A lady in Colorado named Eliza runs a mobile off-grid coffee shop. She uses a Ford Lightning pickup truck to pull her coffee shop trailer and provide its electricity. Her Lightning has a large battery pack and extended range. She says she can run her off-grid coffee shop for 3 … [continued]
The EV charging venture Electrify America is putting up $43.5 million to launch a new ad campaign, aimed at boosting EV sales over the hump of the soon-to-vanish federal tax credit.
Lightning Systems motor-assembly technician at powertrain factory. Image courtesy of Kyle Field | CleanTechnica.
In the last two weeks, I was wondering what was happening with the Ford F-150 Lightning because in November to January production was temporarily paused. Then, there was a flurry of news activity about the pause, but not so much lately about the resumption of production. Zach may have read … [continued]
Ford reached out today with some interesting news. The Ford F-150 Lightning is the best selling electric pickup truck in the United States again. That’s for both the month of May and across all time. Cumulatively, the F-150 Lightning has sold a lot more units than the #2 Rivian R1T … [continued]
At the Solar Citizens Election sausage sizzle, I managed to catch up with Jake Whitehead. Adjunct Professor at the University of Sydney, Whitehead is CEO of ODIN and chief scientist at the Electric Vehicle Council. He is the proud owner of a Ford F-150 Lightning. He was kind enough to … [continued]
We just looked at overall electric vehicle sales in the United States in the 1st quarter of 2025 compared to the 1st quarter of the previous four years. Overall, the sales trend is great. Sales of fully electric vehicles (EVs) were up 200% compared to Q1 2021. While Tesla still … [continued]
If you own a Ford Mustang Mach-E and/or Ford F-150 Lightning, you may now have the ability to charge at some Tesla Superchargers. Ford has also just made finding those easier by incorporating them into Apple CarPlay. In the settings menu of Apple CarPlay’s EV route planning system, drivers can … [continued]
Ford’s electric vehicle sales in the 4th quarter reached a new high for the company. The company had 30,176 EV deliveries to close out 2024. Across the full year, Ford nearly reached 100,000 pure EV sales (97,865 when all was said and done on December 31). Notably, the company’s EVs … [continued]
Ford had a record year for electric vehicle sales (despite murmuring about an EV sales slowdown from executives at the beginning of the year). One program the company has used to help spur on sales is Power Promise, which provides complimentary home chargers and installation (as long as the installation … [continued]
Regardless of uncertainty over Trump’s electric vehicle policy, Ford is leaning on commercial fleet electrification to boost sales in 2025 and beyond.
