Tag: Ford F-150 aluminum

Pickups

Honda Ridgeline stands up to Chevy’s puncture test better than Silverado or F-150

Honda has stepped up to the truck bed challenge by dumping 800 pounds of concrete blocks into the pickup bed of its 2017 Ridgeline. Though only one load was dropped from a height of roughly four feet, the Ridgeline’s composite bed appears to have held up better than the steel or aluminum beds subjected to […]

June 22, 2016

Construction Equipment

The mining company that tested Ford’s aluminum prototypes was so impressed it ordered a fleet 2015 F-150s

Barrick Gold USA played a key role in the development of Ford’s new F-150. The mining survey team for the largest gold producer in the world drove two prototype F-150s with experimental aluminum-alloy cargo boxes at the company’s Bald Mountain and Cortez mines in Nevada from 2013 to 2014. They beat on them, battered them and […]

February 11, 2015

Construction Equipment

Ford unveils the 2015 F-150: lighter aluminum body, tons of new tech (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

No. 3 Story in 2014 « No. 4 No. 2 »   After much hype and months of build-up, it’s here. And despite a multitude of improvements over previous models, most are calling Ford’s newest pickup the automaker’s biggest gamble yet. Ford unveiled the new 2015 F-150 in the wee hours of Monday morning and […]

January 13, 2014

Construction Equipment

Report: Ford will unveil the 2015 F-150 next month and it will be made of aluminum

While other automakers turn to diesel engines to address fuel economy, Ford’s EcoBoost V-6 will reportedly have some help next year to add even more miles per gallon to the F-150: an aluminum body. According to a report from Bloomberg, Ford will unveil an F-150 with an aluminum body next month at the Detroit Auto […]

December 23, 2013