Didn’t Ford just abandon EVs
See my other comment, but they didn’t abandon EVs. They abandoned a full battery-EV F-150 in favor of an Extended Range EV, which is similar to a plug-in hybrid but without the hybrid system. So it will have an engine to charge the battery, but only electric motors to drive the wheels.
This makes a lot more sense for a vehicle like the F-150 with our current battery and charging tech.
I’ve read that statistically the vast majority of drives are less than a half hour long. People drive to work, to the grocery store, school, etc. People driving long commutes on the daily are in the minority. So if these extended range evs have at least that much range and are plugged in between uses, they’ll probably be running off the battery 99% of the time. I’ve heard of people with cars with similar drivetrains needing to use fuel stabilizer due to never actually running that range extender. Plus there’s other environmental advantages to having the smaller battery, chiefly fewer rare-earth metals and less volatile material to recycle.
I don’t work for Ford or anything tbh I don’t even like any of their cars right now since they stopped selling their small ones (rip fiesta), but I don’t really have a problem with this decision.
Yeah. My wife and I have an Escape PHEV, and when it isn’t crazy cold and when we aren’t driving to another city or state, we don’t really touch the gasoline. I really wish it were an EREV instead of a PHEV to save weight on the drivetrain.
As Hank Green points out, as long as you plug an EREV (and, indeed, PHEV) in, you benefit enormously.
Right, how could I forget about the weight savings? Batteries are stinkin heavy
and an electric Maverick for 2027.
Why do people link to articles they don’t read.
Frick said a “new low-cost universal electric vehicle platform” will form the basis for a “new family of smaller, more affordable and cost-efficient vehicles.” A new mid-size pickup truck is scheduled for 2027.
No. They abandoned some EVs, like the Lightning F-150, which makes enormous sense. An EREV makes far more sense for that particular vehicle than a BEV.
But they’ll continue to make the Mach-e and smaller EVs.
After thinking a couple weeks, what trucks need (and other evs that can tow) is a standard trailer light connector with ability for the trailer to provide power while moving. Many trailers could have another 1000lbs of battery. Campers in particular - and they also should allow pluging the camper in to charge both at once. You can rent a generator trailer for longer trips - and in many applications the generator is helpfur when you ret there.
EVs are already at the top. The overall is held by VW with the I.D. R.
Besides, this side of motorsport is just a budget competition, anyway. VW or Ford could simply fund whatever they wanted to win. It’s marketing.
Don’t get me wrong, PPIHC is cool. It’s just the manufacturer-backed efforts that are dumb.
