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      Ford veut se relancer dans la course au SUV électrique avec son Explorer

      news.movim.eu / Numerama · 3 days ago - 16:36

    Avec son Ford Explorer, la marque américaine revient avec un modèle beaucoup plus adapté aux besoins du marché européen. Est-ce que cela sera suffisant pour plaire ? Le modèle a quelques arguments, comme son autonomie et sa capacité de recharge, pour attirer l’attention.

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      Our big unanswered questions about the switch to Tesla-style EV plugs

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Friday, 7 July, 2023 - 20:43 · 1 minute

    A graphic with a starburst in the background and the silhouettes of CCS1 and NACS charger plugs in the foreground

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    The mass sponge EV charger plug migration continues to gather steam. Since we last wrote about the topic, first Polestar and then Mercedes-Benz also announced that they're dropping the Combined Charging Standard 1 (CCS1) connector in favor of Tesla's North American Charging Standard (NACS) . Sometime next year, non-Tesla electric vehicles from those makes, as well as Ford , General Motors , Volvo , and Rivian , will be able to start making use of Tesla's Supercharger network. In 2025, those automakers—and probably a few more—will start building cars with NACS ports built in.

    It's not just the car makers. Charger manufacturers and charging networks have also been announcing new NACS products, and it feels like enough critical mass is building that CCS1 might be headed for extinction. Or at least it may be relegated to curio status alongside CHAdeMO. Things are looking even better now that SAE International is taking over the management of NACS, so it will no longer be under the control of a rival OEM run by a billionaire known for impulsive and often arbitrary decisions. At this point, many are merely waiting to see if Hyundai Motor Group or Volkswagen Group will be the next big convert.

    The justification for dropping an entrenched standard and switching to NACS, from Ford and others, was as much about obtaining access for their EV owners to Tesla's Supercharger network, and why not? Even the most hardened partisan from the EV brand flame wars has to concede that not only are there far more Superchargers out there, but they offer a vastly superior charging experience to any of the public charging networks.

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      Ford will lose $3 billion on electric vehicles in 2023, it says

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Thursday, 23 March, 2023 - 13:08 · 1 minute

    A ford F-150 Lightning on the production line

    Enlarge / Ford is tripling the production rate of the F-150 Lightning EV this year. (credit: Ford)

    There's no doubt that Ford is embracing electrification. It was first to market with an electric pickup truck for the US market, and a darn good one at that. It has a solid midsize electric crossover that's becoming more and more common on the road, even if it does still upset the occasional Mustangophile. And there's an electric Transit van for the trades. But its electric vehicle division will lose $3 billion this year as it continues to build new factories and buy raw materials.

    The news came in a peek into Ford's financials released this morning. As we reported last year , Ford has split its passenger vehicle operations into two divisions. Electric vehicles fall under Ford Model e, with internal combustion engine-powered Fords (including hybrids and plug-in hybrids) falling under Ford Blue. The move was in large part to placate investors and analysts, no doubt starry-eyed during a time when any EV-related stock was booming.

    "We've essentially 'refounded' Ford, with business segments that provide new degrees of strategic clarity, insight, and accountability to the Ford+ plan for growth and value," said Ford CFO John Lawler. "It's not only about changing how we report financial results; we're transforming how we think, make decisions and run the company, and allocate capital for highest returns."

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      65 mpg without hypermiling in the Lincoln Aviator hybrid

      Eric Bangeman · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Tuesday, 31 August, 2021 - 11:00 · 1 minute

    Temptation comes in different forms, especially behind the wheel. With a plug-in hybrid SUV, there are two competing urges. Sometimes, the move is to put it in sport mode and scream down the highway to take full advantage of the hybrid powertrain. In the case of the Lincoln Aviator, the urge was to ignore the engine altogether, instead relying on electrons rather than hydrocarbons for propulsion. To Lincoln's credit, the Aviator made that an easy choice.

    In revamping its SUV lineup, Lincoln has gone hard for big grilles and classic styling, both of which the Aviator has. It sports classic SUV contours, but the slope of the windshield and the tapering top, paired with the Aviator nameplate on the front quarter panels, give it a light art deco vibe. The mid-size, three-row Aviator plugs into Lincoln's lineup between the full-size Navigator and the compact Nautilus .

    Unfortunately the Aviator's comfortable interior doesn't show the same level of design elegance. The materials all feel high-quality—there are scads of leather and wood trim—but it's busy. A massive center console makes what should be a spacious front row feel slightly cramped. But the seats are excellent, and both front row occupants can sink into the Aviator's 30-way (!) adjustable seats. The second-row captain’s chairs are roomy and comfortable, but the third row is difficult to get into and is best suited for kids.

