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business27 days ago•9 min saved

Ford keeps faith in secret EV unit as market cools and leadership shifts

Ford presses ahead with its secretive Universal Electric Vehicle platform, betting on a North America–focused lineup of affordable EVs to reach profitability by 2029, even as the market slows, restructuring charges mount and EV chief Doug Field departs; the company is building out the Long Beach Electric Vehicle Development Center and pursuing megacasting and a leaner design to cut costs and outpace Chinese competitors, starting with a roughly $30,000 midsize pickup next year and a broader UEV family.

via CNBC|

#business #doug-field-departure #ev

technology3 months ago•4 min saved

Ford’s Five-Module EV Platform Targets Simpler, Cheaper Trucks

Ford unveils its Universal Electric Vehicle (UEV) platform, aiming to dramatically cut EV complexity by trimming to five master control modules for its upcoming pickup—far fewer than the F-150 Lightning’s 70 and Rivian’s seven—while embracing multipurpose components and in-house integration to reduce cost and weight, signaling a strategic push to compete with Rivian and contend with subsidized Chinese EVs.

via The Drive|

#control-modules #ev-platform #ford

technology3 months ago•7 min saved

Ford’s $30k EV Truck: A Skunkworks Bet on One Platform and Radical Design

Ford is pursuing a $30,000 electric pickup built on a Universal Electric Vehicle platform, using a 'bounty' system to align engineering toward higher range and lower battery costs, aided by unicast/gigacasting and an inexpensive LFP battery. The truck is expected to diverge from traditional styling, with a smaller bed and edgy aerodynamics, and the article questions how this strategy will look in practice and whether it can pay off.

via The Autopian|

#ev #ford #skunkworks

technology3 months ago•8 min saved

Ford bets on a budget-friendly EV platform to outlast physics and profit

Ford is pivoting from costly, oversized EVs like the F-150 Lightning to a family of affordable electric vehicles built on a Universal EV Platform (UEV), led by a Silicon Valley skunkworks team. The plan focuses on efficiency and cost, using a bounty system to quantify micro-optimizations (weight, drag, etc.), adopting lighter aluminum components, cheaper lithium‑iron‑phosphate (LFP) batteries, and a zonal architecture with an integrated E‑Box to cut wiring and parts. Ford aims for a $30,000 midsize EV in 2027 and is moving toward mass production with tighter supply‑chain control, even if it means 400‑volt systems over the faster 800‑volt setups to maintain flexibility and battery compatibility.

via The Verge|

#aerodynamics #ev #ford