Ford Retreats From EVs, Takes $19.5 Billion Charge
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Ford on Monday said it is pulling back on its electric vehicle plans, a move that will result in a $19.5 billion charge against its earnings to be taken mostly in the current quarter.
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Ford announced a series of moves in its EV business, pivoting to a hybrid and extended range EV (EREV) strategy instead of full EVs, and will take a whopping $19.5 billion in charges related to the move.
You probably know that electric vehicles take longer to “fill up” than gas-powered cars, but how long you have to wait depends on the car—and it can vary widely. Even at the same charger, some EVs take twice as long as others to add the same number ...
Ford says it is "following the customer" in discontinuing its large electric pickup, which was well-received but never profitable. Ford will keep the Lightning name alive as a plug-in hybrid.
Ford Motor Co. intends to convert a Kentucky electric vehicle battery plant so it can produce cells for energy storage to power the electric grid, as the automaker seeks to repurpose EV manufacturing capacity as sales of battery-powered cars plunge in the US,
NATIONAL electric vehicle infrastructure business JET Charge has partnered with Ikea Australia to install chargers at its outlets. Ikea said the installation of chargers at its seven national sites would create a backbone needed to accelerate it towards 100 per cent zero-emissions deliveries.