According to final EPA estimates released Monday, Ford Motor Co.’s F-150 Lightning electric pickup will have a battery range of up to 320 miles — 20 miles more than previously estimated. The top-of-the-line range will be available on XLT, Lariat, and Pro trim levels that include an optional extended-range battery. Platinum trims, which include an extended-range battery as standard, will also get an additional 20 miles per charge, to a total of 300 miles. Pro, XLT, and Lariat trims equipped with the standard-range battery will have an EPA-estimated range of up to 230 miles, consistent with previous projections. Pro trims…
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Based on current demand, Cadillac might produce up to 200k Lyriq EVs per year. Production of the Lyriq electric crossover may be up to 200,000 vehicles per year, officials claimed on Monday before the first 2023 Lyriq was produced at Spring Hill Assembly Plant in Tennessee. An annual production of less than 200,000 automobiles is possible at the Tennessee factory. GMC Acadia and Cadillac XT5 and XT6 are also manufactured at the same facility. As of present, they are being constructed alongside the Lyriq. Global Cadillac Vice President Rory Harvey said: “We have an incremental ramp-up, but we have the…
Keogh discussed driving European-spec ID Buzz cars in Austin this month, when he was accompanied by Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess, and the two executives witnessed firsthand the local reaction. VW passenger car CEO Ralf Brandstaetter stated last week that the business expects to sell 120,000 ID Buzz models every year. “Cars like these do the most critical task. Business is good, generating money is good, but reestablishing the brand’s popularity and affection is what we’re after, and this is what this is doing “As Keogh said. “Being down in Austin with this car,” he remarked, was the pinnacle of…
Ford Motor Company announced that Kiersten Robinson, the company’s top human resources executive, would be promoted to general manager of Ford Blue’s family vehicles as well as president of Ford’s operations in Mexico and Canada as part of its effort to fill the leadership team of its newly created Ford Blue division. Robinson will report to Kumar Galhotra, president of Ford Blue, and the change will become official in mid-May, according to a statement released by the carmaker on Monday. CEO Jim Farley praised Kiersten as a “transformational leader” who has “been instrumental in supporting Ford’s business and global team…
Volkswagen Group of America plans to spend at least $7.1 billion in North America through 2027 to build up its local EV production capacity — including construction of a battery plant as well as overhauls of its assembly plants in Puebla and Silao, Mexico — and bolster interim ICE-powered production as part of a push to regionalize its EV and ICE product decisions for the North American market. The business expects to deliver more than 25 new battery electric vehicles through 2030 across the group’s brands that sell in the U.S.: VW, Audi, Porsche, Bentley and Lamborghini. But more critically,…
In most cases, robots will take on the most tedious and dangerous tasks first. In the trucking industry, there is no such thing as an exception. Currently, the focus of autonomous driving engineers is on long-distance freight transport, with the exception of slow curves or E-ZPass lanes. As a result, self-driving cars will have an easier time navigating certain roads. Infrastructure is likely to be the major problem. Short trips to and from an interstate from a manufacturing facility or distribution hub are typically much trickier than longer ones. As soon as the vehicle leaves the freeway, the same holds…