{"id":29101,"date":"2025-12-16T05:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T05:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/?p=29101"},"modified":"2025-12-16T05:46:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T05:46:00","slug":"ford-hits-brakes-on-all-electric-f-150-reboots-truck-as-a-hybrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/news\/ford-hits-brakes-on-all-electric-f-150-reboots-truck-as-a-hybrid","title":{"rendered":"Ford Hits Brakes on All-Electric F-150, Reboots Truck as a Hybrid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Points<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ford is discontinuing the all-electric F-150 Lightning and relaunching it as a hybrid (EREV).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The new hybrid model will have an estimated range of over 700 miles thanks to a gas generator that recharges the battery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The move is part of a company-wide pivot away from certain EV models due to low demand and high costs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The company expects this major strategy shift to cost it an estimated $19.5 billion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ford is making a dramatic U-turn on its flagship electric truck, the F-150 Lightning. Just last month, the all-electric model seemed to be on the chopping block. Now, the company has announced it will reboot the truck as a next-generation hybrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Production on the current all-electric F-150 Lightning will end this year. The new version will be an Extended Range Electric Vehicle (EREV). This is a hybrid in which the truck is always powered by electricity, with a small onboard gas generator used to recharge the large battery. This setup will give the new Lightning an impressive estimated range of more than 700 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This major change is part of a much broader pivot in Ford&#8217;s electric vehicle strategy. The company is backing away from some of its more ambitious EV plans, citing &#8220;lower-than-expected demand, high costs, and regulatory changes.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ford now projects that by 2030, about half of its sales will be hybrids and EVs, marking a significant shift toward a more gradual transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of this new approach, Ford is also canceling plans for other large electric vehicles and will instead offer a new, more affordable commercial van with both gas and hybrid options. This strategic retreat from an all-electric future is costly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ford anticipates that this pivot will have a massive $19.5 billion negative financial impact on the company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points Ford is making a dramatic U-turn on its flagship electric truck, the F-150 Lightning. Just last month, the all-electric model seemed to be&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-product"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}