All-electric Ford F-150 pickup coming within 24 months, exec states
A fully electric Ford F-150 pickup will arrive in the U.S. within the next two years, Ford Chief Operating Police officer Jim Farley told capitalists Wednesday.
The exec outlined several of the automaker's future plans with Ford Chief Executive Officer Jim Hackett during a call held by Deutsche Financial institution. Conversation of future plans consisted of the upcoming pickup, Bronco off-roader, business vans, and also self-driving technology[isuzu tailgate].
“Within the next 24 months we will certainly have fully electric versions of the world's best-selling vehicle, the F-150, and the best-selling cargo van … I like our opportunities versus all arrivals as we go electrical,” Farley stated.
In March, Ford revealed it would certainly have a completely electric version of its Transportation freight van for sale for the 2022 model year. A spokesman for Ford really did not promptly talk about this story.
Last year, Ford introduced a tie-up with electrical truckmaker Rivian but said its F-150 pickup would certainly be built entirely in-house. In July, Ford released video of an all-electric F-150 hauling cargo trains to showcase the capacity for an energized schedule. Now, Farley states the truckmaker will certainly use electrified variations of the F-150– consisting of hybrid and all-electric versions– that will certainly display its commitment to electrification.
The new F-150 will certainly be developed with a new electric structure that can update the pick-up's systems wirelessly, Farley informed financiers. Tesla and also other automakers have actually made use of comparable over-the-air updates to include attributes and range, or update security systems. Fleet drivers may be able to use the systems to keep an eye on and maintain their pickups.
Not just that, Farley added that the new F-150 that will be exposed June 25 will be developed together with the current F-150 already on sale. The production overlap resembles methods just recently made use of by crosstown competitors General Motors and also Ram when those truckmakers launched the newer variations of their light-duty pickups. The “classic,” “heritage,” or older versions of the pick-ups were offered for at the very least a year together with more recent versions of the vehicle and also were offered mostly as work trucks or lower-cost versions of those pickups. [on sale]Ford used a comparable technique for its F-150 pick-up in the late 1990s and very early 2000s.
Hackett included that its future Bronco, scheduled to be unveiled this summertime, would feature cutting-edge tech such as an “outdoors” cockpit. The automaker likewise settled its non-equity collaboration with Volkswagen to construct commercial automobiles, medium-size pick-ups, as well as electrical vehicles.
