Articles tagged "Ford"

Ford announced the all-new Tourneo van range, which is based on a new architecture allowing lower clearance and independent rear suspension for better handling and comfort. The van comes in three options - BEV, PHEV and ICE and obviously we will be...

Jim Farley, the CEO of Ford, was very specific this week when he announced that the latest electric cars from Ford take 40 percent less labor than it takes to produce their gasoline-powered equivalents. He credited the work savings on a much...

The importance of SEMA wasn’t lost on EV manufacturers, although the European team hasn’t really brought its strongest game. It is the Americans who understand that a show like SEMA can mean extra sales for years to come if the customers like what...

Ford is once again raising the prices of the F-150 Lightning pickup. The hike affects the entry-level Ford F-150 Lightning Pro and it's exactly $5,000, making the new starting price $51,974. Ford has cited "ongoing supply chain constraints,...

Ford is putting a lot of effort into the EV market and it is clearly paying off. August saw a huge jump in sales numbers placing the company as second best selling EV manufacturer in the US. The F-150 Lightning had a great month, despite...

The Chinese division of Ford introduced a special edition of Ford Mach-E at the Chengdu Auto Show. Based on the Mach-E GT, the new Twister Special pays homage to a very interesting Mustang Mach 1 from 1969. Ford Mustang Mach-E Twister...

Electric car pricing is increasingly becoming a cat and mouse game. The prices just keep on climbing, as soon as the governments try to counteract and either introduce or renew EV incentives - manufacturers put the prices up. Inflation and supply...

If five years ago someone told you that Ford was going to stretch classic Mustang design to include 4 instead of 2 doors, that it was going to lift the suspension and turn the Mustang into an SUV - you would laugh. You would laugh so hard that you’d...

The times are changing and police departments across the US have no choice but to start replacing their EcoBoost powered Explorer Interceptors and V8 Chargers with electric vehicles. Some forces already use Chevy Bolts and the NYPD has been testing...

Ford is struggling to keep up with the demand for its first electric cars - the Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning and its commercial electric cars are proving to be very popular as well. The supply chain delays and geopolitical issues surrounding...

We knew Ford was cooking something up with not so subtle hints dropped all over the social media. We expected a winged up, stickered e-Transit, maybe running Ford Mach-e drivetrain at most. We did not expect to see this: Ford Electric...

Ford has many factories scattered around the world but with its ambitious plans to sell only electric cars in Europe by 2030, it has to review its infrastructure. The European market has always been problematic for the company and it struggled to...

Ford is recalling more than 48,000 Mustang Mach-E vehicles due to a battery safety concern. The problem is with the high voltage battery main contractors, which could overheat, resulting in the car losing power and being unable to start...

Those lucky few who managed to get hold of Ford F-150 Lightning have noticed one of its cooler features is missing. However hard they try they cannot get the car to work with FordPass, an app designed to unlock and control the electric truck. Ford...

Ford has joined forces with Volvo, Uber, Tesco, Unilever, Zurich, Currys and other major companies - a total of 27 - in creating a coalition in support of banning the sales of cars with internal combustion engines from 2035. The coalition has...

Automakers around the globe are facing supply chain squeeze and are looking for any viable solutions to increase EV production in order to meet growing demand. Ford sees lithium-iron-phosphate batteries as one possible solution with engineering...

If you can remember, we posted an article a few weeks ago about Ford unveiling a new electric van, we thought it was going to be Tourneo Transit but we were in for a surprise. Ford brought a brand new E-Transit Custom that is just slightly smaller...

The Americans have it easy - they have AAA that every year conducts a huge research into all cars available in the market. They test a bunch of aspects of the cars - performance, reliability, all running costs, comfort, safety and security and then...

While the recent buzz around Ford was all F-150 Lightning-related, the Mustang Mach-E has been a quiet success for the automaker in Europe. Now selling for over a year on the Old Continent, the Mustang Mach-E is bringing buyers from competitors -...

Ford’s Dearborn assembly plant is busy ramping up the production of F-150 Lightning and there is some good news coming out from the factory. Until now Ford estimated the power output of the standard range model to be 426hp - this has been updated...