Ford Still Holds A Torch For EVs, Now With An F1 Twist
The Ford Motor Company is moving forward with plans to launch an affordable electric pickup truck, pursuing a “bounty” strategy to optimize EV design.
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"We streamlined the underbody to manage the air. Starting at the front, we made the bolt holes shallower and carefully directed the air around the tire and suspension."
Ford Hypes “Bounty” Culture and UEV Platform
Ford has been all over the place on electric vehicles in the past 15 years or so. Back in February 2013, it released the Ford Fusion Electric, which was basically representative of the technology at the time but was a quite weak attempt at creating an electric vehicle by electrifying … [continued]
BYD Passed Up Ford In Global Auto Sales In 2025
This is quite a notable milestone that has gone under the radar! BYD delivered 4.6 million vehicles to customers in 2025. That was actually not a great result for BYD. However, it did mark BYD flying past Tesla in BEV sales, which got a lot of attention. Something that has … [continued]
Why Have Automakers Written Off $55 Billion In EV Investments?
An article title caught my attention today for a couple of reasons. The title of the article is: “Major Automakers Have Written Off $55 Billion After Overestimating EV Demand.” Hmm…. First of all, the thing that jumped out to me was $55 billion. That’s a lot of freakin’ money! The … [continued]
Which Automakers Are Electrifying Fastest In USA?
With 2025 numbers in and the more basic US EV sales reports out, now is the time for one of my favorite topics of exploration — how fast different automakers are electrifying. Yes, it just hit me that we should really do an analysis like this for global sales — … [continued]
Tesla Had 46% of US EV Market in 2025 (Down from 49% in 2024) —…
It’s taken some time, but we’ve finally crunched the numbers for the US electric vehicle market in terms of auto brands and auto groups. (That’s full battery-electrics, not inclusive of plugin hybrids.) Here’s our report on how different auto brands and auto groups did in the EV market in 2025. … [continued]
Global EV Sales Leaders — Top Selling Brands & OEMs in 2025
After publishing our report on the top selling EV models in the world in December and 2025 as a whole, as well as an overall report on global EV progress, here’s our complementary report on the auto brands and groups leading EV sales around the world. Geely on the Way … [continued]
Ford, Waymo, Tesla — Where Is Self-Driving Going in 2026?
One of the big automotive stories out of CES 2026 from the last week was Ford making an announcement about eyes-free driving coming to its models — affordable EVs even — in 2028. There are layers to this, though. Ford’s L3 Eyes-Off Driving Plans — What Are They Exactly? First … [continued]
Ford’s $30,000 Midsize Electric Pickup Truck Will Offer Level 3 Autonomy
Ford is promising “eyes-off” driving will be available with is newest electric vehicles built on the Universal EV Platform.
Ford EV Sales Drop In USA, But Not As Bad As I Expected
Ford has had the most dramatic pullback in its electric vehicle plans, ambitions, and investments this year in response to US policy on electric vehicle changing under Republicans. We have written all about that, but if you missed it, head here, here, here, and here. With that context behind us, … [continued]
