AbleGuy
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EXEV…extended range electric vehicles
Ford is working on producing vehicles that they call EXEV’s and that may promise ranges up to 700 miles. They’re a couple of years away from getting these vehicles out to us, but the concept sounds promising .
These sound a bit like traditional PHEV’s because they combine electric motors with small gas engines.
Read more about this :
www.topspeed.com
“(FORD) Engineers are also hard at work developing so-called extended-range electric vehicles, broadly similar to plug-in hybrids, though there are some differences. A complicated (since you basically have two separate powertrains) but an effective intermediate step between combustion-powered vehicles and pure EVs, both EREVs and plug-ins provide the best of both worlds. When charged up, many motorists can do most of their daily driving purely on electric power, but you still have a traditional engine for when you want to take a longer trip. Some of these products will offer as much as 700 miles of range, ideal for cross-country drives.
Reportedly, the company will offer range-extended electric drivetrains in many of its most popular products including crossover and SUV models as well as the gargantuan Super Duty truck line. And, that last vehicle could be a game-changer given the popularity – and profitability – of these hard-working vehicles.”
Here’s more :
It looks like lower than hoped for sales of the Lightning drastically changed production targets of that model.
“(It’s been announced that Ford has shrunken it production plans) for the second-generation Ford F-150 EV following softening demand…Ford plans to build less than 100,000 units of that model annually at the Tennessee Electric Vehicle Center when it comes online in 2027, compared to the 300,000 that it originally intended to produce there.”
But that lower number of available Lightnings might free up the market some, for people more interested in instead buying the greater range new EREV trucks. And the biggest news here is that the Ford plans to add an EREV option to the Ford SUPER DUTY line of trucks as well as having an EVER set up for more than one crossover and/or SUV, too!
Ford is working on producing vehicles that they call EXEV’s and that may promise ranges up to 700 miles. They’re a couple of years away from getting these vehicles out to us, but the concept sounds promising .
These sound a bit like traditional PHEV’s because they combine electric motors with small gas engines.
Read more about this :
Ford Developing EREVs Amid Electric Truck Uncertainty
New range-extended electric vehicles may help the automaker stem financial losses.
www.topspeed.com
“(FORD) Engineers are also hard at work developing so-called extended-range electric vehicles, broadly similar to plug-in hybrids, though there are some differences. A complicated (since you basically have two separate powertrains) but an effective intermediate step between combustion-powered vehicles and pure EVs, both EREVs and plug-ins provide the best of both worlds. When charged up, many motorists can do most of their daily driving purely on electric power, but you still have a traditional engine for when you want to take a longer trip. Some of these products will offer as much as 700 miles of range, ideal for cross-country drives.
Reportedly, the company will offer range-extended electric drivetrains in many of its most popular products including crossover and SUV models as well as the gargantuan Super Duty truck line. And, that last vehicle could be a game-changer given the popularity – and profitability – of these hard-working vehicles.”
Here’s more :
It looks like lower than hoped for sales of the Lightning drastically changed production targets of that model.
“(It’s been announced that Ford has shrunken it production plans) for the second-generation Ford F-150 EV following softening demand…Ford plans to build less than 100,000 units of that model annually at the Tennessee Electric Vehicle Center when it comes online in 2027, compared to the 300,000 that it originally intended to produce there.”
But that lower number of available Lightnings might free up the market some, for people more interested in instead buying the greater range new EREV trucks. And the biggest news here is that the Ford plans to add an EREV option to the Ford SUPER DUTY line of trucks as well as having an EVER set up for more than one crossover and/or SUV, too!
