"Instead of planning to make enough electric vehicles to account for 40 percent of global sales by 2030-as it pledged just four years ago- Ford says it will focus on a broader range of hybrids, extended-range electrics, and battery-electric models, which executives now say will account for 50 percent of sales by the end of the decade. The automaker will make hybrid versions of almost every vehicle in its lineup, the company says."
"The company will no longer make a large all-electric truck, Ford executives told reporters Monday, and will repurpose an electric vehicle plant in Tennessee to build gas-powered cars. The next generation of Ford's all-electric F-150 Lighting will instead be an extended-range electric vehicle, or EREV, a plug-in hybrid that uses an electric motor to power its wheels while a smaller gasoline engine recharges the battery."
"Ford still plans to produce a midsize electric pickup truck with a target starting price of about $30,000, to be available in 2027. That will be the first of the "affordable" electric vehicle models it's currently designing at a skunkworks studio in California, which are slated to use a "universal" platform architecture that will make the vehicles cheaper to produce."
Ford is redirecting its electrification approach to include hybrids, extended-range electrics (EREVs), and battery-electric vehicles, aiming for 50 percent electrified sales by the end of the decade. Hybrid versions will be offered across nearly the entire lineup. A planned large all-electric truck will be shelved and a Tennessee EV plant will be repurposed to build gasoline vehicles. The next F-150 Lighting will be an EREV with extended towing and over 700 miles of range. Ford plans an affordable midsize electric pickup around $30,000 for 2027 and will use excess battery capacity to launch a battery energy-storage business producing LFP cells.
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