That’s Ford CEO Jim Farley to Car and Driver about the F-150 Lightning. The automaker recently discontinued the electric truck, after announcing a massive $19.5 billion write-down on its EV operations. “I mean, look, we didn’t know what we didn’t know,” Farley adds, admitting that Ford’s gas-engine “prejudice was so high that we hadn’t designed the [electric] cars right.” Now the company is betting that it can right-size its business with smaller, more aerodynamic EVs.
[Link: Jim Farley of Ford on Making a U-Turn on EVs and Flooring It with Off-Roaders | https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a70394562/interview-jim-farley-ceo-ford-motor-company/ | Car and Driver]
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That’s Ford CEO Jim Farley to Car and Driver about the F-150 Lightning. The automaker recently discontinued the electric truck, after announcing a massive $19.5 billion write-down on its EV op… [851 chars]
Source: The Verge | Published: 2026-03-04T21:25:00Z
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