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Ford is now building low-cost LFP battery cells in the US that will power its $30,000 EV pickup (electrek.co)
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Ford is set to become the first to use LFP batteries in a mainstream EV in the US, starting with its $30,000 midsize pickup.

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[–] 12 points 4 months ago (12 children)

Honestly what I’d love to see is more classic vehicles get remade as EVs. Like the VW Bus, could you imagine if they brought back the Bel Air as an EV? It would sell like crazy. That’s how they need to go about getting EVs popularized in the US

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Look up the ID Buzz 😉

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    That’s the one I was talking about above. I was saying I want more of that, but like classic cars like the ‘57 Chevy Bel Air. I’d buy one in a heartbeat if they made one.

    Or like could you imagine if they went backwards on the trend of giant trucks and started making smaller classic body trucks, like if they remade the ‘95 Ford Lightning or brought back the El Camino? Smaller vehicle, lighter body, further range on battery and it’d look fucking clean

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

    Uh, VW already tried that and it flopped.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Idk. I’ve seen a few, but it’s also a bus so I can see the lack of appeal. Minivans haven’t been popular for sometime. Try a more popular classic body and the reception would be wildly different.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    I think it's more likely to have flopped because it's a $60k+ car with less range and barely faster charging than the (until recently) $20k Chevy bolt, and it's big appeal would be road trips that it can't competently handle. If they had sold it at a price competitive with its actual competition, e.g. other minivans, and/or if it had decent range it probably would have done better.

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