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India’s First Privately Imported Ford F-150 Raptor Is Here: Spotted In Chennai

While Ford is planning to make a comeback to the Indian market, we already have a group of enthusiasts who have been bringing Ford trucks to India. Although we’ve seen many people import Ford trucks to India via Carnet, here we have a video where someone actually decided to take things to the next level and imported a brand new Ford Raptor and got it registered in India. Videos and images of this brand new Ford Raptor are available online. View this post on Instagram A…

Tesla to earn billions from charging partnerships with Ford, others

A Tesla electric car is plugged into a recharging terminal at a Healthy Living Market store in South Burlington, Vermont, June 18, 2023.Robert Nickelsberg | Getty ImagesAs of Thursday, owners of Ford electric vehicles — the Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning — in North America finally have the ability to power up using Tesla Superchargers.Ford CEO Jim Farley wrote in a post on LinkedIn that the charging partnership, which involves use of fast-charging adapters, should "improve the EV ownership experience," for Ford EV…

See ‘The Outsiders’ Unique Casting Process via Francis Ford Coppola

In an archival clip, which filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola posted online, the young actors all take turns with the lines Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola has made an Instagram post about the unique way he cast his adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders. The movie, which came out in 1983, starred several notable actors — Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Patrick Swayze, and Ralph Macchio, among others — but they didn’t necessarily audition for the roles they got;

Ford electric vehicle owners can now charge on Tesla’s network, but they’ll need an adapter first

A vehicle charges at a Tesla Supercharger station in Detroit, Nov. 16, 2022. Owners of Ford electric vehicles can now use much of Tesla's charging network in the U.S. and Canada, but there's a hitch: they'll need to get an adapter that Ford will provide for free, although the company won't start shipping those until the end of March 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File Owners of Ford electric vehicles can now use much of…

Tesla NACS adapter for Ford EVs now available to order

Ford Ford announced last year that it would adopt the Tesla North American Charging Standard (NACS) for EV fast charging, granting Ford drivers access to the Tesla Supercharger network. Now, the automaker is providing a little more detail on exactly how that will work. In the original May 2023 announcement, Ford said owners of existing EVs — which use the Combined Charging Standard (CCS) instead of NACS — would be able to charge at Supercharger stations via an adapter. Today, the automaker announced that the adapter…

Tesla’s Charging Network Is Now Open to Other EVs—and Ford Is First in Line

Every six months, the automotive research company JD Power surveys some 5,000 US electric vehicle owners about their experiences driving their battery-powered cars. The latest edition of this survey, out this week, found that EV’s perennial bugbear is still bugbear-ing. In fact, it’s got worse: Drivers say they are even more dissatisfied with the availability of public charging stations than they were a year ago.In North America, additional charging stations are on their way, thanks in part to a US federally funded…

Ford EV owners can now use Tesla Superchargers in the US and Canada

Ford EVs will gain access to Tesla's Superchargers across the US and Canada starting today, becoming the first non-Tesla vehicles to do so, Ford announced. The companies cemented the fast charging pact last year and numerous other automakers followed suit later on. The expanded network will be a big benefit for the Ford and its customers amid news that sales of its EVs have heavily sagged.Current Ford EVs use CCS type chargers, so current customers must order the Fast Charging Adapter (NACS) compatible with Tesla's…

3 New Ford Cars For India: Details

The entire country of India is buzzing with excitement as the rumors of the American automotive giant Ford making a comeback are becoming more common. A lot of people have high hopes for the brand and believe that this time around they will be offering new and good products. At the moment, it has been reported that the company is planning to bring three products to the country. Now, if you are one of those who would like to know which of these three new cars is coming, then you have come to the right place. 2024 Ford…

Watch this 1400 hp Ford electric van shatter Bathurst track records

While Ford’s E-Transit work vans are busy racking up sales and electrifying the world’s commercial van fleets, Ford’s 1400 hp electric SuperVan is racking up records and electrifying race tracks around the world! We covered a previous iteration of Ford’s electric SuperVan technology demonstrator last summer, when “version 4.2” was set to take on the Pike’s Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC). That version of the van packed 1400 hp and produced a whopping 4,400 lbs. of aerodynamic downforce at 150 mph.…

Ford, Mercedes, and Tesla have the least problematic EV supply chains

Ford, Mercedes-Benz, and Tesla occupy the top three spots in a new ranking of 18 global automakers based on their efforts to eliminate carbon emissions, environmental harms, and human rights violations from their supply chains. US automakers in particular made the most progress in cleaning up their supply chains, with Tesla showing the biggest increase of all the automakers. The rankings were compiled by Lead the Charge, a global coalition of leading climate, environment, and human rights organizations that includes the…