Ford scraps fully-electric F-150 Lightning

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Ford pivots away from its electric vehicle plans amid financial losses, waning demand
Ford Motor Co. is pivoting away from its once-ambitious electric vehicle plans amid financial losses and waning consumer demand for the vehicles in lieu of investment in more efficient gasoline-engine...

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Tribune Chronicle · 2h
Ford scraps fully-electric F-150 Lightning as demand falls for EVs
Ford takes $19.5 billion hit as it pulls back on electric vehicle plans, halts F-150 Lightning production
Ford's $19.5 billion EV writedown signals tough road ahead for legacy carmakers
Ford's $19.5 billion writedown tied to a reset of its electric-vehicle business highlights the mounting challenges for legacy automakers as they navigate waning demand and a changed regulatory backdro...

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Ford pulls the plug on the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck
Ford is rebooting the F-150 Lightning as an EREV with a gas generator
Ford Kills the All-Electric F-150 as It Rethinks Its EV Ambitions
The next generation of Ford’s all-electric F-150 Lighting will instead be an Extended-Range Electric Vehicle, or EREV, a plug-in hybrid that uses an electric motor to power its wheels while a smaller ...

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Ford CEO says the $70,000 Lightning EV pickup wasn’t selling, but this new version will
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Ford's electric F-150 is getting a gas generator for twice the range next year

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Ford Motor Company announces layoff of 1,600 battery plant employees

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