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Today on Critical Materials: Ford's $30,000 EV will ride on the Maverick's success, China's major success is SDVs and GM's Cruise is back (kind of).

Yesterday, Ford dropped a pretty significant bombshell: The company is building a $30,000 electric pickup truck using an entirely new manufacturing process at its Louisville Assembly Plant in Kentucky. That truck is destined to arrive in 2027.

Ford’s smallest electric pickup will have a battery that’s roughly half the size of the entry-level F-150 Lightning's.

Ford says it will invest nearly $2 billion to retool a Kentucky plant to produce electric vehicles

Jim Farley and Ford’s answer to the “existential threat” that China poses to the Western automakers is here. Almost. The Blue Oval revealed today its “Model T” moment, and it’s more than just a car, or even a range of cars. Ford is introducing its new “Universal EV Platform” alongside…

Ford says its breakthrough affordable EV will offer the interior space of a mid-size truck in the footprint of a Maverick.

It’s all about simplification, slashing production costs and passing on the savings to the user, resulting in a lower cost of ownership.

Ford’s “Model T moment” will use a completely new electric vehicle platform, as well as a radical new manufacturing process.

Ford reported that its electric vehicle division lost $1.33 billion in Q2, even as its EV revenue soared to $2.4 billion.