Ford News

  • Teaser for Cadillac Lyriq electric cossover SUV based on GM BEV3 modular platform

    Which Chinese automaker showed an electric minivan in Detroit? What upcoming SUV will underpin a new "elegant" electric from Lincoln? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending January 18, 2019. Last week, the CES show in Las Vegas was something of a disappointment for visitors looking for the latest in electric and self-driving car technology. The Detroit auto show, long a staple of big horsepower and heavy iron, provided the jolt for electric car fans that CES lacked, with several new-car introductions. Ford showed a hybrid...

  • 2019 Lincoln Nautilus, 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show
    Ford Mustang–inspired electric crossover will spawn “elegant” Lincoln EV

    Ford’s Lincoln luxury brand is going to get a roomy, “elegant” electric model within the next few years, according to Ford’s North American president, Kumar Galhotra, who disclosed the product plan during an Automotive News World Congress presentation this week. The Lincoln...

  • 2019 Ford F-150
    Ford confirms future all-electric F-Series truck, holds details close

    All-electric isn't just for cars anymore. Ford Group Vice President for Marketing and Sales Jim Farley confirmed that the company will build an all-electric version of its top-selling F-Series pickup. "We're going to be electrifying the F-Series—battery electric and hybrid," he said at a...

  • GAC Entranze concept, 2019 Detroit auto show
    VW-Ford, Nissan electric SUV, an electric Cadillac? Today's Car News

    Nissan reveals some details about its upcoming electric crossover SUV. Ford and VW announced a partnership to develop vans and pickups for overseas markets that could spill over into electric cars. And we ask readers if they would buy an electric car from Cadillac in our latest Twitter poll. All...

  • Volkswagen Group MEB modular electric car platform
    VW, Ford plan to cooperate on electric cars; they just won't say how

    A day after Volkswagen announced that it will bring production of its electric cars to its U.S. factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the company announced that it plans to sign a memorandum of understanding to work with Ford to jointly develop electric cars and self-driving cars. In a joint...

  • 2020 Ford Explorer, 2019 Detroit auto show
    2020 Ford Explorer Hybrid signals the start of a big electrified push

    As Ford prepares the first of several fully electric vehicles, for what amounts to a rapidly expanding niche, the automaker is also working on rolling out electrified versions of its existing mainstream lineup. After finding plenty of success many years ago with its Ford Escape Hybrid, and then...

  • 2019 Ford Ranger

    Audi will build an upscale car on VW's affordable electric-car platform. Ford is taking orders from police departments for its more efficient hybrid police cruisers. Tesla will refund the full amount if it doesn't deliver cars in time for the full federal tax credit. And how do our readers see the future of the Chevy Volt's plug-in hybrid tech? All this and more on Green Car Reports. Audi's version of VW's new affordable electric car platform is likely to offer MEB's full potential, including all-wheel drive, a big battery, and luxury features. Ford announced that it is taking orders for its...

  • 2018 Ford Police Responder Hybrid Sedan pursuit-rated police car
    Ford hybrid police cars are pursuit-rated, ready for NYPD action

    Ford is in the process of applying hybrid technology to a vehicle type that seems like a natural fit for it: police cars. It’s about time. Ford claims to have the industry’s first pursuit-rated hybrid police car with the Police Responder Hybrid Sedan—the police-duty version of the...

  • Left to right: Volkswagen ID, ID Buzz and ID Crozz concepts
    VW's last engines, Toyota batteries, Ford names: Today's Car News

    VW announced that it is now designing the last combustion engines it will sell. Ford trademarks two possible names that could go on its upcoming electric SUV. Toyota explains why it still uses nickel-metal hydride batteries. And a Chinese battery company says it will pass the magic...

  • Teaser for Ford Mustang Mach-E debuting at 2019 Los Angeles Auto Show
    Trademark filings show Ford may call electric SUV the "Mach E"

    Fans of the Ford Mustang didn't take it well earlier this year when Ford suggested it might call its upcoming 300-mile electric SUV the Mach 1. Now new trademark filings discovered by The Drive show a new possibility for the name: the "Mach E" or the "Mach-E." Ford filed trademark applications for...

  • 2019 Volvo XC40
    2019 Toyota Prius AWD price, more VW electrics, French protests: Today's Car News

    Toyota announced pricing for the new 2019 Prius AWD-e. In trade talks with the Trump administration, VW's CEO revealed the company could use Ford factories in the U.S. to build new models—which could include electric cars. Rioters in France this month won what they wanted: a reprieve from...

  • VW ID family
    VW could use US Ford factories to build its upcoming electric cars

    In trade talks in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess revealed the automaker is talking with Ford about using its factories in the U.S., and possibly sharing its upcoming electric car platform the American automaker. The two automakers announced in June that they planned an...

