Despite the incoming loss of federal discounts, Ford has intended us to greatly promote EV production. Last week, after it was “progressed” and “Model Tea Moment”, the company announced the Ford Universal EV platform to share with a new product of the product. The first of them will be a medium selection, which will cost about $ 30,000, which is similarly similar to the popular Maurock setting. It will use the company’s upcoming PRIFT LFP (lithium iron phosphate) batteries.
Ford will invest $ 5 billion, which will include $ 2 billion in its Louis Will, the Kentucky Factory has already announced for its Blueval Battery Plant at the top of $ 3 billion. Ford added that this will increase the facility of Louis Will to 52,000 square feet and “create or save about 4,000 direct jobs”.
Ford has only two EVF -150 lighting and Musting Mach e, both of which use an off -platform. With the Universal EV platform, Ford will be able to build several vehicles, including vans, cars and pickups that should be easy to build and thus cheap. The company said, “The result: a simple, efficient, flexible ecosystem to provide cheap, electric, software -based vehicle families.”
Ford said the platform will reduce parts by 20 % compared to a normal vehicle, which will be less felt fasteners and workstations and 15 % faster assembly time. The company has also promised a lower cost of ownership in five years than “three -year -old Tesla Model Y”.
Ford Universal EV Platform
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Due to the cobalt -free and nickel -free composition, the company also explained its LFP Prismic batteries as well as enabled the cost and weight saving as well. However, the LFP selection for the company’s next general EV has not been without a dispute. Since Ford is licensing tech from China’s kettle, it may lose a tax credit of up to $ 700 million if the Congress approves a federal support bill for battery plants using China tech or content.
The first vehicle will be an electric pickup containing four medium door to launch in 2027. Ford has not yet disclosed the name or has not shown a picture, but it will be speculated that the latest RAV4 of Toyota will be more capacity and even without counting the truck bed. Buyers will be able to lock gear like bikes or surfboards in this bed, eliminating the need for a roof or trailer hatch rack. Ford said, it will have a low center of battery gravity, instant torque and 0 to 60 miles per hour “so fast -paced Eco -Boost (about 4.5 seconds), which is more decreased.”
Ford has not explained the other vehicles that will be built on the platform, but in an animation, the aforementioned pickup, from the utility van to the SUV, from Sidan to Sedan to Sidan to Sidan to Sedan to Seidan to Sidan to Sidan to Sidan to Sidan to Sidan to Sidan to Sidan to Sidan to Sidan. Different types of types from Sidan have been shown. One rumor states that the new pickup can be called a run (based on trademark filing) or it can use the Ranger’s name. In any case, this is clearly a big deal for Ford, as the company will not have less than three announcements for it. Ford directly said that more information about the Midsized electric truck, including the diarrhea date, the starting price, the battery range and the charge times, will be discussed later. “
