Ford F-150 News

Next Ford F-150: Advanced Materials Likely, Hybrid Powertrain Possible

The new Atlas Concept that Ford Motor Co. [NYSE: F] unveiled at Detroit this past week revealed several interesting technologies that altogether could save fuel (active grille shutters, active wheel shutters, a drop-down air dam, and power running boards) and be useful to serious truck users...

January 19, 2013 by Bengt Halvorson 3

Ford Atlas Truck Concept Demos Fuel-Saving Active Wheel Shutters

January 16, 2013 5

Ford May Use More Aluminum In Next F-150 To Improve Gas Mileage

July 27, 2012 2

To Highlight Fuel Economy, Ford Launches F-150 EcoBoost Challenge

August 17, 2011 2

2008 Ford F-150 pickup with ALTe extended-range electric powertrain

ALTe To Test Extended-Range Electric Retrofit In Ford F-150 Pickup Truck

Electric vehicles of various sorts are just now showing up in dealer showrooms. But that leaves a quarter of a billion gasoline vehicles running around U.S. roads. What to do... August 5, 2011 by John Voelcker 8

One-Third Of 2011 Ford F-150 Pickups Sold With V-6

MPGs matter, it turns out, even to pickup buyers. Or, perhaps especially to pickup truck buyers. Just four months after Ford added an EcoBoost engine option to its... March 29, 2011 by John Voelcker 16

Ford Rouge Assembly Plant, Michigan, where Ford F-150 pickup trucks are built

Greening The Rouge: Ford's More Sustainable Pickup Plant

A green roof is not at its most photogenic in a Michigan winter. In fact, it's hardly green at all--more like gray and brown--though it still insulates the building below... January 18, 2011 by John Voelcker 3

Ford Saves Scrap Steel, Stamps Explorer Parts From Pickup Leftovers

A century ago, Henry Ford was known for insisting that parts be shipped to his factories in wooden crates whose slats were sized so they could be reused to build parts of the... August 25, 2010 by John Voelcker

Smaller-More-Efficient Engines II: Ford EcoBoost Effort Expands

We said it on Friday: Smaller, more efficient engines are going to be the main way we increase gas mileage in the next few years (in that case, a four-cylinder 2010 Buick... April 12, 2010 by John Voelcker 2

screen display from Ford Crew Chief fleet tracking application

Surprise: You Save Gas, Drive Better If Your Boss Watches

We don't write much about trucks here at GreenCarReports.com, but our friends at PickupTrucks.com follow them obsessively. Now they've provided the data for an obvious but... January 11, 2010 by John Voelcker 2

Plug-In Pickup To Be Built By Indiana Based EMC

Electric Motors Corporation has released this teaser photo of its new truck, the Flash, scheduled for a full unveiling in November. The vehicle, to be built with... September 6, 2009 by Jon Vandervelde 8

Ford Launches New Ad Campaign Focused on Hybrid Fusion

Last night, Ford Motor Company kicked off their new advertising campaign focused on green technology and hybrid vehicles. Ford choose to launch their campagign during the... March 4, 2009 by Eric Loveday

2008 Ford F-150 2WD SuperCab 145" XL Mirror

European electric cars that will never cross the pond

Hybridcars.com has compiled a list of European EVs that are the proverbial forbidden fruit for the American EV enthusiast. European coachbuilders tend to build a small line... November 18, 2008 by Joe Brezny 1