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Roadbuilding

PHOTOS, VIDEO: Ford, Fisher-Price introduce latest F-150 for kids

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 drivable toy truck was created using designs passed along by Ford engineers a full nine months before […]

June 25, 2014

Construction Equipment

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 […]

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 […]

June 13, 2014

Pickups

Next generation F-150 ‘most patented’ truck in Ford history

From its tailgate step to the LED spotlights found on the side mirrors, the next-generation 2015 Ford F-150’s new features and technologies make it the most patented truck in company history, according to Ford. (See the slideshow)

May 23, 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 Ford’s rumored diesel F-150 project, codenamed “Lion”? Absolutely not. But it is a diesel pickup that looks an awful lot like an F-150—and it’s not a coincidence. Here’s what the folks at China’s Kawei Auto say in a brochure (seen below) about their new K1 pickup, as first reported by CarNewsChina. “Stem from the pure […]

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 […]

April 14, 2014

Pickups

New F-150 built, tested ‘Ford Tough’

If Super Bowl commercials and aggressive marketing have taught us anything, it’s that Ford trucks are “Built Ford Tough.”  But Ford, fresh off the launch of a revamped and re-engineered aluminum F-150, is out to prove the brand’s flagship vehicle is tested pretty tough, too. The all-new aluminum-construction 2015 Ford F-150 – scheduled to go […]

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 […]

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 Ford’s 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 […]

April 3, 2014

Pickups

Ford rolling out LED headlamps on new F-150

The body of the new F-150 isn’t the only thing being reinvented for the 2015 model year.  Ford lighting expert John Teodecki says the company will use light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in the Ford brand’s flagship truck. Ford is the first company to offer LED headlamps on its light-duty pickup. LED lamps use 63 percent less energy than […]

March 18, 2014

Construction Equipment

Now that Ford is on board with new F-150, pickup truck tow ratings are finally standardized

It’s been a long, slow, tedious road, but pickup buyers will finally have a standardized way to compare tow ratings between brands as Ford accepts the SAE J2807 towing standard when the 2015 F-150 hits the market later this year. I’ve always looked at tow ratings as somewhat of a joke because until now none of the auto manufacturers […]

February 20, 2014

Construction Equipment

GM to release an aluminum pickup by 2018 to compete with F-150

Feeling the heat from arch-rival Ford, General Motors is in the process of developing a pickup truck with an aluminum body to release by 2018, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Confirming reports that Ford’s competitors were rushing to reach agreements with aluminum suppliers in the wake of the 2015 F-150 unveiling to […]

February 19, 2014