The 2022 Ford Maverick Hybrid’s EPA fuel economy estimates have been announced and it is now the most efficient hybrid pickup on the market. According to the EPA, the compact truck is good for 42/33/37 mpg city/highway/combined, which puts it on par with many compact crossovers. With its 13.8-gallon fuel tank, the Maverick Hybrid is…
Recently, we had a chance to take a 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E GT Performance Edition to the drag strip and go all out to see how the performance electric from Ford held up over repeated runs. National Trails Raceway in Hebron, Ohio was our test site for the event, and even though it was an…
Ford Europe has announced that it will turn its facility in Halewood, United Kingdom into a center building components for battery-electric vehicles. This £230 ($315.6 million) investment is the latest in the Blue Oval’s global electrification offensive. The Halewood site currently builds transmissions and will transition to making power units for EVs in mid-2024. This…
As we near the end of the 2021 calendar year, there are still some folks out there who want to litigate whether or not a Mustang Mach-E is actually a Mustang. It doesn’t matter if that’s what Ford calls it or not, there’s some sort of “heritage” reason why it’s not. For those doubters, we’d…
One model year after its initial release, the 2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E receives a range bump. First found by Macheforum via an order guide, the increase comes via battery packs with more usable capacity across the board. For the 2022 model year, the standard range model now has 70 kWh usable capacity while the extended-range…
The Ford Mustang Mach-E has aced the testing regimen of the Michigan State Police. Ford entered its all-electric crossover for consideration to explore the possibility of building purpose-built battery-electric vehicles for use by law enforcement as part of a larger $30 billion investment in electrification by 2025. A Mach-E donning police decals were submitted to…
Last week was the 2021 Woodward Dream Cruise in Detroit. For the past several years, Ford was the title sponsor of the event, and the company brought out some goodies for the media to experience. While M-1, Woodward Avenue, is often a parking lot on the Friday and Saturday during the week, there are other…
Ford has doubled down on its EV investment to bring battery-electric vehicles to scale with two new facilities aimed at developing the next-generation vehicles for both brands under its umbrella. Together with its partner, South Korea’s SK Innovation, the Blue Oval will spend another $11.4 billion to create 11,000 new jobs in Tennessee and Kentucky…
While we were in town for the news that Ford was investing an additional $250 million into electric vehicle manufacturing in Michigan, Ford provided us with an opportunity to get up close and personal to the equipment and people building the all new 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning. While we’re there, we talk to some key…
The first Ford F-150 Lightning prototype has rolled out of the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Michigan as demand for the battery-electric truck continues to soar. To boost production, the Blue Oval has announced that it will invest another $250 million, resulting in the addition of 450 new jobs. They will be split between the…
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