You’ve heard a lot about Ford’s new modular EV platform, right? Here are more details than you’re going to find anywhere else. It’s going to change how cars are made.
Deep Dive: Program Details of Ford’s Modular EV
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As always John, thank you for yet another interesting and highly informative report ! I agree that in order for this to work the actual vehicle needs to have a compelling design. Hope they pull in modern designers like Kemal Curic (S550 Mustang and Lincoln Aviator) to really make this truck something special and unique and not another square F-150 look-alike.
Hi John,
Appologies if I’ve jumped ahead of later content, but I had to comment about the range hyperbole Ford threw out. ~300 miles on an ~50 kWh pack is .. uh .. EXTREMELY optimistic (to be kind) at ~ 6 miles/kWh. It will need more than great aero. Tesla’s best is ~ 4.5 – 4.7 miles/kWh, and the M3 DOES have good aero.
That’s a bunk early claim.
Hi John,
Thank you for the detail about Ford’s approaches and challenges.
I see them having an absolute NEED to grossly increase build and part quality so recall rate drops massively. Quality really MUST become Job1 or else success will pass them by.
One big nit from Fords claims — the range hyperbole Ford threw out: ~300 miles on an ~50 kWh pack is .. uh .. EXTREMELY optimistic (to be kind) at ~ 6 miles/kWh. The vehicle will need more than great aero and cutting edge electronics. Tesla’s best is ~ 4.5 – 4.7 miles/kWh, and the M3 DOES have good aero with OK (not superlative efficiency) electronics.
That range claim seems to have little likelihood of coming in. Even Lucid just reaches 5 miles/kWh in their best (albeit likely heavier) sedan.