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      Voitures électriques 2021 : prix, autonomie... tous les modèles disponibles en France

      Maxime Claudel · news.movim.eu / Numerama · Thursday, 26 August, 2021 - 14:31

    En 2021, le segment de la voiture électrique est occupé par de plus en plus de constructeurs. En France, le marché réunit plusieurs dizaines de modèles, répartis entre plusieurs marques (Renault, Ford, Peugeot, Tesla, Audi…). Voici la liste complète. [Lire la suite]

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      A silicon chip shortage is causing automakers to idle their factories

      Jonathan M. Gitlin · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Thursday, 4 February, 2021 - 16:37 · 1 minute

    A silicon chip shortage is causing automakers to idle their factories

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    You may have noticed that it's difficult to get a hold of new high-end graphics cards and game consoles these days. In large part, that's due to an ongoing global shortage affecting semiconductor foundries. As it turns out, the problem is even more pronounced in the auto industry. In fact, it's getting so bad that a number of OEMs, including Ford and General Motors, have had to go as far as idling shifts and even entire factories.

    Ford had to stop production in Kentucky in December of 2020, and in January, it ordered a month-long pause at a German factory. Stellantis (the new company formed by a merger between Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot) reduced output at factories in the US, Mexico, and Canada around the same time. As did Audi, which had to idle 10,000 employees in Germany, CEO Markus Duesmann telling the Financial Times that the problem involved "a very long chain with different supply levels on the components that we are short." Subaru's Gunma factory in Japan has been affected. Production of Toyota's Texas-produced Tundra has, too.

    This week, more hits keep coming. Mazda just announced it might have to cut output by 34,000 units this year due to a lack of chips. Nissan's truck factory in Mississippi has reduced its hours . And on Wednesday, GM said it will halt production at factories in Kansas, Canada, Mexico, and South Korea. In many cases, the automakers are trying to prioritize their more in-demand products, but as some of those closures show, that isn't always possible.

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      Ford Mustang Mach-E review: The people’s pony goes electric

      Jonathan M. Gitlin · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Thursday, 4 February, 2021 - 13:00 · 1 minute

    Yes, I am aware that photographing an electric car in front of an electricity power station is a cliché. Sorry.

    Enlarge / Yes, I am aware that photographing an electric car in front of an electricity power station is a cliché. Sorry. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin)

    I wasn't expecting the Ford Mustang Mach-E to draw quite as much attention as it did. Over the past few months, I've driven some wild-looking cars, but more people pulled out their camera phones to capture the Mach-E drive pass than they did for the McLaren GT . When stopped in traffic, the Mach-E garnered more curious questions—from other drivers, as well as pedestrians—than did the Polaris Slingshot . Ford's new battery electric vehicle definitely has mindshare, no doubt helped by the fact that over a year has passed since the production version was first unveiled to the public in November 2019 .

    I don't think I'm being hyperbolic when I say the Mach-E might be the most important new car of the year. The ubiquity of Ford dealerships makes the Mach-E accessible to people in parts of the country where brands like Tesla or Polestar have yet to reach (although, like its startup rivals, the Mach-E is configured and ordered online, not bought from a forecourt). The influence of Tesla is evident in more than just the sales process, too; the Mach-E's minimalist interior is almost button-free and dominated by a large touchscreen. But the vehicle still offers the familiarity of the Mustang name and some of the sports car's design cues to go with it, like the distinctive triple-barred tail lights.

    Not everyone is on board with the Mach-E being called a Mustang. Car people in particular are unhappy that the long and storied name has been attached to a five-door crossover, not a two-door coupe. But Ford wants to sell the Mach-E to the mainstream, and the car-buying public at large wants crossovers, so here we are. Personally, I'm more upset that, over in Europe, Ford chose to resurrect the Puma as a crossover—I offer this anecdote only to show that, to normal people, we sound a bit obsessed when we complain about stuff like this. (Also, the fact is that plenty of Mustangs have been unexciting cars, as anyone who ever rented a V6-powered one in the mid-2000s will attest.)

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      Ford baisse déjà le prix du Mach-E électrique pour battre Tesla

      Maxime Claudel · news.movim.eu / Numerama · Wednesday, 30 September, 2020 - 10:21

    Ford a baissé le prix de son SUV 100 % électrique à quelques semaines des premières livraisons américaines. Aux États-Unis, le Mach-e va coûter jusqu'à 3 000 dollars de moins. En France, cette révision du tarif n'est pas encore confirmée. [Lire la suite]

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      En version GT, la Ford Mustang Mach-E va encore plus vite

      Maxime Claudel · news.movim.eu / Numerama · Thursday, 24 September, 2020 - 13:00

    Ford a levé le voile sur la Ford Mustang Mach-E GT, variante sportive de son premier SUV 100 % électrique. L'accent est mis sur l'accélération, avec le 0 à 100 km/h englouti en 3,7 secondes. [Lire la suite]

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