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Ford unveils an electric 2015 F-150⌠a Power Wheels nearly 2 years in the making (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
[imagebrowser id=101] A day after we told you about a miniature Ford Raptor made for adults, Ford and Fisher Price have unveiled a mini 2015 F-150 for kids in an all-new Power Wheels model. The Fisher-Price Power Wheels F-150 is about as close of a replica of the full-size truck as you can get. The [âŚ]
June 25, 2014
Construction Equipment
Automakers say 75% of new pickups will be made of aluminum by 2025
By 2025, more than 75 percent of all new pickup trucks produced in North America will be aluminum-bodied, according to a recent survey of automakers. The study, conducted by Ducker Worldwide, confirms a major breakthrough for automotive aluminum into high-volume vehicles. Earlier this year, Ford revealed the 2015 F-150, the first pickup to feature an [âŚ]
June 13, 2014
Construction Equipment
Ford has been secretly testing prototype 2015 F-150s at construction sites and mines for 3 years (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
[imagebrowser id=85] âDrive it like you stole it and work it hard.â Those were the marching orders Denis Kanseir, the lead prototype engineer on Fordâs 2015 F-150âs, gave the drivers of six pickups distributed evenly among three different companies when they were handed the keys back in the latter half of 2011. Barrick Mining, Elko, [âŚ]
May 29, 2014
Construction Equipment
As most-patented truck in Ford history, 2015 F-150 is âteaching the worldâ how to build a high-tech pickup
Given that the 2015 Ford F-150 is the first pickup with an aluminum body, itâs not exactly surprising that the truck is the most patented in the automakerâs 111-year history. Whatâs impressive is the sheer number of new Ford patents and patent applications the truck is responsible for: more than 100. And because of that, [âŚ]
May 27, 2014
Construction Equipment
A blatant Ford F-150 knockoff with a diesel, the Kawei K1 will only run you $16,000 (PHOTOS)
[imagebrowser id=67] Is this Fordâs rumored diesel F-150 project, codenamed âLionâ? Absolutely not. But it is a diesel pickup that looks an awful lot like an F-150âand itâs not a coincidence. Hereâs what the folks at Chinaâs Kawei Auto say in a brochure (seen below) about their new K1 pickup, as first reported by CarNewsChina. âStem from the pure [âŚ]
April 24, 2014
Pickups
How Ford snuck a 2015 F-150 into the Baja 1000
As Ford worked to develop its 2015 F-150, engineers were looking for ways to test some of their innovations in real world conditions. Real world. You know, like the Baja 1000. With an aluminum alloy bodied F-150 set for release later this year, and a 2.7 liter EcoBoost engine not far behind, Ford was in [âŚ]
April 14, 2014
Pickups
2015 F-150: From prototype to 10 million miles
When the 2015 Ford F-150 goes on sale later this year it will bring closure to a development process that has spanned nearly five years. Since 2009, Raj Nair, Group Vice President, Global Product Development, says Ford has asked hundreds of engineers, drivers and technicians to work to âactually break the F-150.â In 2009, the U.S. [âŚ]
April 10, 2014
Pickups
New F-150 built, tested âFord Toughâ
If Super Bowl commercials and aggressive marketing have taught us anything, itâs that Ford trucks are âBuilt Ford Tough.â But Ford, fresh off the launch of a revamped and re-engineered aluminum F-150, is out to prove the brandâs flagship vehicle is tested pretty tough, too. The all-new aluminum-construction 2015 Ford F-150 â scheduled to go [âŚ]
April 10, 2014
Construction Equipment
Ford reveals 10 torture tests for 2015 F-150 including shrapnel, acid bath, frame twisting (GIFs, VIDEO)
When the 2015 F-150 was announced in January a lot of people wondered just how durable a pickup with an aluminum body could be. Wonder no more. Today, Ford let us in on their torture-testing process for the 2015 F-150 with video of all 10 steps. Some of these steps are so grueling that just [âŚ]
April 9, 2014
Construction Equipment
Watch the 1,000-person process of building a Ford F-150
Considering the fact that a Ford F-Series pickup is sold every 38 seconds in the U.S., Ford has to churn them out pretty quickly. Recently, Bloomberg TV visited Fordâs Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Michigan to see how the automaker is able to meet that demand. Each week about 7,000 F-Series trucks roll off the [âŚ]
April 3, 2014
Construction Equipment
Ram outsells Chevrolet Silverado in shakeup that should make GM and Ford take diesel half-tons more seriously
We typically donât waste of lot space on pickup truck sales. Thatâs mainly because theyâre numbers that donât change a whole lot: Ford always wins, Chevrolet is the runner-up and Ram places third just about every month. Itâs been that way for the better part of the last 15 years. Until last month. For the [âŚ]
April 2, 2014
Construction Equipment
The Chevrolet Silverado is the cheapest truck to own
Vincentric has announced its annual Best Value in America winners and the winner for best truck brand is Chevrolet. Vincentric says the strong second-place showing of the Silverado 1500 in the half-ton segment along with the Silverado 2500 HDâs win in the 3/4-ton segment and strong results from the 3500HD as well amounted to an [âŚ]
March 27, 2014
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