Ford’s Coming New $30K Electric Pickup Is the Start Of Something Much Bigger:
It’s not just about the truck, it’s about a whole new way of building Fords.
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Ford Develops UEV Platform and 2027 Electric PickupA California skunkworks team of about 450 employees is preparing the first electric midsize pickup for 2027.
- The internal team grew to about 450 employees in Long Beach and is supported by another 200 in Palo Alto.
- The electric midsize pickup is expected in 2027; additional models are planned without a disclosed timeline.
- According to Ford, the UEV platform cuts parts by about 20 percent, fasteners by 25 percent, and workstations by 40 percent.
- The new vehicles will use lower-cost LFP batteries; Ford aims to bring Level 3 autonomy to them sometime in calendar year 2028.
It is similar in enough ways to a pickup truck that it is recognizable and that will attract some customers who have already bought pickup trucks. But I suspect the majority of our customers are going to come out of SUVs and cars, even used vehicles because of the low cost of it.— Alan Clarke, head of Ford's Advanced Electric Vehicle Development Team, discussing the expected customer mix for Ford's new universal EV platform.
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