… in China. Ford has launched a fully electric (BEV) and extended-range electric (EREV) Bronco in China. It is shutting down EV shop in the USA, for the most part, but it is gung-ho about the new electric era in China. The Ford Bronco BE comes with a 105 kWh … [continued]
And Europeans, too, for that matter. An op-ed was recently published in the Wall Street Journal with the title “Can U.S. Automakers Compete With Chinese EVs While Focusing on Gas Guzzlers?” Following Betteridge’s law of headlines, which states “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by … [continued]
The EV news of the week, without a doubt, was Ford’s big pullback of its EV plans. It was disappointing, and perhaps even a bit shocking. Yes, following Donald Trump’s widespread attacks on cleantech, and electric vehicles in particular in this story, we expected legacy automakers would scale back their … [continued]
In our latest CleanTechnica YouTube show, Steve Hanley, Larry Evans, and I discuss Ford’s dramatic announcement regarding writing off $19.5 billion in EV investments, dropping certain EV plans, failing to make money on the Ford F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E, challenges with auto dealers, and plans to roll out more … [continued]
Elections matter. Xi Jinping was elected President of China on March 14, 2013. As a scientifically aware leader with long-term economic vision, Xi Jinping implemented strong, aggressive cleantech policies that made China the global leader in solar power, wind power, and electric vehicles. Thanks to intelligent EV policies (modeled in … [continued]
Not too long ago, Ford was hyping the electric F-150 Lightning Supertruck as the face of its EV lineup, and now it's all about energy storage (cropped, courtesy of Ford Motor Company).
It seems like only yesterday that Ford Motor Company was all in on electric vehicles. Well, that was then. Today, good old-fashioned gasmobiles and hybrid gas-electric vehicles are the name of Ford’s game, along with a massively expanded interest in the energy storage industry. Like, massively expanding. For some insights … [continued]
Ford is killing the F-150 Lightning and US E-Transit models. No mention was made of the Mustang Mach E, but I wouldn’t get your hopes up too much. The market responded by increasing its share price. While it is discouraging to those of us supporting clean technology, the move made … [continued]
The news about electric vehicles from Ford this week is dire, including taking an enormous loss against earnings this quarter.
Some car execs suggest a return to the combustion engine will restore Europe’s competitiveness. They couldn’t be more wrong. By William Todts, Executive Director Henry Ford apparently once said, “if I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” A hundred years on his successor, Ford CEO … [continued]
Ford's EV battery partnership with the South Korean firm SK On has suddenly gone up in smoke, impacting new manufacturing facilities in Kentucky and Tennessee (cropped, courtesy of Ford).
The Intertubes practically erupted in flames on December 11 when word broke that the Ford Motor Company and the leading South Korean firm SK On abruptly dropped their EV battery manufacturing joint ventures in Kentucky and Tennessee. Although the breakup was reportedly mutual, Ford indicated that SK may have jumped … [continued]