  • Ford's future hybrid and PHEV lineup

    Volkswagen is investing $40 billion in new electric cars and plans to have 27 new models on the market by 2022. Ford announced last March that it will invest $11 billion in developing hybrid systems for all but one of its new pickup and SUV models due out by 2020. The company also said at an event in March that it will produce six new battery electric vehicles by 2022. Put the two together, and it seems some of those new electric cars from Ford may be based on technology from VW, according to a report in Automotive News on Wednesday (subscription required). DON'T MISS: Ford to electrify most...

  • Charging cord for 2012 Ford Focus Electric
    Ford recalls Focus Electric, Fusion Energi, and C-Max Energi charge cords

    Ford announced a recall on Wednesday of the 120-volt charge cords supplied with nearly all of the plug-in hybrid and electric cars it built through 2015. The cars affected include the 2012 to 2015 Focus Electric, the 2013 to 2015 Ford C-Max Energi, and the 2013 to 2015 Ford Fusion Energi. Ford says...

  • 2019 Ford Fusion Energi
    2019 Ford Fusion Energi gets longer electric range

    Ford is boosting the battery size and electric range of its Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid sedan for 2019. The new battery will store 9 kwh, up from 7 kwh, to give the 2019 Fusion Energi a range of 25 electric miles, up from 21 miles. The bigger battery should make the Fusion Energi more competitive...

  • Ford Fusion Hybrid Taxi
    New Ford cab take stabs at fuel-efficient powertrains

    If you're like us, you can remember seas of yellow Ford Crown Victorias dashing through cramped city streets, shuttling tourists and Carrie Bradshaws through New York City. If you're like us, you're also probably old. Ford on Thursday debuted two new taxis for fleet service next year with twists...

  • 2018 Ford F-150 Power Stroke
    2018 Ford F-150 Power Stroke first drive: diesel, the not-so-efficient way

    Ford has a gem of a diesel engine under the hood of the 2018 F-150 Power Stroke—as long as drivers aren’t enamored with good fuel economy. Wait, what? After a day of driving F-150 diesels in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains near Boulder, Colorado, unladen, with beds loaded up with...

  • 2018 Ford Ecosport
    Cars out at Ford, small crossovers and SUVs left to take up efficiency banner

    Passenger cars at Ford have short lives. The automaker announced Wednesday that it would pare its lineup to just two cars: The Mustang and a new Focus Active crossover, which is based on the next-generation Focus unveiled this month. The Ford Fiesta, Fusion, Taurus, and Focus hatchback and sedan...

  • 2018 Ford F-150 Power Stroke

    A full-sized pickup that can get 30 mpg sounds impressive, and it is. Ford has released the fuel economy ratings for the new F150 Powerstroke diesel, and that's the highway rating for the two-wheel drive model. In the city it's rated to get 22 mpg from its turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 engine, and gets a combined rating of 25 mpg in mixed driving. If you need a pickup, and want to save as much gas as possible, the F-150 diesel can do that for you. READ THIS: 2018 Ford F-150 Power Stroke Diesel rated at 30 mpg highway, with a big catch Four-wheel drive models, though, you take a big hit. They are...

  • 2019 Ford Fusion Energi
    2019 Ford Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid gets 25 miles from revised battery

    Ford was the first U.S. carmaker to sell a hybrid-electric vehicle, as well as the second to offer a plug-in hybrid. But since 2013, the carmaker hasn't released a single new electrified vehicle—including battery-electric cars as well as the two types of hybrids. Now, Ford has released...

  • Ford's upcoming small off-road crossover SUV
    Ford's future hybrid, electric-car lineup: 5 things to know

    The "Ford Uncovered Future Product Forum" held Thursday for journalists was a break in recent tradition for Detroit's second-largest automaker. The abrupt firing of CEO Mark Fields last May was an indication that Ford's board of directors wasn't happy with progress in preparing the company for a...

  • Ford's future hybrid and PHEV lineup
    Ford's future 300-mile all-electric performance SUV: what we know

    Lots of automakers wish they could get a bite of Tesla’s business. Ford first said more than a year ago that it would launch a long-range battery-electric vehicle, describing it as an SUV with 300 miles of range. But the company is late to the game. Longer-range compact hatchbacks from...

  • Ford's future hybrids
    Ford to electrify most SUVs, promises to pass Toyota in hybrids

    Ford hasn’t given up on hybrids and electric cars, despite letting its existing models languish since 2013. That was the message conveyed by various executives at an event Thursday morning at the Ford Product Development Center in Dearborn, Michigan. The company will build a hybrid version of...

  • 2012 Ford Escape Hybrid
    Will 2021 Ford Escape bring back hybrid model (or plug-in hybrid)?

    Tomorrow, Ford is hosting journalists at an unusual event called "Ford Uncovered," at which it may discuss some of its future products for 2020 and beyond. Key among the questions that attendees will undoubtedly ask will be those about the company's strategy for electrified vehicles. While Ford was...

News First Drives Electric Cars Hybrids Guides Green Life