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Andrew J. Hawkins

Andrew J. Hawkins

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    Andrew J. Hawkins
    Andrew J. Hawkins
    Ford’s EV business is picking up steam.

    The automaker expects to lose $3 billion this year on its EV sales, but the outlook is certainly improving. Ford says its EV business grew 41 percent this quarter on sales of 10,866 units. That includes 4,291 F-150 Lightning trucks and a 62.7 percent increase in E-Transit delivery vans. Sales of Mustang Mach-E was down reflecting downtime at the factory for changes designed to improve production. Ford said it’s still on track to hit a run rate of 150,000 EVs this year — hopefully without any more recalls.

    Ford Becomes America’s Best-Selling Brand in the First Quarter on Rising Sales for Trucks, Vans, Broncos, Large SUVs, EVs, Mustang | Ford Media Center

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    The rest of the auto industry still loves CarPlay and Android AutoThe rest of the auto industry still loves CarPlay and Android Auto
    GM is cutting off access to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for its future EVsGM is cutting off access to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for its future EVs
    Fewer EVs will qualify for the federal $7,500 tax credit under updated rulesFewer EVs will qualify for the federal $7,500 tax credit under updated rules
    Andrew J. Hawkins
    Andrew J. Hawkins
    Ford just isn’t into the whole driverless thing anymore.

    Five months after it pulled the plug on its autonomous vehicle division Argo.ai, Ford is continuing to divest itself from fully driverless technology. Today, the company filed a notice with the feds that basically retreats from its former position of wanting to deploy vast numbers of robot vehicles. The reason?

    We believe the road to fully autonomous vehicles, at scale, with a profitable business model, will be a long one.

    Long car rides are the worst, right?

    Waymo retires its Chrysler Pacifica minivans as it switches to an all-electric robotaxi fleetWaymo retires its Chrysler Pacifica minivans as it switches to an all-electric robotaxi fleet
    Lamborghini’s first plug-in hypercar is the Aventador-replacing Revuelto

    Revuelto (pronounced rey-WEL-to) either means ‘unruly’ or refers to a dish of creamy scrambled eggs. Either way, it will replace the Aventador as Lamborghini’s flagship vehicle.

    Andrew J. Hawkins
    Kia sees an opening to dominate the full-size electric SUV segment with its big, boxy EV9Kia sees an opening to dominate the full-size electric SUV segment with its big, boxy EV9

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