Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2023

With its new EV supply chain coming online, Ford says it is significantly increasing production of the Mustang Mach-E this year to help reduce customer wait times and to take advantage of streamlined costs to reduce prices across the board, making Mustang Mach-E even more accessible to customers and keeping it competitive in the marketplace.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2021

Ford unveiled the all-electric 2022 F-150 Lightning Pro, a version of the electric F-150 Lightning ( earlier post ) targeted at commercial customers. The Pro joins E-Transit in the lineup of Ford work-ready electric vehicles, backed by a nationwide network offering EV-certified fleet sales, service and financing.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2021

Ford unveiled the 2022 Ford Maverick compact pickup truck. —Todd Eckert, Ford truck group marketing manager. Available Ford Co-Pilot360 technology includes standard Pre-Collision Assist with Automatic Emergency Braking and Automatic High Beam Headlamps. The 2022 Ford Maverick goes on sale this fall.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

Ford is opening an E-Transit registration site today for commercial customers ahead of order banks opening by July. E-Transit is an electrified version of Ford Transit, America’s best-selling commercial van. It will be built alongside the Transit at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2023

Ford’s EV sales grew 41.0% in Q1 2023 on sales of 10,866 electric vehicles. F-150 Lightning sales totaled 4,291 pickups with production capacity actions on track to hit an annual production run rate of 150,000 this year. Sales by Ford Pro of the E-Transit, the best-selling electric van in the US last year, climbed 62.7%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2021

Sales of Ford’s Mustang Mach-E totaled 3,739 vehicles in its first full month on the market. Nearly 70% of Mach-E orders are from competitive brands, Ford said, while just over one-fifth were sold in California. Despite winter weather that impacted much of the nation’s central region, F-Series gained both retail sales and share.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2021

Ford announced a new global battery center of excellence—called Ford Ion Park—to accelerate research and development of battery and battery cell technology, including future battery manufacturing. The Ford Ion Park team is underway already. Anand Sankaran will lead the Ford Ion Park team as its new director.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2022

Ford will offer a new generation of seven, all-electric, fully-connected passenger vehicles and vans in Europe by 2024. The announcement builds on the recent creation of the Ford Model e business unit focused on the design, production, and distribution of electric and connected vehicles ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The first Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck pre-production units have begun leaving the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center; the all-electric F-150 Lightning goes on sale next spring. Ford has invested $7.7 —Bill Ford, executive chair, Ford Motor Company.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Optimal Electric Vehicles and Olathe Ford, one of the nation’s largest Ford Commercial Vehicle Centers (CVCs), announced a new partnership in the sales and distribution of Optimal-EV’s E1 series battery-electric cutaway chassis platform.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Ford’s electric vehicle program saw notable progress in January 2025, with the company’s overall EV sales seeing a 21.2% But while the Ford Mustang Mach-E saw an increase in sales, the Ford F-150 Lightning experienced the opposite. year-over-year rise. That’s equivalent to a 21.2%

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

of total California auto sales in 2021. The CEC updates its Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) sales figures quarterly by analyzing DMV data. Specifically, cumulative sales through the end of 2021 were: 663,014 BEV (62.9%). For sales in 2021 only, the shares were: 183,933 BEV (73.5%). From CEC New ZEV Sales dashboard.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2021

Via over-the-air (OTA) software updates, Ford will offer its BlueCruise hands-free highway driving technology later this year on 2021 F-150 and 2021 Mustang Mach-E models equipped with the available Ford Co-Pilot360 Active 2.0 For F-150, BlueCruise is available as a part of the Ford Co-Pilot 360 Active 2.0 Prep Package.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Ford’s hands-free Active Drive Assist feature will arrive first on 2021 F-150 and 2021 Mustang Mach-E, included as standard on certain models or as relatively affordable option on others, with both vehicles becoming available to customers in late 2020. The Ford Co-Pilot 360 Active 2.0 package for $1,595.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Ford set an internal electrified vehicle sales record in October, with 14,062 electrified vehicles sold—up 195% over last year. Additionally, Ford’s E-Transit—due to start production in a few weeks—is sold out, according to Ford, and the electric F-150 Lightning now has more than 160,000 reservations.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2022

Ford Pro is now shipping the first production units of its all-electric E-Transit van to customers across Europe from the Ford Otosan factory in Kocaeli, Turkey, a milestone that closely follows the start of deliveries to US customers from Kansas City Assembly Plant in February. —Hans Schep, general manager, Ford Pro, Europe.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 31, 2025

For the second time in recent weeks, Ford is recalling the popular Bronco Sport and Escape for issues related to a fuel leak. During the last campaign, part of the fix involved Ford mechanics uploading new software into the vehicle. liter EcoBoost engine, a malady which could be sparked by development of a crack in the fuel injector.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2022

Ford announced that it is suspending JV operations in Russia, effective immediately, until further notice. In recent years, Ford has significantly wound down its Russian operations, which now focus exclusively on commercial van manufacturing and Russian sales through a minority interest in the Sollers Ford joint venture.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 22, 2025

