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...In 2021, Ford and Rivian parted ways commercially, though not financially, with Ford deciding to make an electric version of its bestselling F-150 pick-up truck....
...For the past four decades Ford’s F-150 pick-up truck has been the best-selling auto in the US....
...And on my wishlist is a Ford F-150 Lightning Electric pick-up truck, with a four-door cab and zero emissions....
...But, since buying it in 2008 for $120,000, I have driven it 35,000 miles without a single problem....
...Ford last year took the audacious decision to launch an aluminium-bodied version of its F-150 pick-up truck — the F-Series accounts for the majority of its worldwide operating profits....
...Fund management company RobecoSAM uses the Ford F-150, a bestseller in the US, as an example. The newest model is 300 pounds lighter than the previous model....
...The transition comes as the company warns that 2014 will be a year of consolidation, as it spends heavily on launching 23 models globally, including the crucial launch of its new F-150 truck, its most profitable...
...But, under the paint on Ford’s new F-150, the body was made of aluminium — a metal that had never before been used on a vehicle produced in such high volumes....
...This year will be transformative for Ford as it launches almost two dozen new vehicles – including a revamp of its most profitable model, the F-150 pick-up – and grapples with headwinds in South America...
...In 2006, the company pledged all of its domestic assets – including the trademarks for its logo, the F-150 truck and the Mustang sports car – to secure $23.5bn in loans....
...Ford said it needed to sell down inventories of its current model, and the new F-150 will now go on sale in late autumn....
...150 trucks or Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs off their assembly lines fast enough....
...But it has few unencumbered assets and its big 2008 product launch, the F-150 truck, is coming at the worst possible time....
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