RE: Ford lightining7 Jan 2022 08:35
@Sprinter12
that was an early prototype and very impressive and what an impact that video made on people, bad news though the production model has caught Ford out!!
F-150 production target has increased fourfold (doubled and doubled again) to 150,000 a year, you can see why and to be honest this must be a wake-up call to the entire industry - does Ford have battery supplies because the demand is most certainly there and will people choose alternative EV trucks if they can't meet demand?
Four and a half minutes video, a very impressive truck, production model for real-world use!
https://youtu.be/g5d_xUb0US8
My original post below from September 2019 vindicates me being positive, battery size is now stated as 131 Kwh so not quite as much lithium, still, production jumping straight to circa 15% looks very strong, plus we can add other offerings now to the pickup truck launches such as GM.
How soon before Ford double again, and again?
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09 Sep 2019 18:00
Tesla Pick up Truck unveiling November
There's going to be fierce competition between Tesla, Rivian and Ford who are clear leaders in the US pickup selling just shy of a million F150 series in 2018 (as far as I can find)
Ford is showing off their electric F150 in this video:
https://youtu.be/bXFHgoon7lg?t=115
Very impressive!!
With big batteries likely to be in the 200kwh range so probably circa 150kg LCE, if Ford went 50% EV that alone would be 75,000 tonnes of LCE!
Perhaps a big spike required in battery-grade lithium is on the horizon?
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