Ford is building an all-electric Explorer, turning its best-selling SUV into an EV as it develops a new flexible EV architecture for some of its most popular
Look, you can feel any way you like about the guy who’s currently employed as America’s Night Manager (day shift, too), but of all the things one could possibly complain about from Biden’s appearance yesterday, this seems to be perhaps the most idiotic.
The allegation that Biden wasn’t driving has shown up on a bunch of primarily fringey right-wing websites, and I’ll admit that when a friend texted me the image sites like the Gateway Pundit are using as the (sole) basis of their claim, I did have to go watch the video again to confirm.
Fact Check: Was Joe Biden Fake Driving a Car With Two Steering Wheels?
On 5/20/21 at 10:33 AM EDT
President Joe Biden had an opportunity to test drive the new electric Ford F-150 Lightning during a visit to a manufacturing plant in Dearborn, Michigan on Wednesday.
The president got behind the wheel of the truck, alongside a Secret Service member, to take it on a short drive. This sucker is quick, Biden said after pulling up beside reporters on the test track.
Biden also said that the vehicle manages to go from 0-60 mph in around 4.4 seconds information he was perhaps not meant to reveal.
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Ford confirmed the V8-powered Raptor will be known as the Raptor R, and this hardcore version of an already hardcore truck will almost certainly be powered by the supercharged 5.2-liter V8 found in the Mustang Shelby 500. In the Mustang, this means 760 hp and 625 lb-ft of torque, and a zero to sixty time of around 3.3 seconds, but early tests have shown that this setup has proven problematic in F-150 development cars, with reliability concerns rearing its ugly head.
Mike Levine, Ford North America Product Communications Manager, put rumors to bed regarding whether the Raptor R would be street legal by replying to a tweet from Joel Feder clearly stating The Raptor R will be street legal .
Ford Won’t Give Up on CarPlay Despite Going All-In on Android 3 Feb 2021, 5:54 UTC ·
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This is massive news, especially for the future of Android Automotive, as this platform is still in its early days right now, and the only ones using it are Polestar and Volvo. While several other automakers have already confirmed they plan to bring Android Automotive to their cars, including PSA, a partnership between Ford and Google paves the way for huge adoption in the long term.
But while Ford seems to be ready to go all-in on Android, others are concerned the American carmaker could leave one important share of customers behind: those with an iPhone.