As part of its electrification push, Ford created an EV certification program for its dealers in 2022, which required significant investments and building modifications. Ford retailers could receive as much as $240,000 over the coming years. Images: Ford] Become aTTAC insider. Both could reach $240,000 in total compensation.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2022

Penske Truck Leasing has ordered 750 all-electric Ford E-Transit cargo vans. Penske’s first Ford E-Transit vehicles will be made available in Southern California with other locations around the US phased in later in the year. The company is taking delivery of its first several vehicles in the next several weeks.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Fords Model e electric division has stacked up some staggering losses in recent years, recording a $5.1 Those numbers come after Ford grew its EV business by almost 35 percent in the United States over 2024. It also saw increases in hybrid sales, but its gas models were the foundation of its volume in 2024.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2022

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company have conducted a cradle-to-grave life cycle GHG assessment of model year 2020 ICEV, HEV, and BEV sedans, sports utility vehicles (SUVs), and pickup trucks in the United States. Maxwell Woody et al.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 17, 2025

Old calls to Hellcat all the things might have gone unanswered at Stellantis but Ford is listening to off-roaders whod like a Tremor package on vehicles without a 5.5-foot Showing up this morning on social media, this image was posted by Ford CEO Jim Farley and promising a new addition to the Tremor family. foot open cargo bed.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 3, 2025

Ford purists were wildly upset about the electric Mustang Mach-E, saying the automaker had diluted the brand name by using it on an electric crossover instead of a two-door sports car. Ford Authority found the application for the Mach 4 name, which was filed a few days ago, on February 25. Images: Ford] Become aTTAC insider.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2020

Ford, with design and testing consultation from 3M, has developed a new powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR). Production of this PAPR starts today at Ford’s Vreeland facility near Flat Rock, Mich., Ford also is now producing face masks and leading an effort to scale production of reusable gowns for health care workers.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Ford unveiled the 2022 E-Transit van, an all-electric version of the world’s best-selling cargo van. Ford will offer a variety of charging solutions to fit fleet and driver needs, whether at home, at a place of business or on the road. E-Transit features optional Pro Power Onboard, which provides up to 2.4

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2022

California’s EV market continues to grow, according to data gathered by Veloz , a non-profit which tracks and reports on growing electric vehicle (EV) sales data in California, market trends, and infrastructure build-out. Ford Mustang Mach-E. Q1 of 2022 surpassed Q1 of 2021 numbers by more than 20,000 vehicles. Tesla Model Y.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Ford cut Mustang Mach-E prices by up to $8,100 after sales of the electric SUV reportedly fell by more than 50% in January. The automaker has lowered prices on multiple 2023 Mustang Mach-E models, reducing the base price by $3,100 to $41,695 with the mandatory $1,800 destination charge.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 4, 2024

Ford's electric vehicle lineup is outperforming itself in 2024, with the all-electric Mustang Mach-E, F-150 Lightening, and E-Transit van gaining popularity alongside the Maverick hybrid electric pickup truck. The post Ford Electric Vehicle Sales Report: Take That, Haters! appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 3, 2025

Ford’s electric vehicle sales in the 4th quarter reached a new high for the company. Across the full year, Ford nearly reached 100,000 pure EV sales (97,865 when all was said and done on December 31). The company had 30,176 EV deliveries to close out 2024. Notably, the company’s EVs.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 12, 2025

Ford will officially be ending production of the Focus in November, wrapping up the models quarter-century of service. It had been on sale for roughly twelve months. But Ford announced that it was probably not going to be long for this world in 2022. The vehicle replacing the Focus will be the all-electric Ford Capri.

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EV Central

APRIL 5, 2025

Chinese electrified brand BYD has sold its 40,000th vehicle in Australia after less than three years on-sale. That sort of sales result puts BYD in reach of EV champion and global arch-rival Teslas best result of 45,000 Australian sales in 2023. It now says it expects to sell 40,000 vehicles or more in Australia in 2025 alone.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2020

As we are witnessing in the passenger EV market, higher sales volumes are translating into lower prices. Lightning Systems’ electric commercial vehicles are built on familiar industry-leading chassis such as the Ford Transit 350HD, Ford E-450, Ford F-550 and Chevrolet 6500XD. —Tim Reeser, CEO of Lightning Systems.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

EV sales in Germany are off by a third but trending up in other European countries as more customers discovery the joy of electric motoring. The post European EV Sales Are Up & Down, Ford Starts Electric Capri Production In Germany appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2023

Nikola is currently in the process of filing this voluntary recall with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and is placing a temporary hold on new BEV sales until a resolution is in place.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Production and shipments of the Ford F-150 Lightning have been stopped, though sales continue. On Tuesday, Ford spokesperson Emma Bergg confirmed to Green Car Reports a stop-build and in-transit stop-ship order has been given for the F-150 Lightning pickup truck due to a potential battery issue.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2022

Ford in Europe has chosen its plant in Valencia, Spain, as the preferred site to assemble vehicles based on a next-generation electric vehicle architecture. Ford is also moving forward with a $2-billion conversion of its Cologne, Germany, operations to begin producing electric passenger vehicles starting in 2023.

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