2022 Ford F150
2022 Ford F150 General Motors made a point of making fun of the recent Ford switch to an aluminum body and the bed in the F-150 whenever possible. However, the company also realized that it would need to incorporate the lighter metal somehow into its new trucks in order to achieve weight goals and fuel economy. The solution was to manufacture the new Silverado and Sierra mobile panels (hood, doors, and tailgate) from a mixture of aluminum and steel.
Nevertheless, Tim Herrick, executive director of GM’s truck program, told Reuters that the team wanted to see first-hand how Ford handled the material on its production line. It is not illegal for a company’s engineers to register for a public visit from another factory, and anyone who has ever taken a tour like this knows that manufacturers are taking a lot of trouble not to show too much The operation. But according to Herrick, GM’s employees have always found what they came for.
Using chronometers to check efficiency, Herrick stated that the team has seen 2022 Ford F150 employees having a real hard time getting these [aluminum] doors to fit. “Curious to know more, the engineers furtively bought new F-150 doors that were meant to be used as repair parts and tore them apart into pieces. The end result of all this research? Herrick said they have determined that they could use a different blend of aluminum and high-strength thinner steel to save even more weight and avoid causing production line difficulties.
The rest of the report details the financial stakes in the last chapter of America’s long-running feud of large trucks between GM, Ford, and RAM. In an era of rapid technological change, the three manufacturers have doubled and increased their investments in the next generation of large trucks with large V-8 engines-although changes like carbon fiber beds and interiors Tech-Forward show how the game has advanced a bit. But even in their development stopped, these are still the most sold vehicles in the country and the profit leaders for their manufacturers, which will continue to scrap for every little competitive advantage.
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So far it was not clear whether the truck would be built at Ford’s Kansas City assembly plant or Dearborn’s truck factory, but according to a report from Automotive News, it will be in Michigan.
The news came in the midst of a celebration of 100 years of production at the Red 2022 Ford F150 manufacturing plant, which includes the Dearborn Truck powerhouse. At the moment, more than 7000 employees of the red facility are doing an F-150 every 53 seconds.
The new hybrid model will be built with the F-150 gas-powered and so far we have no details on the new electrified powertrain.
“It will be the truck that takes you further, without sacrificing power and the truck that will allow you to do more when you get there, with electricity for everything from your tools to camping equipment,” said Executive President Bill Ford of Automotive News. When it comes to making the best trucks in the world, we never rest. Whether it is gasoline, diesel or a hybrid, or when the time comes, they will be completely electric, they will firmly feed the whole world and build Ford firmly.
In addition to confirming that the hybrid F-150 will be built at the red installation, 2022 Ford F150 also announced a $35 million upgrade at its technical training center, expanding the site by 50 percent. The EW F-150 hybrid is part of an $11 billion boost to bring 40 different electrified nameplates to the market by 2022.
Lincoln unveiled the All-new 2020 Aviator at the 2018 Auto show this week. The new Aviator is an elegant three-row SUV, but it is the powertrain for the Top-of-the-Line Grand Touring model that has aroused interest.
Lincoln states that the Grand touring aviator uses a new 3.0 L bi-turbo EcoBoost V6 coupled with an electric motor and a “modular” version of the 10-speed automatic gearbox to produce an estimated power of 450 horsepower and a torque of 600 lb-ft. The electric motor is placed between the petrol engine the transmission. He’s stuck in between the two.
The plug-in hybrid system uses a large paste (which you can see in the image above on the passenger side behind the transmission). The battery is right next to the driver’s side fuel tank, and the battery is approximately the same size the fuel tank. The fuel tank is 19 gallons, according to Lincoln.
Update: Lincoln clarified that this Aviator plug-in battery could be fully recharged in 3-4 hours using a recharge system (level 2) 240 volts. What does this mean for battery capacity? It is difficult to estimate, but this information suggests that the battery could be up to 28 kWh in size (approximately).
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Lincoln was very careful and did not communicate the size of kWh of battery or the range of possible driving on electric power alone. However, we know that the electric motor adds about 50 HP and 200 lb-ft of torque to the overall nominal power of the Lincoln SUV. The Aviator standard will come with a 3.0 L EcoBoost V6 which is rated at 400 HP and 400 lb-ft of torque. Of course, the electric motor in this system can be more powerful than 50 HP. The total hybrid power is usually not a simple addition of the gas engine and the power of the electric motor. We don’t know a lot of details yet.
What is fascinating is that this plug-in hybrid system uses a 10-speed automatic transmission. The Ford F-150 range of trucks also uses the same family from the 10-speed automatic box. It can be assumed that the electric motor plus modular transmission can be easily adopted at F-150. It is the same family of automatic transmission “10R “, according to Lincoln.
2022 Ford F150
Ford has already announced that an electric plug-in Ford F-150 is coming for 2020, but we don’t know much else. Ford only said that the hybrid truck will have enough energy stored onboard power tools or other accessories via a plug in the bed.
Does this mean that the next 2020 Ford-F-3 will use the EcoBoost V6 3.0 L plug-in hybrid system identical to that of the new Aviator? Yes and No. Yes, I think it is possible, but why limit to the 3.0 l EcoBoost V6? Why not continue to use EcoBoost V6 3.5 L for electrified F-150? How about a 5.0-liter V8 Hybrid or a 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6 Hybrid? Interestingly, Ford uses a 10R automatic transmission with a wide range of engines for trucks, including turbo diesel and a highly efficient Ford Raptor engine.
The possibilities can be endless. We will not know the exact and official specifications for the hybrid of the time period, but Ford has called the hybrid power F-150 “enviable”. 450 horsepower and 600 lb-ft of torque in an electrified half-ton pickup sounds both doable and also enviable.
