https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos-trucks/ford-f-150-ev-spied-trying-to-hide-its-electric/ar-BBVdhnW?li=BBnb4R5 Ford F-150 EV Spied Trying To Hide It's Electric March 25, 2019 Chris Bruce
[images / © Motor1.com https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBVdsRn.img https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBVdqrn.img Ford F-150 EV Spy Shots© Motor1.com/Hersteller Ford F-150 EV Spy Shots https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBVdqs9.img a truck is parked in front of a building: Ford F-150 Electric Spy© Motor1.com Ford F-150 Electric Spy ] There's an exhaust pipe, but it doesn't connect to anything. New spy shots provide a fresh look at the development of the Ford F-150 EV ... At first glance, you might suspect this is just a normal F-150, but these shots reveal some of the EV's special details. At the back, the Blue Oval's engineers want to fool you by mounting an exhaust on the passenger side. However, these photos reveal it's actually just a pipe without a connection to anything, in addition to the picture catching the truck's independent rear suspension layout. Our spies also note that the F-150 EV rides slightly higher than the standard model to fit the batteries underneath the cab. The extra height doesn't look too substantial over the existing pickup, though. If you're trying to figure out where to plug in the electric F-150, then take a very close look at the front bumper. Can't see anything? There's a concealed panel on the driver side that hides the receptacle. Ford's engineers deserve a round of applause for hiding the area so well, but one of the previous spy shots (above right) provides a better look at it. Specs for the electric F-150 aren't yet available. However, the test mules in these spy photos are reportedly very early prototypes for developing the necessary technology and don't reflect what Ford intends to sell to consumers when this vehicle finally comes to market. Ford President of Global Markets Jim Farley only announced the EV's development in January 2019 ... [© msn.com 2019 Microsoft] https://www.autoblog.com/2019/03/25/electric-ford-f-150-prototype-spy-shots-rear-suspension/ Electric Ford F-150 prototype shows off independent rear suspension Mar 25th 2019 It is entirely likely, perhaps inevitable, that an electric F-150 will have lower towing and payload ratings than the chassis itself could otherwise handle. It's possible that Ford could surprise us ... https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?crop=2496%2C1406%2C2%2C0&quality=85&format=jpg&resize=355%2C200&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2019-03%2F266d2830-4f1b-11e9-bd32-9f36106019c7&client=a1acac3e1b3290917d92&signature=b976b8ee1e4dbcd974a6db647d89a6dde16705cc + https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-trucks-pickup-idUSKCN1R80AS Great Wall, Ford hitch up to burgeoning Chinese demand for pickup trucks March 27, 2019 At least one of the five would be an electric model, they added. Although overall demand in the world’s biggest auto market fell last year for the first time since the 1990s, pickup truck sales rose ... https://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20190327&t=2&i=1370543421&r=LYNXNPEF2Q06N&w=1280 For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
