{"id":2577,"date":"2017-01-03T19:57:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T19:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/ford-to-build-new-all-electric-suv-and-autonomous-hybrid-at-michigan-plant.html"},"modified":"2017-01-03T19:57:06","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T19:57:06","slug":"ford-to-build-new-all-electric-suv-and-autonomous-hybrid-at-michigan-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/ford-to-build-new-all-electric-suv-and-autonomous-hybrid-at-michigan-plant.html","title":{"rendered":"Ford to build new all-electric SUV and autonomous hybrid at Michigan plant"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Ford has announced plans at CES to build a range of new electric and hybrid-electric vehicles, revealing plans for seven of its total 13 planned electric cars set for arrival in the next five years. These include a brand-new, fully electric small SUV, and a new fully autonomous car that will be the basis of its new electric ride-hailing fleet, with a target debut date of 2021.<\/p>\n

The new Ford vehicles will be built at the carmaker\u2019s Flat Rock, Michigan plant, as part of a planned expansion of that facility with a $700 million investment. This will come at the cost of a $1.6 billion planned Mexico plant project, which Ford is also cancelling as announced today.<\/p>\n

Ford\u2019s new vehicle plans also include a hybrid F-150, targeting 2020 for availability as is the new all-electric truck, and a hybrid Mustang, also destined for the Flat Rock facility and aiming for 2020. Other vehicles include a plug-in Transit Custom, and hybrid cars designed for police use, which are going to be built in Chicago.<\/p>\n

Ford\u2019s planned vehicles will use Ford\u2019s next-generation EV tech, which enters testing this year. It\u2019s also going to debut a range of new services that are designed to help ease the transition to EVs for drivers and take away headaches related to things like charging.<\/p>\n

The most interesting part of this announcement might be the specific plans for Ford\u2019s new autonomous vehicle fleet. Ford says it\u2019s targeting \u201chigh-volume\u201d production for this car, which makes sense if it indeed wants to deploy the cars en masse to service dense urban environments where car ownership is on the decline.<\/p>\n

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Article source: https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/01\/03\/ford-to-build-new-all-electric-suv-and-autonomous-hybrid-at-michigan-plant\/?ncid=rss<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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