a buying decision. Other expenses include: Fuel Insurance Maintenance…
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 Since its introduction in the 2021 model year, the Ford Mustang Mach-E has drawn the attention of a wide spectrum of consumers. With no tailpipe emissions, engaging driving performance, and over-the-air software updates on a massive center touchscreen, the Mach-E drives and looks like a car of the future. Nonetheless, electric vehicle…
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 Putting down nearly 500 horsepower, 600 pound-feet of torque, and a 3.8-second zero to 60 miles per hour time a full two seconds quicker than the entry-level trim, the Mustang Mach-E GT–and GT Performance Edition–does not have much to improve on. However, for the 2024 model year, Ford introduces the all-new Bronze…
Photo Source: Ford Ford announced significant progress toward an all-electric future in Europe, which will transform the company and result in the introduction of a new generation of seven all-electric, fully connected passenger vehicles and vans by the 2024 model year. The declaration builds on the automaker’s established global business unit–Ford Model e–dedicated to the…
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 Members of United Auto Workers union (UAW) ratified the tentative deals in late October 2023 with Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis following six weeks of strikes against the Detroit “Big Three.” The new contracts will run through April 2028 and include a 25 percent increase in base wages and cost-of-living adjustment (COLA)…
