Cheaper, Single Motor Ford F-150 Lightning Passed Up
“It couldn’t meet our targets,” according to marketing manager Jason Turnbull. The idea was floated, but then quickly sunk when the cons outweighed the pros. A prototype was even built, but it wasn’t up to snuff. explained. “We looked at...
https://www.equipmentworld.com/trucks/pickups/article/15291843/united-rentals-adds-ford-electric-vehicles-to-rental-inventory
All-Electric Ford Vehicles Will Be Available to Rent at United Rentals
May 10, 2022
United Rentals has entered an agreement with Ford Pro for the purchase of 500...
CEO Jim Farley just revealed this during the recent Ford Q1 earnings call:
“We’ve been working on LFP for quite some time, so let’s just leave it at that,” Farley said. “What I mean by that is, engineering LFP solutions in our first generation of products (Lightning and Mach-E), something that...
This memo warning against premature sales of Lightning mannequins has been circulated to dealerships from Ford.
FCTP vehicles stand for "Ford Courtesy Transportation Program." Commonly called dealer demos or mannequins around here.
Publish Date: May 4, 2022
Target Dealer Group: Ford Dealers...
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/25/ford-f-150-lightning-electric-pickup-could-win-first-mover-advantage.html
KEY POINTS
Ford expects to increase production of the F-150 Lightning to 150,000 units in the next year or so, up from an initial target of 40,000 vehicles.
Ford Motor is set to be the...
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/18/business/economy/jim-farley-ford-lightning.html
Jim Farley Tries to Reinvent Ford and Catch Up to Elon Musk and Tesla
Ford’s chief executive is about to introduce an electric F-150 pickup truck that could determine whether the automaker can survive and thrive...
That playbook has been around for weeks and most ppl think it's just a mockup of placeholder images and text, instead of actual facts. If you look at the descriptions some of trims it references ICE engines.
But anyways, Summer delivery would be consistent with this info from the Lightning...
Update: don't forget that there are still honest MSRP dealers out there -- see List: F-150 Lightning dealers that do / don't apply ADM (price markup)
Way to go Rodman Ford. :mad: Definitely won't be ordering from you. Anyone else's dealers come up with these ADM schemes yet?
If you...
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/13/fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-electric-vehicle-charging-action-plan/?utm_source=link
"No later than February 11th, DOT will publish guidance for States and cities to strategically deploy EV charging stations to build out a...
Updated December 3, 2021:
Ford denies this timeline from their own representatives on the webinar and says that deliveries will still begin in the Spring:
Update after watching the webminar:
While this was mostly focused on fleet talk, the one big relevant reveal for us retail order...