The Ford F-150 Lightning is charging into the new year as the North American Truck of the Year. This is the latest award in the electric truck's trophy case and marks the third straight NACTOY Truck of the Year award for Ford. It's also the fifth NACTOY award for Ford in the past three years. The F-150 Lightning is the best-selling electric truck in the U.S. since its launch in May 2022, with sales totaling 15,617...

12 January 2023

Ford's sales of electric vehicles expanded at approximately twice the rate of the overall electric vehicle segment in November as Ford prepares to increase production next year to meet U.S. demand. Ford electric vehicle sales were up 103% for the month compared to a year ago, making Ford America's second best-selling brand and manufacturer of electric vehicles behind Tesla. Ford's share of the electric vehicle...

5 December 2022

Ford and SK On have broken ground at BlueOval SK Battery Park, where their joint venture – BlueOval SK – has invested $5.8 billion to produce advanced batteries for future Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles, slated to start production in 2025, creating 5,000 new jobs in Kentucky. Construction is on schedule at the two massive battery manufacturing facilities capable of collectively producing more than 80 gigawatt...

5 December 2022

Ford has built its 150,000th Mustang Mach-E and is now offering the vehicle in 37 countries worldwide with plans to add more markets next year. This is a significant milestone as the company scales EV production to a rate of 600,000 annually by late 2023 and more than 2 million annually by 2026. Almost all of Mustang Mach-E's growth to date is coming from customers replacing an internal combustion vehicle with an...

1 December 2022

Ford has invested a further £125 million in its Halewood Plant, on Merseyside – increasing capacity by 70% – plus £24 million in the supporting E:PRiME product development center. Today’s announcement takes the total investment in enabling Halewood’s transformation to an EV component plant to almost £380 million. Halewood's new power unit capacity, today raised from 250,000 to 420,000 a year – itself an increase of...

1 December 2022

Ford's electric vehicle momentum continued in October with sales of its EV lineup up 120 percent over last year, about two times the rate of growth of the overall EV segment. F-150 Lightning continues as America’s best-selling electric truck with sales of 2,436 – its best monthly sales performance since its introduction this year. America's best-selling electric van, E-Transit, climbed 71.5 percent compared to...

2 November 2022