The electric Ford F-150 will arrive before 2022, the Dearborn-based automaker has announced.
Speaking to Automotive News, Ford said the electric F-150 would arrive shortly after the electric Mach E arrives in 2021. The Mach E, which will be Ford’s first-ever series production EV, is a Mustang-inspired coupe crossover with a performance-focused battery electric powertrain.
Ford recently touted the towing capabilities of the fully electric F-150 by releasing a video of a prototype towing 10 rail cars filled with 42 F-150s – a weight that was equal to 625 tons, it claimed. Ford says the video helped generate more interest in electric pickup trucks, according to its internal polling data, demonstrating that battery-powered trucks can still do heavy lifting like ICE trucks can.
General Motors recently confirmed it was working on a fully electric pickup truck – an announcement that seemingly came in response to Ford’s decision to push forward with the idea. Very little is known about the battery electric GM pickup – including which brand umbrella it will fall under, how it will positioned in the marketplace and when it will arrive. GM president Mark Reuss recently tempered expectations for the truck’s arrival, saying that engineering it would “take some time,” as GM wants it to have equal range, performance and cost to an ICE pickup. It also wants to ensure the US charging infrastructure is up-to-part before releasing such a product, as truck owners may be more likely to use their vehicles in rural areas where chargers are currently uncommon.
This likely means that Ford will beat GM to market with a production electric pickup truck. We also know that GM won’t be releasing a hybrid truck, with the automaker channelling its resources entirely into EVs and skipping over plug-in hybrids – citing low demand and high development costs for plug-ins as its reasoning. GM won’t be competing in the electrified pickup space for quite a while, then, leaving Ford and newcomer Rivian to battle it out in the near future.
Not being one of the first companies to offer an electric won’t be a major loss for GM from a profit-making perspective, but it may have an impact on perception, with consumers potentially viewing Rivian and/or Ford as the electric truck leaders due to them being first to market. This is exemplified by Tesla, which has very strong consumer perception and brand recognition due to being one of the first companies to offer an easy-to-live-with, mass produced electric vehicle.
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Source: Automotive News
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2022 for an EV F-150? That is soon.
Ford is probably already planning its first recall.
I don’t want an electric vehicle in 2022, 2042, never. Ford or Chevy or Tesla. I don’t know a swinging….uh, you know that wants it.
You’ve clearly never driven one then. The experience is superior in almost every way. Instant throttle response every time at every speed. Don’t have to go out of your way to ‘fill’ it when it is full every single morning.
The Chevy Silverado could likely offer the F-150 a free charge from its on-board power supply.
Funny. Ford has said that I wants hybrids to hold off till EV’s are perfected and gm has said they want to be the forefront of EV’s. I bet that gm makes another hybrid truck as the company’s switch roles.
Not the problem. GM is leader than Ford in EV tech.
Hopefully GM isn’t too far behind. They cannot afford to allow Ford, Rivian, and even Tesla to have a multi year lead in EV pickup Trucks.
I just watched a Tesla Midel X towing a trailer up the Ike Gauntlet. It wasn’t even able to do the normal loop from Boulder to the Ike and back in it’s own. A Ram had to tow the trailer for a good deal of the short distance.
GM being last to market is no surprise. Seems they have had the “Let’s see what they do” mentality, lately.
GM developed the best hybrid/electric technology in the Chevy Volt, winning the most awards ever for a new car. And developed a RWD version for the Cadillac CT6 PHEV. Yet never followed them with newer vehicles, missing the golden opportunity of an electric of plugi-in hybrid Equinox. I doubt an electric truck will be a sucess after the F-150 has taken that market.
GM SHOULDNT FORGET TO THANK THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FOR BAILING THEM OUT THANKS TO THE VOLT!!!!
They only forget to said the distance before the battery go down ,,
GM is always behind everyone else. Why can’t they be the first place with something? Oh they are to bothered making the same type of model with a different badge. Same old history they just charge lots more then before they were bankrupt. Remember GM we bailed you out. Now you have the audacity to charge upwards of $80,000 for a pickup truck called Silverado and SUV Tahoe…. that’s balls