09-06-2018, 08:44 AM | #1 |
2020 electric ford inspired by Mustang
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09-06-2018, 09:05 AM | #2 |
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Nice article, but nothing surprising. I think you could probably switch the word "Ford" in the article with just about any other major automaker and it would still be pretty accurate.
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09-07-2018, 04:22 AM | #3 |
Thank you Al Oppenheiser!
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Ford will be first with an electric pony car provided FCA doesn't find a way to shoehorn an electric drive train into the what by then will be a ~15-20 year old chassis design.
I'm sure Al's team can do better. The question is ... when? Being late to market even with a superior offering typically does not put you in the leading sales position. |
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https://www.trucks.com/2019/02/05/sp...-f-150-pickup/ We can only assume however that GM does. "all electric, zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion"
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03-13-2019, 07:38 AM | #6 |
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Electric vehicles are for commuters. Not muscle cars or pickups. People dreaming of no emissions is a fantasy.....
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the problem with an electric pick up is I would assume once you start doing truck stuff with it, its going to drain that battery very quickly.
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03-13-2019, 11:50 AM | #9 | |
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Muscle cars have been dead for nearly half a century. But for performance cars in general, you'll still be able to take an EV out to the strip for the weekly test & tune. Or out for an early Saturday morning cruise on a summer day. And even do some hot laps at a road course, so long as its a car designed to be run on a track (which applies to every car, whether its powered by electrons or gasoline). There are even ways to tinker with and upgrade an electric powertrain. About the hardest thing thats part of 'car culture' to do with current EV technology would be a mass a road trip to an event like CamaroFest. Its simply not yet possible to charge a 20 cars travelling together quickly. But that won't necessarily be an issue in a couple decades. Maybe because fast charging becomes ubiquitous, maybe because there is a breakthrough in storage density, maybe because we've figured how to make hydrogen work. Could be some other reason too. There is a big difference between not being able to do something today, and not being able to do it 25 years from now.
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Muscle car is an American term for high-performance cars, usually rear-wheel drive and fitted with a large and powerful V8 engine. The term originated for 1960s and early 1970s special editions of mass-production cars which were designed for drag racing. They have never stopped making them. And as for electric/battery power no emissions is a load of bs and again a tree hugger's fantasy. Yet the “zero emissions” claim grates on some experts, who have continued to argue over whether electric cars are really more environmentally friendly than gas guzzlers, once the manufacturing process for the vehicles and their batteries are taken into account. Electric cars rely on regular charging from the local electricity network. The power plants providing that energy aren’t emission-free; even in California,*60% of electricity*came from burning fossil fuels in 2015, while solar and wind together made up less than 14% Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
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